davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

lect, dancing school on the east side.
I show you references, lady. Ny wife
she helped me, but she amt we'll. I
don't have her teach any more and I
need an assistant wiz style. It is
mostly to teach children l want you.
Not much salary at first, y under.
stand, but you get plenty chances to
give private lessons. Like to try,
lady :"
Donovan smiled now, gently. He
watched Millicent's refined face,
flushed with hope.
She tremblingly accepted, promis-
ing the dancing master to do her best.
She made an appointment for the
next day and then left the room.
Donovan followed her to the foot of
the stairs. Good luck, little GIRL"
he murmured. I'm jolly glad you're
not going home" II their hands
chung 1t was no ones affair It was
plain to see that here was the Begin
ming Of u pretty love story. Then,
with a soft good night. she ran up
stairs.
In her cubbyhole once more she
laughed gayly ut her vanished Wis
ions. Soothing, like an anthem. came
the diapason Of New York's greater
murmur, no longer repcllant to her.
Instead, the harsh music threw out a
call to ar1ns, for she vas part of the
mechanism. She was proud to be a
part!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
u WITH US ri.
Stories That Have
Many People Smile.

"Dey did, deedy, ma'am."
"And how did they teach you to be
honest?"' queried the woman.
"Why. dey done put me In de shoe
shop. ma'am," explained the boy,
"nailin' p~asteboard onter shoes f.
One Of the fair passengers Of a
yachting party observed that the cap
tain wore an anxious look after some
mtshap to the machinery Of the craft.
whats the matter, captain ?" she
inquired solicitously.
The fact s." responded the captain
In n low voice. our rudder's broken"
oh. my, don't fret about that" re-
Piled the young woman consolingly.
AS It's under the water nearly all the
time no II will notice that"
Papa asked James. "wouidn't
you be glad If I saved a dollar for
you?"
Certainly, my son. said papa, no
deliehted at this evidence Of budding
business ability that he handed the
youth a dime.
We'll, J saved It all right" said
brought a good report from my teach
or you would give me q dollar, but !
didn't.'-Ladies' Home journal.
"Ah." sighed the boarder who was
given to rhapsodies. as they sat
down to the Sunday dinner. III we
could only have Of those turkeys
that We used to raise on the farm
when I was q boy!" -"
boarder. perhaps 1t is one. You
never can tell"
You arc very much like raderew.
ski: Do You know him."
II am Paderswskt." rejcined the
other lnodestIy.
.Wnat.' shouted the stranger; ana.
hands.
Eefore P~aderewski sufficiently re-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

gain he will make when he buys the
securities which he mean to sell to
the public.
So, banking control of corporate
business has grown up. Is. it an ef-
hcient control? In many cases. no.
Mr.. Brar1deis cites the case of the
New. Haven road. But there is
another side. which. in fairness to the
investment bankers. ought to be
stated. ! believe that in the. majority
Of cases where bankers gain a voice
~ the management of a corporation
they counsel conservatism Of manage
ment. I believe that they help rather
than hurt. do not believe that the
average investment banker actually
does put his own interests ahead of
the interests Of, the corporation.
But the system is dangerous. Being
midwife. doctor. and undertaken ali
IN one is against our theory. OF con-
troll. MIR. Brande!s is doing a service
! using his forceful expressions to
call the attention of the people gen
orally to a condition which ought to
be changed:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
"she amt what we want"

"Shc amt what we want"
AS Milicent Trainor was whirled
down the elevator shaft and hurried
along the tcsselated hall and pushed
her way through the revolving doors,
the words twanged in her brain. She
escaped from the great building as
though her inadaptability had been Il
crime. she wanted to place thousands
of people between herself and that
curt. Unconditional pasty faced, near
sighted manager . lie had scourged
her tall. thin figure with n comprc-
.l,ensivc glance. wheeled to one side
i'll his swivel chair. and without low
ering his tone. had said to his as
sistant: She amt what We want"
1t was 5 o'clock Oh IL Thursday at
ternoon. a light November rain was
falling. Millicent swcrved from Broad
way and its parading theatrical folk.
finding a less popular thor.
cughfare. She walked aimlessly. but
the vain becoming heavier, she turned
The close air OF a cheap furnished
house. where light housekeeping
was permitted, sreeted her as she
mounted the stairs. Arrived at the
third floor, she fulnbled her way to
her room-a cell-likc place. with no
ventilation or light to miti-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS T

There are signs that Il sapcr idea
is beginning TO prevail concerning the
making Of Christmas presents. Suit
able presents from one member IF u
family to another. from one close
friend to another, and from those
whose mean and position make it
possible aud fitting to those who have
claims upon them, as we'll as the Sits
from those who have to those who
have not. are all to be commended.
No words of praise are too sweeping
to be uttered i'll commentator of Civ
ing of those various sorts.
but the giving Of gifts to mere ac-
quaintanccs. either in the hope that
the gifts may be returned in kind, or
with Others Of greater value. OF with
the no less unworthy desire that the
acquaintance may be o%utrivalled in
the giving Of presents, these things
arc to be d%eplored, and SO much at
tention has been called to these prac-
tees of late years that the system has
become. in some measure, at least, un-
1oSltlOlleiSlS,
But when all tho foolishness has
been eliminated, there still remains
the possibility of recognizing the sea
son in an appropriate way. of giving
pleasure to u friends, and no less
pleasure to ourselves by the sending
out of greetings i'll the form of cards
or letters. The Christmas letter is a
great institution. The writing OF it IL
a practice altogether good. 1t DEM
onstrates that there is in the mind Of
tho writer a. real feeling of interest for
the person addressed, q real desire
to give pleasure, and a willingness to
go to a little trouble for that pur-
pose. If you have not written any
Christmas letters vet, write a few now.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
. . . . . .
YOUR MONEY.

4. Bankers ss M1dwives aud Under. I"
takers.
(By John NJ. Oskison.)
Louis d. Brandeis has the ability
to state q ase picturesquely. Recent
~ he published an article on Break.
to the growth in Importance OF the
investment banker. I quote some OF
:They (the investment bankers)
were not content merely to deal In
securities. They desired to manu-.
facture them also, and became pro-
moters or allied themselves with pro.
gan & Co. formed the steel trust. the
trust. And. adding the dtuies Of un.
dertakers to those Of midwife, the in.
vestment bankers became in times Of
corporate disaster members Of the
security holders protective commit
tees; then they participated as re-
carnation Of the unsuccessful cor
porations, and ultimately became d.
"But the bankers participation in
the management Of the corporations
was not limited to cases of promo.
ton or reorganization. An urgent or
extensive need Of new money was
considered q sufficient reason for the
bankers entering a board Of dirsc.
tors"
Now. Of course. a. Mr.. Brande!s
suggests. when the merchant hank,
er, whose whole business 10 founded
on the theory that. he can sell %.
curities for q bigger, price than he
Of directors Of the concern which
puts out the securities. he % in q DO.
sition to say Just what sort Of q bar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
NOMINATING ROOT FOR PRESl-
DENT.

Chicago Record-Herald: II see by
the papers," MI. Doolcy would say,
that they're nominating Sinator
Root for the presidency on the con-
Observation-Disclosures ticket"
And the philosophe: would be right.
Senator Root is a moderate statesman
who commands great respect for his
intellectual ability, and he has been
surprising Ross Sarncs and his like
by alleged 'radicalisnr." But he is old
and wise-not u say cynical-enoush
not to take his ''nomination'' for pres
ident for the year 1916 too seriously.
When he glances at his Endorse
ments' he doubtless smiles benevu-
lcntly.
Morley and T;ryce know ability and
strength when they see it,. but they
are not American voters, and We know
what iingoes and tail-twistcrs would
say about British indorsers of an
lean voter and an eX-president. but
his own experiences in politics are
not calculated to make him over-en-
thusiastic in booming others of his
own school. Roosevelt-ah, that's
another story.
Roosevelt did say oncec that lie
would crawl on his hands and knees
from the white house to the capitol
to make Root president, and that in
dorsement at par would be worth
much. Alas, MIR. Roosevelt himself
has labored hard to wipe out the vail
Tie Of the Endorsement. The senator
will recall the colonel's compliments
to him during and after the Chicago
ference with the colonel over a New
York labor decision which was used to
prove the need of the judicial recall
in stump oratory. Senator Root
thought and said the colonel had mis-.
understood or mi~srepresented the de-
cision, and that led to some remarks
on the senator's record and legal af.
citations that would not make q good
postscript to the handsome indorse-
ment.
On the whole. the very keen and
astutc New York senator will con-
clude that his little boom at his time
has more interest for the comic spirit
than for the serious political leader.
AS to the future. who can read it?
Much water will pass under the
bridges between now and the sum-
mer of 9l6.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

gate the dead atmosphere. 1t was
night always in this room, but the
darkness just now was what her
nerves required. She threw herself
upon her cot and closed her y
This sickening rebuff was not the
first Millicent had received. 1t was
one of many Those hopes that spring
in wide. country spaces, fostered by
admiring neighhors and relatives, had
persuaded Millicent Trainor, head
teacher in the village dancing acad-
envy that it lay before her to become
la great symbolic dancer.
She had, therefore, come % New
York. entering its glutted mart with
the daring of ignorance. With brain
wrapped in noble fires Of hope she
felt perfectly willing to work des-
perately and to starve. She did not
get work and did not quite starve-
not e when she counted pennies;
not vcn when she gave up the mod
est hall room and moved to this ho'I-
in-the-wall.
In order to secure d hearing oven
one must strike a new note. She
had nothing new. and aside from this
her clothes handicapped her.-=sThey
country. but they were tagged and
out of date now. Because of her re-
peated failures a morbid belief pos
sessed her. New York city, she be-
lieved, was a monster piece of ma
chinery, and it's swarming Inhabitants
each must have u part in its mccain
ism or be thrown aside. She had no
part. And as she lay in the darkness
she turned her face to the wall. She
never could go the rounds Of the
managers offices again to be ap-
praised, set at no value, discarded.
It was all in the business routine.
but she was scorched, scared by the
tired, uncompromising eyes that saw
in her a drug in the market.
She had been given curt permission
to exhibit a few of her fancy steps,
but when she attempted to obey she
found it impossible to raise her skirt
and expose her somewhat shabby
shoes. The door leading to the outer
office was half ajar and blase chorus
applicants were watching.
Millicent groaned at the recollec-
ton. The feeble wriggle Of her numb
feet, the managers broad back turned
on her after the first minute and the
1accid sheer on the face Of the man
at the piano.
And she knew she could dance:
She jumped from the cot. afraid TO
longer risk her despairing thoughts.
Only a few times had she gone into
the parlor where the dodgers fore
gathered Of evenings. Tonight she
longed for the sight and companion
ship Of fellow mOrtals.
The dim, chilly, unattractive cham
Der was sparsely occupied. She noted
a half dozen she had met occasionally
in the halls, on the stairs or seeking
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

full OF Il foot Of snow is equivalent tn
the building Of u lot Of paved streets
through the woods, and it is the thing
that every lumberman longs for.
In smaller snow is impor-
tant to the farmer who has hauling To
do over the country roads. With tho
roads as smooth AS those roads arc
which were properly cared for earlier
in the season hauling on wheels is a
simple matter, but the farmer, as a
rule, prefers the sled when the snow
is right. 1t is lower and moro con-
vcnicnt. and whe nthe snow is just
right a team a haul an enormous
load over it,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

cided 1t was time to quit. I've had
enough. You know that I'm making
a nifty little salary. quite as much as
many Of the men we know. I work
for 1t, too. But is that enough for
me? - 80
Did YOU ever know any man who
would stick to his Job faithfully every
working hour of the week and then
do the way We women. do? Spend all
Sunday cutting out. a new dress,
washing lace. and cleaning. gloves.
hurry home from the office to en-
broider a centerpiece for a friend who
means to be married or a baby's frock
for n who has married? Cut an out.
ing in the country on a Saturday
afternoon to clean the brass candei-
abra or the copper teakettle?
I tell you. it's time We women
learnt the 'sun-to-sun scheme and
practised It: I'm going to take things
easy. like the men. So are you. Come
along and we'll walk up the avenue
and look at the shop windows"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

The professional fire fighter is too
frequently face to face with danger
to regard fires in an esthetic light.
but the feelings Of the amateur with
q passion for running with the ma
chine occasionally show an e%picurean
flavor.
While running to a fire in a large
town in Massachusetts n citizen
overlook another who was going In
the same direction.
"Oh. dear" the latter gasped. quite
out Of breath: II hope it's not the
stove lining works; I've seen that
twice already!'-Youth's Companion.
The train struck the man, did it
not?" asked the lawyer OF the en-
gineer at the trial.
ut did. sir" said the engineer.
WAS the ma on the track, vi"
Numbered the lawyer.
ION the track" asked the engineer.
Of course he was. No engineer wor-
thy Of his Job would u his train
into the woods after a man, SIR
Ladies' Home Journal.
Miss wilkins. the primary teacher,
was i%nstruct.ng her small charges.
Name one thing Of importance
that did not exist a hundred years
ago." said the teacher.
Ralph Franklin, an only child, who
was seated In the front row prompt
ly arose and answered: Me-
Harper's Magazine.
Lemmy Williams. a little colored
boy, was caught in several petty de-
l~inquencies and was at last sentenced
to a short term in the reform school,
where he was taught a trade.
Shortly after his return home he
met a prominent woman. who asked:
Well. Lemmy. what did they put
you at in prison."
"Dey started in to make an homes
boy out'n me. ma'a,n." va the reply.
That's -ood." replied the woman.
~approvingly. II hope they succeeded.
LemmS."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

Who HES from Kansas City,
where the air is full Of pep and
therefore only live mes have q
chance to make IL rep: Who
sought TO save the sons of toll
he stings Of poverty and made
SD good he got a call from WASH
ington. d. c.? Who now will
work for Uncle Sam and cause
duly note why capital and labor
like to claw each others throat?
Who'd span the breach that lies
getween the workman and the
boss-a job which leaves him lit
tie time forsooth to gather moss?
Who's just as apt to pull the
stunt (sec record in X. c. as
n man that comes to mind?
That Walsh mal-Franklin +.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
:. THE EVENING
FROM DREAMS TO BUSINESS.
for letters in the mail box inside the
basement door.
Copyright. 1918. By ". wsrnsr>.

for letters in the mail box inside the
basement door.
Tho II she knew best. and liked
best. was the Intermittent" hopeful
Journalist who had the back hail
room on her door. He was doping
out n game Of solitaire. with little
enthusiasm. when lie espied her and
raised Il heckoning hand. She took a
chair neal him.
Where d'you keep yourself he
said, inviting conversation. "Nurs.
ing YOUR pride TO keep 1t warm ?'
He placed a black king on u red ace.
attention. "The trouble with III IL.
Miss Trainor. VIC only need cppor.
tunity to become famous. I've been
trying for ages to save up enough to
buy a first class camera; then I could
supply all the metropolitan dailies
with Sunday features from now to the
crack of doom. am convinced" he
added. with humorous smile, scat
tering the blocked game and Begin
ming to shuttle the cards for another
deal. that the only obstacle between
me and affluencc is my inability to
secure a camera"
Then Millicent opened her heart to
young Donovan 1t had been a weary
SAbtAS = SAt0 q hlkSsS0 AN04s WIN
ly sympathy. Freely and with relief
she told the humiliating. sometimes
humorous story of the anxious weeks.
But today's experience was the last
straw she exclaimed. why, when
l was perfunctorily ordered to show
a few steps I couldn't even wrigEle
my feet, and I know l can dance.
She sprang up suddenly. uncon-
scious Of Donovan. her sympathizer,
and Of others in the room, and dane.
ed delightfully."- and with skill. She
went through all the familiar figures
she knew we'll and ON new ones
picked up during her search o a
position.
Warmed by the exercise, perhaps
too by tho burst of applause from
Donovan and an admiring salvo from
a quartet of euehrc players, she felt
more optimistic as she dropped into
her chair. smiling.
She frowned d moment afterward
as Il foreigner danced forward and
addressed her: "Egscuse, lady. I watch
you dance and I think you do first
rate"
Donovan scowled quickly, but the
speaker made a rapid, impatient ges-
ture.
Il want to talk business wiv this
lady," he said. aggressively.
I'm not stopping you." Donovan
retorted with a hard stare at the
other.
The little man appeared to accept
his presence without further demur.
1T is business he repeated, brisk
|ly. Il have a select, positively Sc
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

.
WATCH YOUR STEP!
You'll Need a Whistle in Your
Hat Very Som.
The Subway Guard. =.
The Subway Guard.

. . . . . . . . .
"They's a preacher in Saint Louie
says he knows how to can q pigs
squeal.
II always thought they saved that
out in tn stock yards when they kill
ed tn pig. He says they don't. He
says ev'ry noise you hear you can use
it to tune your piano with. He says
he tunes his'n ev'ry time he hears a
mule brayin' or a fly buzzin'.
Lizzie an me amt got no piano
month to buy a good one. an SHE'S
got tn savin' bug since we got mar
ried. BY jing, I'm glad of 1t. If she
goes to gettin' q piano in tn house.
an ! eve ON home an see ashoat
settin' ION tht stool tunin' it. Ill get a
divorce or we'll have spare ribs for
supper. >.
it. all over US humans. They make
their noises like nature made 'em.
When a dog barks, he barks out o his
mouth. An when u bird sings, he
signs out his throat. But when most
people sing nowadays. they skreek
like. they need ailin'. It's got 80 all
If you listen to a lot o people gabbtn'
you hear ZEN go yeh, yeh, yeh. yeh,
like their lungs was up in their top
knot somewhere.
I'm gonna practise talkin' down
deep in my outlet. People pay more
attention to a fellow If he's got a
voice that rumbles. anybody can
talk like a tin pan. II us humans
don't quit lettin' III music boxes
Grind through vi nos we'll get to
maxim noises under our hat. an have
l. a -A~a1> t. 80 -A@~HN
can tell what we say.
Borough Hall! Borough Hall!
"Train for West Farms and the
Bronx!
Bowling Green next! Bronx train!
Watch Your Step!"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

LISTEN, GIRLS!
woman's Work is Never Done.

(By Jessie. Roberts.)

(By Jessie. Roberts.)
She was always on the dead run,
and so when she came in slowly, sat
in the chair that faced me
across the desk as though the leisure
of centuries were hers, and asked
me II I didn't wan to make the other
n 1t a small dinner at q cosy res
taurant that evening. l gasped.
Have you come into a private for
tune. or have o only been fired q,
! asked. This is the first time I
have ever seen o sit still except in
a sleeping al and even there you
usually had ON patent pocket type
writer machine on the table before
you. Az for admitting that you had
a free evening""
Did you ever. in your innocent
childhood" she responded. come
across a little bit of imperishable POI
etry that runs like. this:
Wornan's work is never done; i
Man works from sun to sun,
and ponder on it's truth? Well, that
verse suddenly ami to me and I de-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
SELLS s1o,ooo,ooo BONDS.

0E1uiI SELLS $~1U,UUU,UOU BONDS.
Philadelphia. Dec. 1S.-The Lehieh
Valley Railroad company today an.
nounced that it had sold to a Phila-
delphia banking firm $40. 900 Of
its 4 1-2 per cent consolidated mort
gage bonds. The proceeds are to te
used in the retirement of $4,000 900
Of Elmira. Portland and Northern
railroad bonds. s750,0OO of which
bear s per cent interest. and the re-
mainder 5 per cent. maturing next
April. for the purchase OF equipment
and o terminal and other improve
ments now under way or contemplate
ed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18

thinks she has a pretty ankle.
A story always has a sad ending
when it lands in the waste basket.
The busy bee is all right in hisway
n should keep out of his way.
Few ever see their ideal of
feminine perfection outside a mirror.
We always feel sorry for an heiress;
she simply has to marry in self-ie.
tense.
Anyway. false hair looks better on
a woman's head than when scattered
about OH her dresser.
The sins of omission are more
plentiful than sins of commission
because they require less effort.
IL a oma could only make herself
look as sweet as her retouched photo
graph!
Some women change color-if the
first package is not satisfactory.
A wife governs hest who conceals
from her husband the fact that she
il trying.
If men had the gift Of second sight
there would be fewer cases Of love at
first.
Every time we hear a man saw he
loves his enemies or likes to work we
are tempted to speak up and say
what we think.
New Workers are so afraid of be.
ing imposed upon that they refuse to
believe anybody. even II he a y no
has committed murder.
1t might be a good idea to ship a
moving picture Aim Of the Army and
Navy football game to the city Of
Mexico.
Governor Tener IL probably worth
the $4,000 a year he will get az
president Of the National league, but
a good many people will not believe
it unless he improves the quality of
the peanuts sold In the bleachers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
The plan said to have been adopt,

at JuareZ to put Il stop to the sale
of liquor ought to be effective. Ac-
cording to the reports the revolu-
tionary general in charge has de-
shall be put to death. and that any
one seeking to obtain intoAicants
shall suffer like punishment. That
ought to make Juarez a fairly dry
town.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
TAN FILING DATE EXTENDED.

Washington. Dec. 1s.-Secretary
McAdoo has issued a supplementary
income tax regulation extending the
time for filing itemized monthly list
terest payments for November, re-
-quirej by previous regulations to be-
filed IN or before Dec. 20, to Jan. 5,
1914.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-18
Bargain Basement.

covered from his surprise the man
stepped to the door and. calling the
others Of his party, yelled:
II say, Brown, Wheeler, Carey, all
Of you. come here! I want to intro.
ducc you to my friend Paderewski."