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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

bier. piled their trades beside It; there
was the busy hum-of their ceaseless
primitive industry.
IL soon became a place OF wonder
ful fascination and romance; with It's
own abundant life, its traders. team
sters, and drovers its home-seekers.
hunters, Indian lighters, and adven'
turers OF every conceivable descrip-
ton. Up II went the first rumor OF
war In 1872, and back down it swept
tie nrst news OF Hull's defeat. IL saw
the passing OF General Winchester
troops north to the lake In the dead
oil winter; many of them barefoot ana
all In tattered buckskin or ragged
homespun, with their long. brown
lines held In their frosted fingers: and
later II echoed to the news Of Harri'
sons victory on the Thames, when
bonnres blazed al every crossroad
station. and live trees were split with
gunpowder
And now the road had seen half
century OF use. II was heavy with
dust In summer from the almost con-
unual trampling of the herds OF
horses and cattle, or droves OF white.
Dleating sheep; and axle-deep with
mud In spring and fall between frost
and thaw; or rutted deep in winter
where the wheels of/thd numbering
coaches and slow-movfng freight
wagons had cut
In Jacob Benson's day, the fine old
taste for classic learning still surviv-
ed; men having the time as we'll as
the inclination for such things; and
many land owner in plotting his
town site, gave IL some named culled
from Greek or Roman history. The
Athens. Romes, Homers, and Spartas,
dotted the map; but old Jacob Benson.
with the egotism OF rude and satisfied
Ignorance, when he lay out his town,
and dug or burnt few stumps from
the center OF what he hoped would
some day he a street, named II after
himself, and so II has stood TO this
very day. growing steadily and with
no apparent haste. but growing al
Ways.
In the course OF time the cabins.
built by the early settlers, OF unbark.
ed logs with outside chimneys of mud
and sticks, clapboard roofs. and punch.
con floors, were replaced by more pre-
tentious dwellings OF hewn logs. with
shingled roof, having sawed lumber
for doors. window sash, and floors.
These survived as stables, loom
houses, and shops OF various sorts;
for they in their turn gave way to
substantial and often spacious homes
OF frame and brick. Indeed, as early
as 1915, the town boosted brick
court house which men came from
afar to see In their reckless pride
the townspeople declared that 1t was
one OF the finest public buildings in
the state.
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

wonder II you had added one OF
the dainty net blouses 10 your sum-
mer wardrobe. II you have not
would advise you TO do 80. There Is
,sotl,ing prettier than just plain net
over ones fiesh--it softens and beau
tines any skin.
The French women have all known
this for ages. The American girl Will
buy heavy laces or delicate chihons,
but she has hitherto seemed TO think
that net was cheap" II can be
bought In very fine quality. but that
you buy for one dollar yard IL
beautiful.
The simplest clothes a girl can wear
are the mos, becoming. Yoath
needs no establishment, for then the
eyes are bright with enthusiasm; the
mouth curls up with laughter, and
the skin Ia tinted with the real JOY
OF being alive. .
Let the woman who has grown sal
low and worn brighten her complex
ion with color both on and beside
her face: youth needs only to be
healthy and well-groomed 10 show
tints -fairer- than-can be made by
men.
Let the mittfe-agcd woman soft
en- her akin by the sheen OF expen-
sive lace. Youth needs only ven
Of net about her throat through which
the pink and white Of flesh as beauti-
full as the petal OF a flower can be
seen. IT. \
The girl wi,o soon learns this fact
II the girl who will be spoken Of as
beautiful
Perhaps have wandered from the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

hair is the curly sort which doesn't
need irons and hairdresser and an
hours hard work to beautify. It's the
ringlet kind.
Her skin Is fair and has the deep,
warm red coloring under IL which de-
notes the energetic blood In her
veins.
Imagine carefree. happy school
girl plus a whole lot of sense and You
get some idea of--Miss Williams.
When Siegmund Lubin went to New
York TO find a leading lady he said
he wanted girl who looked the
part" lie surely got one: also he
found girl who can act the part.
which makes her doubiy worth white.
OF course Miss Williams isn't afraid
to do anything that comes her way.
She's an expert swimmer and a con-
scientious worker.
"Appelucia" Ia her pet and her fad
and her chief companion. The LITTLE
pinto will heed her slightest sugges4
ton and knows the tones Of 1lIer voice.
II shes little provoked, she doesn't
have to whip the pony. he gets It by
sound.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

them, would scurry across the cool
bricks OF the checkered, grass-grown
pavement, TO seek safety under some
lilac hedge Even the idlers on the
courthouse steps. rose YEARLY, as
men swayed by a strong but repellant
sense OF duty, and slouched silently
across the square They were chary
OF words for much sitting on those
steps had given them the wasted
speech of men who are talked out.
Previous to this sudden Awakening
Levi Tucker would anticipate by his
frequent appearance before his tavern.
the coming of the stage. lie wouid
stand looking off down the road, ner'
vously swapping the lid OF his mas
sive silver watch. A walt OF Ave min
utes sent him 10 the barn TO Jim. the
stabieman, for n theory that would
explain this extraordinary occurrence.
A delay Of ten minutes sent him 10
the bar for a drink When, finally he
heard the distant rumble OF wheels,
he would return his watch 10 the fob
pocket OF his drab trousers. and call
10 Jim Here she comes" as the
stage. Keeling awkwardly from side
to side. Numbered through the cover
ed bridge and ont intorshe dusty sun
| light.
The teamsters unloading their
freight wagons at the warehouses
along the river front. followed these
arrivals with the easy fiow OF impair
tial criticism. As men possessing pro-
foundry subtle views on horse flesh
no little detail escaped them. They,
- fhA 1ifn Of that
great artery OF pioneer existence: and
the road and its happenings, were 70
each one Of them, as something mt.
mate and personal. change oil
! horses or a change OF drivers. were
matters that could not be lightly ban
| ished.
| The stage road followed in it's gen
eral direction. over hills and through
f'valreys and -across-&ehg -Feaehes-n i
| level and what had been an Indian
trail at the waning OF the eighteenth
century. when Andrew Ballard OF
Pennsylvania. the first ripple in vast
wave OF emigration. pushing manfully
out into the wilderness, built his CABIN
among the hazel-bushes and scrub
oak south OF Benson, where he lived
for perhaps year. the only white man
| in all that region.
| The next settler. n solitary Jersey
man. penetrated some Ave miles fur
Their into the wilderness to the west
of Benson. and set up forge from
which he supplied the Indians with
knives and hatchets.
Another year elapsed. and Colonel
Stephen Landray. Of Oxen Hill. West
| moreland county, Virginia. surveyor
and soldier. with horses. wagons and
few slaves, following the Indian
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

net blouse. but it's all a part OF
the subject, after all. We must real
lie that dress was not first worn as
a covering for our bodies. but as an
ornamentation, and when we clothe
ourselves In just coverings we are
not making the most OF the beauti-
full and artistic things that are now
manufactured for the ornamentation
OF women.
The thing for each one OF us to
learn is what Is the most appropri-
ate for me to wear and what Will en-
nance my good looks most?"
think nothing this spring will do
more for the girl with a fine skin
than a dainty net blouse. Make II
simple. add little lace to II. II you
wish but II is quite as pretty II made
with only tucks and gathers.
The one I have on In the picture
Is lust a plain little bebe waist. but
toned ND i'm the back with treveres
and collar edged with valenciennes.
II Is cut round neck"-no girl
should wear collar unless she Is
painfully thin. =
am wearing these little net
blouses altogether whenever ] must
wear a separate waist of any kind
this spring. and like them better
than bodices Of any material.
Many girls are making them with
lining of the same. cutting the lin
ing low and trimming with lace and
making the blouse over II with only
tucks and ruffles of the same goods.
You can make your net blouse In
almost any style. but you must have
at least one II you would be In fashion
this summer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

him. When it subsidized. Mr.. Bartlett
remarked sympathetically:
You ought TO take something for
that cough Of yours. | would II II
was mine
The stranger. still choking. shook
his head
where does II take you?"
Here" resting a bony hand on his
sunken chest.
Lungs"
The strangers jaws grew rigid. He
favoured the driver with sinister
frown.
There was silence between them
for a little space. which Mr.. Bartlett
devoted TO a thoughtful study of his
coppanion. Under this close scrutiny
tha stranger moved restlessly a
senAe OF the others physical health
opprAssed him, il seemed to take
from Ms own slender stock OF vitality
"HcpS Amt crowding you" said
Mr.. Bartlett. Here. I'll make more
room -Sor you. Well sir. Benson's
sbuur the healthiest place ! know Of
When a man gets ready to die there
he has to move away to do it,"
who the hells talking abont
dying" demanded the stranger saw.
agely. There are plenty OF grave
yards where l came from"
There are plenty OF graveyards
everywhere; yes sir. you'd have TO do
a heap Of travelling to get shut OF
them" admitted Mr.. Bartlett Impair
TALLY.
And all the laundering fools amt
buried yet said the stranger shortly.
Mr. Bartlett mediated on this ap-
parently irrelevant remark In silence.
He had found the stranger taciturn
and sullen, or given 10 flashes OF grim
humour.
Where's I-andray's MILF" the lat
ter now demanded the CLINT OF anger
slowly fading from his eyes.
see that ctump of Willows down
yonder, to the right OF the road? I'll
just back OF them"
who's running IT,"
"Old General Landray's sons, Bush
and Steve" he spoke Of them with
easy familiarity.
II see you know them" said the
stranger.
IT'D be funny II didn't-every-
body knows EN-"
II reckon So" said the stranger
briefly.
81 allow you knowed the general?'
remarked Mr.. Bartlett.
81 recollect him well enough"
"He was right smart OF man In
his day, and one OF the old original
first settlers. knowed him we'll my
SELF" observed Mr. Bartlett.
Powerful easy man to get &C
quainted with; awful familiar, want
her" and the stranger grinned evilly.
We'll. knowed him when l seen
him." said Mr.. Bartlett. with some re-
serve: and he seemed willing to
abandon the subject. What you
laughing att" he added quickly. for
the stranger was chuckling softly to
himself
"Oh. nothing much. Did you know
him after he was took with the govt?
You're sort OF fat: say now, did he
ever cuss you for getting In hts way?
It's likely that's what brought you to
his notice." and he exploded In burst
of harsh laughter. "Oh, yes. l reckon
you knOwed him well-when you seen
him."
This singular assault on his inno-
cent pretensions had a marked and
chilling effect on the driver. He edged
away from the stranger. and there
was q long pause; but silence was
not to be where Mr.. Bartlett was con-
cerned. He now asked, pointing to
the sleeping child. Amt you going
to wake him up? He'll feel as II he'd
missed something"
IL guess he'll have a chance to see
all there Is to see when we get there.
He's clean tired out. You say the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

! wash from here. son: it's on TO the
other side OF the town
"Oh. Where's the sugar bush. where
you and Grandpap made the long
sweetening. and where you killed the
timber wolf; have We passed that
The man glanced back over his
shoulder. II reckon from the look or
things that's been cleaned up he
said regretfuliy. Il laid OFF to show II
| TO you as we come along.
II wish she was here. don't you,
Pop" said the boy in whisper, and
he tucked his small hand into that
OF his father. The latter made no an
swer 10 this.
do you plan to locate in Benson
asked Mr.. Bartlett.
En-" said the stranger, reused
from the revery into which the child's
words had thrown him. no. ! guess
not: amt come back 10 stop. |
reckon I need more elbow room than
you got left in this part OF the coun-
try"
The boy nudged his father. and then
placing a small hand with elaborate
caution over his own lips as il to sig
Nifty the need OF reticence. smiled with
deep cunning. The stranger lapsed
into a moody silence and withdrew
his eyes from the reach OF valley in
10 which they were descending, while
Mr. Bartlett returned his undivided
attention to the four horses he waS
driving. At intervals the child raised
his eyes to his fathers face as II 10
ask some question, but respecting his
civ0nnn fnrnnA In With tho
question unasked.
foot OF Landray's Hill. Mr. Bartlett
deity released the brake. shook out
his lines. and the stage made It's rap
Id entry into Benson.
CHAPTER TWO.
The old stage reaA-became the
Its surface, beneath the thick shade
Of naples and oaks creaked and
rumbled the huge stages Northward
and Southwark bound. The drivers
on these stages. a tanned and whisker-
ed fraternity. were wont to get the
most out Of the short half male that
went to make up the distance between
the covered bridge south of town and
Levi fuckers red brick tavern on the
square. Much pure display was
achieved In the way OF galloping
horses and cracking whips. as well
as some extra speed.
The arrival OF each stage was the
cause OF a lively. II temporary excite
ment. No merchant was so busy.
but he found time to hurry to his door
to note it's passing Dogs barked
shrilly: hens, vocal with fright. driv-
ing their panic-stricken broods before
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29

Members of the Syracuse fire depart
ment have found unique way OF con-
verting leisure time into profit They
make fine Shetland shawls. weaving
them on large wooden frame The
first shawl completed was as soft a.
silk and perfectly made. Three more
are now under way.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-29
LATEST STYLE

VOW VNVN0ON,
His new spring trousers were so tight
That when he stopped to make
bow
She didn't linger on the scene
And newell, he got home some
how
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His father turned aptrife shame
facedly to Mr.. Bartlett
II been trying to hearten him up
a bit on the trip" he exclaimed; then
he added. You cant see the sheep
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-09-20
LA ESFERA A
Berm1dez Hno.
FORTALEZA 20

Zinc acanalado, pinturas, aceites,
barnices y aguarras, arneses de uno y
dos caballos, ruedas con llantas de
gonna y de acero, baf1os y medios ba-
hos de zinc, sorbeteras de 4, 6,Sy
10 cuartillos. Callicida Escriva para
extraer los callos y durezas de los pies,
sin molestias nj dolor alguno. Este
rilizadoras de leche, armas de todas
classes, maquinas de coser, muebles,
cuadros, lamparas, desgranadoras de
maiz, balanzas de mostrador, jaulas
para loros, relojes otros artlculos
de ferreterfa y quincaila.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-09-20

corrido en- la tertulia-que Lajeneusse
eumple amos y que esta desolado. 81
temible severe crltico esta en- esa
edad indefnida, ambigua y vaga, que
oscila entire los treinta y cincuenta, la
edad que tienen en- Paris todas las mu-
jeres "que circular Esta en- esa
edad inconfesable en- que Sc ha perdi-
do ell brio de la juventud y a1n no Sc
ha ganado la serenidad de la veje2;
en- esa edad en- que los hombres de le-
tras vuelven sobre 81 mismos, echan
una ojeada sobre su labor y deploran
no haberla hecho mas intensa y mas re-
concentrate.
Tai vez Lajeneusse llora ahora en- ST.
lencio su juventud, perdida para el
amor para la gloria, perdida en- la es-
terilidad de los cafes literarios y entire
las amarillas hojas de ''les feuilletons
de-.
Lajeneusse no es joven ciertamente,
Is, a 10 sumo, es un joven envejecido,
envenenado de atm0sferas de cafes, de
"pose', de literature, de folletones
dramaticos. Esta en- la edad perincli-
tante compleja en- que Sc ailora la
adolescencia fresca E ingenua, la ado
lescencia credula y vehemente, la ado
escencia loca dulce en- que todas las
mujeres nos parecen angeles y todos
los hombres diabolicos, cuando mas
tarde sc descubre que todas elias son
menos adorables que serafnes y todos
ellos mas anodinos que Satan...
Lajeneusse esta triste de sus ner-
vios y de 81 mismo triste de Paris y dc
su peri6dico, triste de tanto 'fumismo'
y de tanto "arrivismo" como le rodea
por todas parties. Yo, que llevo dentro
de mi, como el, ell demonio de la cri-
tica Eel unico Luzbel sobreviviente
en- este mundo apagado y mediocre es
el demonio del analisis que anatemati-
20 Stuart Mill), comprendo su triste-
"a. No es la tristeza de su "aniversa-
rio'', como aquf Sc dice con Erase mas
f1nebre, pero mas flosofca que ell ale
gre "cumpleanos" espanol; oh, ST, ca
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-09-20

da cumpleaflos es oln aniverasrlo mas
bien, unas exequias solemenes celebrs-
das en- honor de los d1as difuntos!..
Els la tristeza de su vida tai vez un po-
co marchita y un POGO fallida; es ID
tristeza dominante de todo esp1ritu cri,
! tico...
Por la noche, en- ell cafe Vetzel, fren-
tie la mole maciza negra de la Ope-
ra, vuelvo a yer Lajeneusse que esta
mas desolado a1n y mas l1gubre que
por la tarde; tan desolado y tan l1gu
bre, que Gomez Carrillo, M. Michaud-
ell admirable editor que ha propagate
tanto en- America la literature espalo,
Lay yo sonreimos un POGO de su as
pecto terrible y lamentable, mezcla Gle
ogro y de "enfant bondeur'.
Pero mas despiadadamente y mas
| crueles- mujeres, al fn-rlen y SON.
r1en del aire inquietnte de Lajeneusse
las dos muchachas espanolas que nos
acompanan,: la elegante, fna y esbelts.
morena que piso tantas veces las ram
bias de- Barcelona, la rubia perversa
y gentil que pas6 su juventud entire
las GALES chulas y alegres de Ma
drid..
Lajeneusse no puede resistir a 81 mis-
mo- nj los demas acaso,- y con un
gesto tremendo de hombre dis<ustado
paga s1bitamente y IS 'en va"
Con el Sc va la juventud perdida, ro-
ia; la vida que pesa y que pasa; la
vida que amarga que envenena. La
jeneusse es toda una generaci6n fran
cesa, sobreviviente del naturalismo
amamantada en- ell simbolismo; toda
una generacion francesa, sin ideales y
sin fe. Los j6venes impacientes fo-
gosos de hoy, los pragmatistas dogma.
tizantes en- Filosof1a, los futuristas au-
daces en- Arte, no comprenden ell esta-
do de amino de esta generacion que
envejece...
70 81 que 10 comprendo absoluta-
mente; por ESQ me inspira pena y ad-
miraci0n a la vez este Lajeneusse te-
rrible- mezcla de ogro de "enfant
boundeur que es en- su vida, en- sus
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-09-20
cRoN1cA
La juventud perdida

HOY. en- ell cafe Napolitano, donde
Gomez Carrillo diariamente consume
cigarrillos Y 'esprit" entire plntores
cubistas. escultores futuristas, "socle-
taires" de la Comedie Francalse-el
venerable Sylvan, decano, ha hecho
un instante su aparici6n, grave Sc
natorial-y poetisas locas de sus rlmas
" de sus nervios, he conocido a Ernesto
Laieneusse Ell formidable crltico de-
Con sus gruesas y enormes sortlJas
de raia indio, su aspecto entire saliva
ie enternecedor, un POGO de ogro con
mucho de s'enfant bondeur", tiene hoy
Laieneusse una marcada mueca de sar-
castico excepticismo. Sus ojos menu
dos agazapados tras las cejas toscas'
miriam distraidamente, asl como ell va
clio, solo 81 algi1n nuevo contertullo
hace su entrada en- la pena" su mano
Sc agita con un movimiento rapldo pa
ra colocar bajo ell dosel carnoso de sus
parpados la impertinencia de su mo-
n6culo, que arroja luego con desden
sobre su regaZO...
Laieneusse esta triste; esta desola-
damente triste; esta mas triste que dc
costumbre. iAh, cumple amos hoy; 81,
cumple anos, indeterminadamente'
Dios sabe cuantos, tai vez treinta y Gil.
co, acaso cuarenta y dos, quien sabe 81
cincuenta! No seria 70 quien, 81 10 su-
piera, cometerfa la indiscreci6n de de-
cirlo; en- Paris ell secreto de los amos
es tan sagrado E inviolable en- ell hon.
bre como en- la mujer. Pero, 5lo Sc yo?
No, ciertamente. SAcaso 10 sabe el
mismo? "Forse che 81, forse che non"
como dir1a Ell admirable y terrible au-
tor de "La Pisanelle.
Solo sabemos- por que ell rumor ha
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-07
TWENTY BILLS ARE SIGNED
Minimum Wage and Convict Employ.
ment Are Approved by the
Governor.

Madison-The governor has signed
the NahOn bill providing for a mini
mum wage for women and minors;
the Sharpe bill providing for the EN-
ployment of prisoners at the reform.
atory at Green Bay and at the peni
Tertiary at Waupun in the manufac.
ture of articles for the use of other
state institutions; the Kiefer bill pro-
viding for the removal and elective
city officers and selection of their sue
cessors; the Millar bill providing for
the insuring of the properties of cit
les, towns and counties; the Bichler
bill lSSalizing the payment of $2,400
by the city of Sheboygan to Mayor
Dickman for serving as superntend.
ent OF its water works department.
the Estabrook bill authorizing count,
boards and common councils of cities
to grant rooms and space in public
buildings to soldiers of the civil and
Spanish-American wars for memorial
halls and museums; the Chinook bill
prohibiting the intermarriage of sec.
ond cousins. and finance committee
bill appropriating $225,OO0 for state
reformatory for women.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-07
NEW LAW IS MD
TO RURAL SCHOOLS
PROVIDES FOR EXTENSION OF
TEACHERS TRAINING
FACILITIES.
STATE TO PAY FOR TRAINING
Measure Carries an Appropriation Of
$4,000 tc Cover the Expenses Ct
Special Training Courses in Connec-
ton with High Schools.

Madison.-In the opinion of the
state school superintendent the most
important educational measure en-
acted at this session of the legislature
is the law which provides that in
counties where there are now no
country training schools for teachers,
the board In charge of any high school
whose course is equal to that pre-
sented by the state superintendent,
may establish and maintain in con.
nection with the high school train
ing course.
The state In such case will pay the
expense of teacher to conduct the
training course. A student in any
such high school may take an addi
ton to the regular high school course
as additional three or four units and
be graduated at the end of the four
years, not only as high school stu.
dent but as teacher Any student
taking the training course will find
his or her diploma a certificate good
for five years as teacher in the rural
schools, without further examination.
An appropriation of $4,000 per
year was made to carry out the pro-
visions OF the bill. which means that
twenty-five high schools can at once
become training schools for teachers.
Not only will this multiply the num-
Der OF teachers for rural school, but
ton of such teachers. Students grad.
Tuate from high school at an average
age OF about 10 years, and il they take
the training course it means that the
rural schools will get five years Of
service from professionally trained
teachers, of higher average age than
those who now serve those schools.