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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-25

Evidently John Wasn't Foxy.
John Fox never named any OF his
heroines FRITZ; and now he probably
knows the reason why.-St. Louis
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-25

Daily Thought.
To cure is the voice of the past; to
prevent, the divine whisper of today.
Kate Douglas Wiggin. -
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-25
Drying ThIekens eIankets.

After washing blankets. and they
have dried, beat them thoroughly with
an ordinary carpet beater This makes
the wool light and soft again, and
gives a new appearance.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-09-25
Poor Stand Of Corn.

There are two ways of getting .
poor stand of corn-to get it too thin
and to get 1t too thick.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
syss o. die Town and illSse Told Brisfk
snv DGmy Resdera

Miss Dora Bovia of Beech street Is
i'll.
Miss Virginia Van .Santvoord is
visiting in Troy.
Emerson Estabrook is in Schenec-
tady on business.
Ladies extra fine silk hose Csc up
at Noveck's. ADV.
Attorney A. G. Stone of Walling-
ford is in town today.
]. T. Eddington is in Albany this
afternoon on business.
Walter Durham of Old Bennington
has purchased Ford automobile.
Mr. and Mrs. F. 7. Wheeler have
returned from visit in Whiting
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. s Morse of Branch
street extension are visiting in
Greenfield.
Elegant oxfords and pumps for
women in all feathers $1.75 up to
$3.50 at Noveck's. Adv
High grade shoes, oxfords and
pumps for ladies' and men from Ken
nedys stock at half price at No
weeks. Adv.
Social dance by the Jolly Ten club,
Academy hall, Friday May 8. Full
orchestra. Tickets rs cents. Adv.
Henry, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Shannahan of Grove
street, is recovering from an illness.
Friday and Saturday special liber-
al price reduction will be made on
ladies, misses junior suits, coats and
serge dresses at Noveck's. Adv.
Remember the Young Woman's
club dance in their rooms over the
Banner Office this evening. Hurley's
orchestra. Tickets % cents. ADV.
The battery for the amatures in
their game with the Kennewas of
North Adams at Morgan Park Satur-
day afternoon viii be Brooks and
BrdZel.
Misses Susan and Margaret Col
gate arrived Thurs lay afternoon
from New York. Miss Susan Col
gate passed much of the past winter
in California.
Hall and Fountain, a very clever
sister team arrived last nj from
New York. They are to fill a two
days engagement at the brary
theatre.
Mrs Clayton J. Kinsey, who has
been visiting during the past three
weeks in the northern part of the
state, returned home yesterday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs Seymour Van SAINT
voord went to New York this after
noon to meet Mr.. Van Santvoord's
sister Miss Margaret Van SAINT
word of Italy. At New York they
will be joined by George Van SAINT
voord who is taking a post graduate
course at Yale college and the party
will go from there to Undertook,
N. Y, to attend the funeral Of Mr..
Van Santvoord's mother.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-02
GOOD FOR LAWYERS
They Get the Dividends in Bankrupt
cy Cases.

The last bankruptcy law, as
amended, is just and equitable, ac-
cordlng to Charles Biggs, Actuary of
the Hat Trade Credit Association,
and its value to the business world
is unquestionable, but this cannot be
said of its administrative features.
"The present bankruptcy law was
placed on the statute books under
the authority of the Constitution of
the United States, after campaign
lasting for nearly fourteen years.
said Mr.. Biggs yesterday. This
fight was carried on by merchants in
all parts of the country in the face
of the opposition OF a limited num-
Der of the larger business firms, a
part of the banking interests, and al
most the whole body of collecting
lawyers. There was also hostility to
the law in some parts of the country
because it was thought that the
Federal statute OVERRIDE the sover-
eighty of the States.
Originally, in the minds of its
supporters, the law was intended to
be administered absolutely in the
interest of debtors and creditors,
with a view to salvaging the bank
rupt's estate in the most businesslike
and economical manner. It aimed at
a pro rata division of the estates
proceeds among the creditors, re-
leasing the honest debtor from his
obligations, with facilities for a COM
position where a chance for success.
full future business existed. In prac-
tiee, however, the administration of
the law has largely been in the in
terests Of the legal profession. In
other words, an estate In bankrupt
cy does not belong to the creditors,
but to the group of practitioners who
administer II and absorb very large
share of its proceeds This view is
resented by many people, but 1t is
cold fact
THE principal criticism to be
made is not in regard to the Bank
ruptcy act itself or to its amendments
but to defacts and abuses that have
crept into its administration. The
rules formulated by the officials of
the Supreme Court are archaic, and
need revision. The practice undo.
the law should be stripped Of Its
technicahties. Receivers should
have practical knowledge OF the
special business with which the es-
tate is allied. II. as Is now the Gus
tom, the courts continue to authorize
them TO realize on the estate and
merely turn over to the trustee
(when elected) the proceeds thereof,
less large allowances to counsel, and
leaving to the trustee only the col
lection OF the remaining outstanding
accounts and the distribution Of d.
vidents.
Notwithstanding the evils, the I'M
doubted consensus OF opinion OF
business men throughout the country
Is In favor Of the continuance Of this
law. It's repeal would bring disaster
to business interests generally"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
Daddy sBedtirne
q. Rosa Bonheur
OIOIV- Wasn't Afraid
OF Lions.

WACK Evelyn She
Dragging that when he
girl she
- could
II wouldn't want Evelyn replied when I'm grown up shall
something about killing things"
deal finer than
Rosa Bonheur did
a small fond Of them
chance she could be
pencil busny making sketches Of her pets
painting she did While her artist
Rosa would be
o to the animal paint
did
pictures She
Paris There had
garden in viii The
would follow
like
bis head Nero would
lick her hand
happened
wher ewerem she took him there
and he became sick and blind He
n attention to
called Nero? The Non spane his feet
loved he himself oasng
bars OF his trying to reach her.
noble animal
again for him until he died
staircase which he
beahed his last Yes
Bonnie and hunt and kill them"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20

failure on the part Of Americans at
home to treat the Japanese with like
courtesy and consideration Is by just
SO much a confession of inferiority in
our civilization. ...
"Our nation fronts on the Pacific,
Just as it fronts on the Atlantic. We
hope to play a constantly growing part
in the great ocean of the orient We
wish, as we ought to wish, for a great
commercial development in our deal
ings with Asia; and it is out Of the
question that we should permanently
have such development unless we free
ly and gladly extend to other nations
the same measure of justice and good
treatment which we expect to receive
in return. 1t is only very small body
of our citizens that act badly. Where
the federal government has power 1t
will deal summarily with any such.
Where the several states have power
l earnestly ask that they also deal
wisely and promptly with such conduct
or else this small body of wrong-doers
may bring shame upon the great mass
of their innocent and right-thinking
fellows-that is, upon our nation as a
whole Good manners should be an
international no less than an individual
attribute. I ask fair treatment for the
Japanese, as l would ask fair treat
ment for Germans or Englishmen,
Freedmen, Russians, or Italians. l ask
it as due humanity and civilization.
I ask it as due to ourselves because
we must act uprightly toward all men,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20

of life has been marvel to mankind,
and she now stands as one Of the
greatest of civilized nations. The
Japanese have won in single gener-
alton the right to stand abreast of the
foremost and most enlightened people
of Europe and America; they have
won on their own merits and by their
own exertions the right to treatment
on basis of full and frank equality.
The overwhelming mass of our people
cherish lively regard and respect for
the people of Japan, and in almost
every quarter Of the union the stranger
from Japan is treated as he deserves;
that is, he is treated as the stranger
from any part of civilized Europe Is
and deserves to be treated.
But here and there most I'M
worthy feeling has manifested itself
toward the Japanese-the feeling that
has been shown in shutting them out
from the common schools in San Fran
cisco, and in mutterings against them
in one or two other places, because OF
their efficiency as workers. To shut
them out from the public schools Is a
wicked absurdity, when there are no
first class colleges in the land, includ-
ing the universities and colleges of
California, which do not gladly VEL
come Japanese students and on which
Japanese students do not reflect credit
We have as much to learn from Japan
as Japan has to learn from US; and no
nation is fit to teach unless it is also
willing to learn. Throughout Japan,
Americans are we'll treated, and any
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
Sidewalk Sketches
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THE HAIR DRESSER.

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
DUTY TO JAPAN.

Seven years ago when Theodore
Roosevelt was president of the United
States, a Japanese crisis arose very
similar to the one which now confronts
the nation. In his usual clear lang
uaee Roosevelt set forth in message
to congress his views on the subject
and his speech is just as pertinent to-
day as it was then. In part his mes
sage which was advocating a law
making the Japs eligible to naturaliza-
ton here, was as follows:
1--WE must treat with justice and
god will all immigrants who come
here under the law. Whether they are
Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentle;
whether they come from England or
Germany, Russia, Japan, or Italy, mat
tiers nothing. It Is the sure mark Of
q low civilization, a low morality, to
abuse or discriminate against or in
any way humiliate such stranger who
has come here lawfully and who is
conducting himself properly. .s :
II am prompted to say this by the
attitude of hostility here and there as
sumed toward the Japanese in this
country. This hostility is sporadic
and is limited to very few places.
Nevertheless, it is most discreditable
to us as a people, and it may be
fraught with the gravest consequences
to the nation.
The friedship between the United
States and Japan has been continuous
since the time, over half century
ago. when Commodore Perry, by his
expedition to Japan, first opened the
island to western civilization. Since
then the growth Of Japan has been lit
orally astounding. There is not only
nothing to parallel 1t, but nothing to
approach it in the history Of civilized
mankind. Japan has glorious and
ancient past. Her civilization is older
than that Of the nations of northern
Europe-the nations from whom the
people OF the United States have chief
" sprung. But fifty years ago Japan's
development was still that of the mid
die ages. During that fifty years the
progress Of the country in every walk
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
CHAPTER TX
The Great Silence.

Percy barrow sat quiet calmly,
though little hungrily, through the
first OF the two hours of the Great ST.
lence. As it fell, he looked at his
watch; then went on reading. Strange.
ly terrified faces fitted by the open
door OF his little room. About seven
o'clock Darrow. struck by sudden
idea, arose, walked down the corridor
outside, and quite deliberately set to
work to force the light door. Az has
been intimated. either by direct or,
der Of Mccarthy or because of some
va.ueness Of the orders. the young
man had been confined, not in the jail
proper, but In one Of the living apart
ments of the wing.
Few realize how important role
sound plays in what might be called
tho .defensives OF our everyday life,
Sight is important, to be sure, but II
Is more often corroborative than not;
It is more often used to identify the
source of the alarm that has been
communicated through other channels.
When we are told Of the hero-or the
villain-that he stood with every
sense alert, our mental picture, In
spite OF the phrasing, is that Of man
listening intently for the first intimae
tons of what may threaten.
(To Be Continued.) \
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
"oughtn't We to warn the people."

"Oughtn't we to warn the people?"
inquired Darrow.
Anything else?"
Moves. Buy gun. II I bring you
into trouble, I'll see you clear. You
understand" .. j.,
II do" ...
II rely on your being game"
ITO the limit" said Jack. Here
comes your friend. Won't this arrest
ball things up? Shall l rustic bail3'
NO" said Darrow. II want to think.
All need Is all the papers. III be out
by ten tomorrow morning. sure"
why are you sure Of that?
Because by that hour Mccarthy
will have disappeared" said Percy
barrow. .,~.
The man in the gray suit, having
finished his scrutiny, lounged for
ward.
"You are Mr.. barrow" he stated.
Sure am, my amiable but obvious
sleuth." drawled that young man.
Lead on" He nodded farewell to
Jack, and linked his arm In that OF
the officer. After a few moments he
burst into an irrepressible chuckle.
1.-THE fat, thick-necked, thick-witted
old fool!" said he. } a.'.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
CHAPTER VII (Continued).

CHAPTER VII (Continued).
"How do you account for it,"
81 don't know, except that maybe
my instrument happened to be just
tuned to catch it. That's another rea'
son know it was from far off. The
farther away the sending instrument,
the nearer exactly it has to be tuned
to the receiving instrument. If it was
nearer, most anybody'd get it."
Percy Darrow nodded.
That's all, guess. No, hold on.
Did any of these come between six
and eight last EVENING""
For the first time the operator
smiled.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20

mo, sir; my instrument was dead"
He went out. ,..
"Well?" growled Mccarthy.
'T don't know; but 1 can see more
trouble
"Let him turn off his juice"
clustered the boss; we'll be ready,
next time" ....s
Percy Darrow smiled.
"Will your he contented himself by
saying. Then, after moments pause,
he added. It'll agree to stop this fell
low if you'll give me an absolutely
free hand. I'll even agree to find him. /"
What do you want?'
II want job, good engineering
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-20
MUST ACCEPT THE TARIFF.

whether you like 1t or not, you
must accept the new tariff and Keep
right on doing business regardless or
whether or not you lose money" is IN
effect what the Wilson administration
says to the "big interests of the
country through Secretary Redfield Of
the department Of commerce. The
secretary spokeSthe other night at a
meeting Of photographers in Washing
ton. He produced q printed circular
gotten out by manufacturers who op-
pose the new tariff and who warned
their men that II it went into effect it
would probably result In a reduction
Of business and the number OF men
employed. do not let this frighten
you,"5 said Redfeld, ''for the depart
ment will make an immediate investi-
cation Of any concern that begins re-
ducing wages or laying on men and 1t
will require a really valid reason to
enable the plan of retrenchment to be
put into execution
Manufacturers, it seems, will not be
allowed to decide for themselves
whether they can afford to do busi-
ness under the new rates which will
be effective when the tariff bill passes
the senate.
Mr.. Redfield declared that public
sentiment had revolted against the old
time idea that an employers business
and his employees were his own to do
with as he wished, without regard to
the welfare of his workmen or recog-
milton of the public need.
1.-THE greatest interest in our manu-
facturers, Is that Of the people, with
out whose purchases the factories
would close. They have more at stake
than anyone else, and they are begin
ming to have very clear ideas respect
ing their interest in our factories and
how to look after 1t. It is chiefly they
who refuse to admit any longer that
the head OF great business concern
can do as he will with what ! he is
pleased to call his property. 1t Is they
who insist upon the treatment of the
operatives as men and women with
minds and souls and not as machines,
and it is they who are insisting now
in no uncertain way that the factory
does not fulfill its proper function I'M
less 1t supplies at a reasonable price
and OF proper quality the goods they
desire to buy" 4, !
Secretary Redfield attributed to in
eficiency on the part of many manu-
facturers the smallness Of profit and
the necessity for. retrenchment in op-
Grating cost at the expense of their
employees. He insisted the consumer
OF the present day had a right to ex-
pect efficiency in management and
added that unless that efficiency were
displayed the public would resent the
lack.
All of this sounds very we'll In
theory but just how the department Is
going to enforce its plans Is hard to
see. II manufacturer finds that the
tariff as readjusted makes 1t impossi-.
BILE for him to do business with a pro-
fit and decides to close up his factory
how can the department stop him?
Until Secretary Redfeh finds way
to make a factory run without the con-
sent of it's owner, his warning will not
throw any great scare into the "big
interests"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-28
FRUIT SURPRISE VERY GOOD
Peaches, Pears, or PIums May Be En-
pIoyed, and the Result Will Be
Gratifying.

For this use a can of peaches or OF
pears or Of plums. chopping or crush
Ing them with the liquor, so that you
have a quart of the pulp Put with
this a cupful of sugar IL the fruit is
sweet. two cupfuls II It is tart, one cup
OF cold water, and the whites of four
eggs. Do not beat the eggs. Turn in
to a freezer and freeze until arm,
pack, and let it stand for an hour or
SO before serving.
This dish is excellent made Of fresh
oranges-and for this the small tart
oranges will answer-or with any
kind Of soaked fried fruit or canned
fruit, berries or the larger fruits. Ba-
nanas are also good In 1t If combined
with oranges. and chopped dates and
figs may be added to apple sauce and
used for q foundation. The surprise"
neither 30 heavy nor 30 expensive
as ice cream. and while 1t may not al
ways take the place of this, 1t is a
very pleasing family dessert.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-28
MAKING THE WORK EASIER
Little Things In Themselves, but They
All Mean a Tightening Of the
Daily Labor.

A small basin of hot water will ia
cilitate the cutting Of citron for mince-
meat or fruitcake. Wien the slicing
knife becomes sticky dip 1t into the
water to dissolve the sugar.
Take a piece of one-eight stiff wire.
bend about this at short intervals
small wires shaped into hooks and
tasted above your kitchen table. to
hang spoons. potato masher, egg beat
or and other light kitchen utensils
on.
To remove ink stain from a carpet
mix some cornstarch In half a cup
buttermilk until a thick paste is
formed. Apply this to the ink spot
On the second or third day moisten
this a little bit. Scape It OF on the
fourth day and all traces OF the stain
will disappear.
When the bread or cake sticks to
the pan tip the latter up to an angle
less than 45 degrees to the table and
lay damp cloth on the bottom of It.
This causes steam to arise inside Of
the pan. The bread is released by the
steam and will slip out slowly.
When milk 10 scarce and dear econo-
mize by omitting 1t from the griddle
cakes. This will work no hardship,
for Just as good, fluffy and delicious
cakes may be made from potato water
as from milk. Save the water after
boiling potatoes and when cool mix
the cakes with 1t as though 1t were
milk.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-28
Veal crOquettes.

Put two cupfuls Of finely chopped
veal in a saucepan. add two table
spoonfuls Of fine bread crumbs, one
teaspoonfuI OF butter. the beaten yolks
Of two eggs, one teaspoonful Of onion
Juice. one-haf teaspoonful OF salt. one
saltspoonful Of paprika and spec Of
mace. Stir the mixture over the fire
until thoroughly heated. then set aside
to cool Shape into croQuettes. dip In
beaten egg. roll in fine crumbs, let
stand one or more hours and try until
well Drowned. Serve with tomato
aAnAA
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-28
DINNER ON MOVING DAY
EXCELLENT MEAL MAY BE Pre-.
PARED IN ADVANCE.
Eaey TO Pack Everything That Is Re-
qulrsd and Have Suit Case Handy
Against Day Of General
Discomfort.

The ideal arrangement on moving
day or In housecleaning time. so far
~ the culinary end of the household
10 concerned. is to take dinner out
Sometimes q kind-hearted friend steps
into the breach with an invitation to
dinner; sometimes q nearby hotel or
restaurant suggests itself as a solu-
ton Of the difhculty. Sometimes, how
ever, dinner ut homo IL q necessity.
And II It 10 there 10 no reason why
It should be the unsavory. inhospitable
meal It sometimes is
A moving day dinner can be packed
In q suit case. II can be prepared the
day before, packed the morning Of the
move, labeled and placed carefully In
pantry, kitchen or dining room Of the
new house, and opened ave or ten
minutes before time for serving.
The suit case should be stored with
plates, cups, silver, napkins and table
cloth, candles and matches-often the
gas and electricity are not on tap the
nrst highland, II the mover have
one. q chaflng dish and a percolator.
All these things can be placed the day
or the week before. A bottle Of al
eohol for the spirit lamps should be
added on moving day, with bottle OF
cream. . loaf Of bread, a package OF
ground coffee. q pat OF butter and such
food a. has been planned and pre-
pared. The doilies or cloth can be
spread on tables set up anywhere, or
even on packing boxes. the candles
lighted. coffee made In the percoia-
tor. one or two hot dishes prepared in
the channg dish, the cold food served.
and in ten minutes q feast At for q
travelling gypsy king can be ready.
Soup served In cups, cold veal loaf
creamed potatoes, currant Jelly. veg
otAble salad. Ice cream. coffee. cheese
and biscuits can constitute suit case
srreAd. The soup. made the day be-
lore. cGn be carried in a large fruit
Jar with rubber and screw top, or else
II can be bought in a tin and opened
when II In warmed In the chaflng dish
and while the diners are eating 1t the
creamed potatoes, prepared the day be-
fore and kept on the ice and carried
In fruit jar, can be heated. The veal
loaf made the day before can be
wrapped In q napkin or waxed paper,
and the Jelly naturally travels in its
own glass. Lettuce for the salad
washed and pulled apart, is wrapped
in 4 wet cloth and then in waxed pa
per. The vegetables-peas. beans and
diced carrots-can be packed. dressed
with oil and vinegar. in q small glass
jar. A box OF biscuits and a cake OF
cheese also md place in the suit case
Ice cream. ordered delivered at the
new house. makes an easy dessert