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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Answered at Last.

A Swede was being examined in a
cas in a Minnesota town where the
defendant was accused Of breaking a
plateglass window with a large stone.
He was pressed to tell how big the
stone was. but he could not explain.
"Was it as big as my fist?" asked
the v Judge who had taken over
the examination from the lawyers In
the hope Of getting some results.
1T ban bigger" the Swede replied.
WAS it as big as my two fists?"
at ban bigger"
Was 1t as big as my head?"
ut ban about as long, but not SO
thick" replied the Swede amid the
laughter of the court.-Saturday Even
ing Post
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Truck Farming pront..

Some remarkably large profits from
truck farming on a small scale in the
upper part OF Michigan are shown by
figures compiled by a refining pre-
serving company which buys and cans
much of the truck farm products,
One man raised six Of toma-
toes and received for his crop $1,000,
which is an average Of $lS1.75 an
acre. Another sS43.S3 for cucumbers
-3-acre crop. For half IN acre Of
wax beans, $119.50; for a crop Of
string beans grown on n acre. s2l4.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Talented AGENT.

Mrs. Home Seeker-You certainly
don't expect anybody to take this
house9 Why. 1t says terribly. The
floors all run %downhill."
Agent "a small man)-It was built
that way on purpose, mum. to keep
peace in the family. Greatest inven.
tion Of the age, num-.
Mrs. Home Seeker-Keep peace In
the family?
Agent-Yes. mum-nothing like It.
Whenever your husband drops his
collar buttons. he'll always know
know where to find 'em.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
New Aarleultural School.

The new agricultural school of the
Columbia university will be located
on the Hudson river-Fshkilion-
he-Hudson. 1t is announced that
William Blodgett has turned over to
the university in memory Of hts
mother, a farm Of about $50 acres for
this purpose. lids planned to put up
an engineering and mining station in
connection with the agricultural
equipment.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Doinu Good.

Mrs. F~litterby-So you are on the
visiting committee of your social
workers society. l should think you'd
find It %dreadfully irksome. making all
those slum calls.
MIS-. Hunter. Fadde-I'm willing to
make the sacrifice for a good cause.
Every visiting day I tent my maid
around with my cards.-Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Hard Luck story,

Opportunity knocks at every mans
door"
Maybe" said Mr.. Growcher. But
to me opportunity has always seemed
more like one Of those small boys who
ring the door bell and then runs."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Not Utterly Crushed.

Now, Bobby" said the mature but
well preserved widow: II think a
great deal Of you, but I can't marry
you. I'm old enough to be your
mother"
Then, Mrs. Kearnaggy." pleaded
the heart-broken youth, cant you
take me into the family as an adopted
SOM"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26

is Felice going to the seashore
this summers"
mo. she has decided to visit q
mountain resort"
II thought she was very fond Of
salt water bathing"
That's true, but Felice has lost IS
pounds In weight"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
That WAY.

Our neighbor across the way has
o large family"
How can you say that, dear. when
he has only a wife and one child:"
Eyes. but the child weighs one hun
dred pounds. and the wife. two"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
More Than 2o2 Million.

"Are you aware of the fact that
the United States bureau of fish.
cries Matched 2O2, Ooo,0 900 Holsters last
year?"
mo, I was not aware Of that fact.
but l have known for some time that
all the Holsters don't come from the
United States bureau Of fisheries"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Just Her Way.

TT has been said that a man can
find a mate to share his lot. even
though he lives in a tub"
81 guess that's true. And his wife
will be a happy woman II her neigh
Dor lives In a smaller tub"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Lack of Clarity,

Here is a foolish editorial In q
new thought magazine"
'What is the title?"
"Tf So. Why"
Rather vague. What do you sup
pose the author vas writing about"
81 don't know. All ] can tell you
is that he wrote about a page"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
DAMAGE BY .und Squirrel.

Report says that the ground squirrel
in California is destroying every year
over $10,0 900 worth OF fruits, nuts
and cereals and worse still is a menace
to public health. The ground squirrel
has become infected with the bubonio
plague through the rats OF San Fran,
sico. !
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Unpleasant Result.

Nurse. is my temperature going
up?"
81 am sorry to say 1t is. sir"
80 am l. for 80 will my doctors
bill"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Their Scent.

"Buggs did not contribute a cent
toward the pursuit Of those bank
burglars"
Yes, he did. He supplied the
bloodhounds."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Close Shave at That.

Bix-So you are now living in the
suburbs7 Do you have to walk to the
train mornings?
Dix-No. run"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26
Quite Unnecessary.

"Ever keep a diary. Weary"
"wot's dat?"
"A record OF wot a Teller does.-
Nav! De cops attends tor dats
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-26

Lady-And you say that you follow
:wo of the most popular professions?
Hobo-Yes. mum: in winter l am a
baseball player and in the summer I
am an actor. Dat Is why | never work.
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direct from Numemburg, all dressed
ready for the water.
Here he bought the baby doll who
toddles back and forth on the floor,
and the kitty who creeps along and
news out loud. There is bear as
big as a baby in his store, which came
from Nuremburg, and which winds up
and dances.
| Long lines Of track, the railroad sta
tions, and the completely outfftted en-
gines and Pullman sleepers are made
at the order Of the buyer by Bing
Bros. Many Of the lead soldiers come
from Nuremburg, but the majority are
made in Dresden.
In the town Of Leichtenfeld they
make nothing in the world but bas-
kets. This is a home industry entirely.
The manufacturer buys the willow or
the rattan, and 1t Is given out in lots
to the peasants, who take it home and
make all OF the baskets by hand.
Christmas tree ornaments come from
the little town Of Lauscha. Almost all
of the gayly colored bulbs and balls
and perishable decorations are of
blown glass. Long glass tubes are
given out to the peasants, who take
them home. heat them by fire, and
bow them into thousands of different
shapes. Then the ornaments are col
ored and, packed. Even the tiny chill
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who make the toys are pretty sure
that If they take their wares to Leip-
zig early in March that some one VIII
be there to purchase, and they come
laden with goods and samples from
every town, little and big, all over the
country.
Many of the peasants have sold their
goods to a man who sell them, called
atkien-geselshaft.
When everyone has arrived in Leip-
zig, there is a monstrous parade. Men
are hired to walk the streets with
huge signs on their backs telling where
certain toys will be found. The man
who pulls a huge toy dog at his heels,
or is followed by a toy elephant that
walks by itself. is advertising the man
who sells animals, which come from the
town of Ohrdruf. II you have hobby
horse or a camel or any other hair
covered animal. it, probably came from
Ohrdruf.
There are hundreds and hundreds OF
these men. with all kinds Of toys In
their hands. on their heads, and at
their heels, and they walk for one
week up and down the streets of Leip-
zip from morning till night. Then and
there the buoyers make all the pur-
chases that they can, and later travel
through the interior Of Germany, to
the smaller towns, buying sometimes
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
ROOSEVELT, IN CHILE,
ASSA|LS JUDICIARY
cooIneI, in Address to Oldest
Educational Institution, Calls
Them irresponsible.

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 2S.--Theo6ore
Roosevelt delivered an address on THE
Democratic Movement in a Republic"
before the oldest institution for higher
education on the continent, the Uniyer-
sity of Chile
Colonel Roosevelt confined his review
mainly to the twelve years since he
first became President. During this per-
iod, he said. ''the political movement in
the United States has represented
and concrete performance the principles
which in the abstract all intelllg gent
men admit to be true
.1n oaIest outline" he said, "our
problems were in the first place to re-
store the government to the people, so
as to make the fact correspond with
the theory, and in the second place,
and even more important, to use the
governmental power when thus re-
stored so as to make US an industrial
and economic as well as political de-
mocracy."
Colonel Roosevelt explained his views
regarding the judiciary and big bust
ness" During the last half of the nine
Ieenth century, he asserted 1.-The leaders
of reaction in the United States, polit-
cal and financial alike. gradually grew
to recognize in the judiciary their most
powerful potential ally" The judges.
he said. by their training and aloofness
of their position on the bench have
little real knowledge of or sympathy
with the lives and needs OF the ordi-
nary hard-working toiler. The judges,
he declared, were in reality 'irrespon-
sibie lawmakers. with a strong natural
bias against every species of reform
legislation for social and industrial re-
lief and fair play
He repeated his campaign declarations
that big business has come to stay"
and that the problem was so to control
ii and supervise it as to prevent there
being any improper advantage taken
by big business at the expense of small
business.
Speaking OF the Republican party,
Colonel Roosevelt said: There was in
the United States a historical party, the
one to which I then belonged, which II
true to its origin would have cham
pioned without exception every single
one of the reforms which the Progress
s1ves have championed."
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wonder just who made the dolly
who is so dear to your heart. or who
carved out the animals in your Noah
Ark? By the time you are old enough
to read you are able to realize what
task Santa Claus has on his hands
Syery year and that some place, some
where, he must have 2. perfectly enor-
nous lot of people working for him all
the year round-helpers who begin the
day after Christmas to make toys for
the next year and who never stop until
the. day before Christmas has come
around again.
He has such a corps of helpers in
the Germans, the greatest toy makers
IN the world, and the especially dele
gated buyers who are sent out from
all countries TO purchase toys go to
Germany first of all 70 get their stock.
Now, some of the toys are made in
this country, but loads and loads OF
them, and every one bearing the words,
made in Germany" was made in some
foreign country, and in almost every
case in Germany. This very year the
buyers from America spent nearly seven
million dollars in Germany for toys
for children in this country. In Eng
land, Japan, France, AIstria-Hun-
gary, and Belgium, where the buyers
also go for toys, not near this much
money was spent.
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hides for the breasts Every little boy
and girl who Is able works right along
with the grown-ups. You can never
know but what some little German ooJ
in far-off Ohrdrut had to miss a game
of ball in order to stay at home and
sew the hide on your hobby horse!
Horses of all kinds are made, from
little wee ones that cost Is cents. to
tandem teams as big as an eight or
nine year old child. One pair of horses
which came from Ohrdruf, and which
are right here in Washington, are as
big as a Newfoundland dog. and are
covered with real hair, fitted with
complete harness, are attached to q
wicker cart with two separate seats.
and cost SIS. Lions. tigers, camels,
zebras, all Of the fur-bearing animals.
are made one by one, in the homes Of
the peasants.
Have you any mechanical toys
Made in Germany?" They came from
q town called Nuremburg, where all
Of the steam engines and electric EN-
gines, and Pullman sleepers, and walk
ing cats, and dogs. and water boats,
and swimming women. and walking and
talking dolls are made.
There is q huge manufacturing es-
tablishment Cling Bros.) in this town.
which occupies one whole block. and
which makes nothing every day in
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

the big issue. OF course, the appropri-
alton measures, carrying something like
much time.
President Wilson will deliver his an
nual message in person a week from
Tuesday. He will read 1t to the two
houses in joint convention.
In addition to trust legislation, farm
credits legislation will receive atten-
tion.
Committees Of both houses have large
numbers of bills on their hands. No
less than 9.376 public and private bills
have already been introduced in this
Congress.
House leaders plan to rush business
through and hurry bills to the Senate,
endeavoring to crowd that body as
much as possible. The Senate. which
insists on taking its time, will prob
ably refuse to be hurried.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
PindeIPs S Friends To
Ask His Confirmation

Friends OF H. M. Pindell, Of Peoria,
ILL.,, will make a strong effort to have
his nomination as ambassador to Rus
sia confirmed by the Senate this week.
They are anxious to do this because
il the nomination is mot confirmed in
the special session 1t will fail and will
have to be sent in again by the Presi-
dent in the regular session
The Foreign Relations Committee will
meet on Wednesday and will take up
the nomination then. Several members
will ask that the nomination be re-
ferred to a subcommittee, for an in
vestigatfon OF the allegation that Mr..
Pindell was assured that he could re-
sign at the end Of years service and
could spend the year in European travel
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

pie doll. and drew his picture. but sh6
went to the home Of all the dollies.
Waltershausen. to have him made
quickest. biggest. and best.
Department stores now carry q COM
plete line Of goods for dolls. as they do
for human beings. Doll houses have
bathrooms. dollies have hundreds Of
mufrs, hats, and furs from which to
choose, and besides bracelets and rings,
theJ now have hot-water bags made
for them. Quilted trousseaus made
in Germany are complete In every par
ticular. come In a miniature trunk,
and cost as high as SIS.
Tea sets come from Tettau, Germany,
but this IL mostly factory work
The Noah's Arks come from Ober-
ammergau. in Bavaria. Here the ami
mails are carved out by hand by the
peasants. There q huge ark In one
Of the department stores with animals
as big as kittens. all standing in their
stalls, two and two, and with Shem,
Ham,. and Japheth hanging around to
keep everything In order. This came
from Oberammergau.
After the buyer has chosen all of the
samples and made round Of the lit
tie towns where he buys directly
from the people, he returns to this
country to await the shipments.
The greater part Of the drums.
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a long time ago Santa Claus uSeu
TO see to the whole job himself, but SO
many more people are in the worio
now, and the population consists OF
so many more little Harrys and VIII
lies and Ikes and Izzies and Tonys ana
Patricks, that 1t was simply Impossible
for him to do without assistants. He
thought the matter over, and decided
this was ever so long ago-that he
would have to ask the department
stores of all the countries to help him
out He suggested that each store
send at least one person out every year
to the place where all Of the toys first
began to be made-that is. to Germany
and to all of the other countries
where he had people working for him.
So all of the stores appointed people
called Toy Buyers to go to Germany
every year and buy all of the dolls and
animals and tree ornaments that were
necessary for a highly respectable
Christmas. This is the story a perfect
Il nice buyer told. If you want to
know how he got the toys you will
get this year, !wheQ he got them, and
from whom, keep Aght on reading this
this story, and don't skip a word.
Early In March, and sometimes in
February, of each year the buyers
from all over the world begin to go
over to Germany. By the time the
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

The home Of All, Of the toys In the
world.
Hundreds Of years ago the peopl,
Of this town used to make toys fol
their children. The trade came dowr
from generation to generation. and
the descendants of the first toy.
makers are stiil in the business. They
love their work.. and the wonderful
playthings which they have made for
children year by yesr. century by cen
tury. grow more and more perfect.
Thousands work steadily throughout
the year for the happiness Of children
on one day-their fingers toll unceas-
ingly and the beautiful part of the
whole story lies in the fact that human
beings really do most Of the work with
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But the story of the dolls is the most
wonderful Of all.
They come from a great many diner
ent places, but only the most impor-
tant will be mentioned.
Waltershausen is the home of the
dolls. Here they are made by the
million. The baby doll, character
doll. which looks just like baby and
whichs Is formed like one, and the
lady" doll are the newest things on
the market, and are made here. In
this little town, hidden in the Thuring-
ton Mountains. where so many dolls
are made, 1t is said to be a hard thing
to find a dressed doll of any kind.
And the manner in which the dolls
are made is different from anything
you have ever heard. All of the differ
ent parts are made by different famil-
ies-in one home are made the legs, one
the arms, another separate family
takes the heads, puts in the eyes and
teeth, and SO on. Then all of the pieces
are carried to the home of the manu-
facturer. or the atlkiengeselshaft, who
mas them put together. The wigs are
a separate industry, and their manu-
facture alone gives work to thousands
Of peasants.
Waltershausen Is where all of the
Kewpie dolls are made, the china
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
White House Events
Announced for Year

The official program of the White
House entertainments for the coming
season has been sent out, as follows:
ner. s D. m; January 6, Tuesday, dipIo-
mauc reception, $50 p. m: January y,
Tuesday, diplomatic dinner. D. m. |:
January 20. Tuesday. judicial reception,
$50 p. m: January q. Tuesday, Su-
preme Court dinner. 8 D: m: February
3, Tuesday. Congressional reception, $50
p. m: February 10. Tuesday. Speakers
dinner. o. M; February II, Tuesday,
army and navy reception. $50 b. m.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
New Orleans Fair
Is Being Arranged

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. E.-Aftei
conferences Of commercial and business
interests, plans have been outlined for
the Southern states Pan-AmerfcG xx-
position in New Orleans next Novem-
Der, celebrating the opening OF the
Panama Canal. Committees have beer
named to solicit 3. 900. o0o for expenses.
A big prize will be offered for an
Orleans, open to aeronauts from al
countries, and $4,000 win be offered foi
the greatest idea. invention, or discov.
cry.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ALEXANDRIA. VA, NOV. g.

The organization of a company OF in
fantry in the State militia. to be re-
cruited in Alexandra county, with
headquarters at Falls Church. will be
erected on Saturday night at Odd Fel-
lows Hall, Falls Church, where .
meeting will be held for this purpose.
Capt. ]. Brad Beverly, Of Luray. re-
cruitine officer, has been in Alexandra
county for the past week looking over
the situation, and has made an official
report to Col Robert F. Leedy that he
finds the situation very encouraging
and believes that a full company can be
maintained in the county. Among those
who have offered encouragement to the
plan are Mayor H. A Fellows. George
W. Hawxhurst, DR.. George 7. Mankin'
r. c. L. Moncure, John Bethune, and
John G. Herndon. Many Of the younger
men expressed the belief that from
Falls Church. Clarendon, Ballston, Ross
lyn. and other towns 100 enhstments
could be gotten If necessary.
Many Alexandrians attended services
today at II O'Clock at the chapel of the
Theological Seminary Of Virginia, three
miles west of here, where the Rev. Prof.
w. H. Griffith Thomas, Of Wyciine
lncOlOblSdl COlcSCp LII ohSOx
of the most prominent clergymen OF the
Church Of England, in Canada. preach
ed Many men took part in q mass
meeting held this afternoon in the
Westminster building of the Second
Presbyterian Church, which was ad-
dressed by the Rev. DR.. A. w. Spooner,
pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, Washington.
The police department on Tuesday
will conduct a public exhibition OF the
goods recently recovered from the saloon
of George s. Finch and which are be-
lieved to have been stolen, the greater
part from freight cars and from the
railroad yards near here. There are
more than three large wagon loads of
goods, valued at several thousand dol
lars. Already a number of merchants
have identified a number of articles.
Among the articles identified yesterday
was a handsome pair of field glasses
presented to Robert NJ. McWade. of
Washington. manager Of the Women's
National Daily.
Mrs. Laura E. Blunt, widow Of W. T.
Blunt, died yesterday afternoon at the
home of her son, C. T. Blunt, los South
Fayette street. Mrs. Blunt was seven
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
AGED Woman's Fall Fatal.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Richard
Woolen, eighty-four years old, a men,
Der Of one Of Baltimore's prominent
families, fell to her death from a win
dow in her room on the third floor of
an apartment house. She was in feeble
health.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

They nh the stores
with new inven-
tons every year.
and never tire Of
duplicating old ia
vorites by thethou-
sand.
Does 1t not look
as II they were Sc
cretly commission
ed by some one to
do all of this?
And who seems
more responsible
than 81. Nicho1aa?
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LONG SESSION NOW
CONGRESS PROSPECT
Currency, Appropriations, and
Trust Bills Promise to Last
Until Summer.

One week fro mtomorrow the regular
session Of Congress win begin, and there
will be a rush Of business. A pro-
tracted session. which may last all next
summer, is looked for.
After the currency bill is disposed
of, the trust question is expected to be
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
trunks. games

trunks. games
roller skates. etc,
are made In thi,
country.
There are man,
o tn er wonderful
places, which ther,
IL not room to
mention. The towr
Of sonneberg. In
Germany. where
thousands Of dolls
and all wigs ars
made, Is said to b<
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

AIDE IN GER
MANY you will
read this inscrip-
ton on almost ev-
cry toy that you
own, and yet there
is scarcely a child
who is ever told or
who ever knows
e n o u G h to ask
whether or not the
toy really came
from that country.
Didn't you often
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
Returns After AZ Years.

wILkESBARRE, Pa, Nov. 23-For-
ty-two years ago Dennis Shevlin mys-
ter5ously disappeared. He returned the
other day, and brought a wife.
The Washington times., 1913-11-23

dren Of Lauscha
help. for the whole
family must work
very hard for even
a little m o n e y.
The glass blowing
is q great strain
upon the constitu-
ton, and the peo-
pie Of Lauscha do
not live long. All
the glass eyes and
glass marbles are
made here by these
The Washington times., 1913-11-23
Misses Kiss and Pays $34.

PANA, ILL.,, Nov. ct cost Louis
Specie, a well-known Pana young man,
S4 in Magistrate Springstun's court for
attempting to kiss Miss Lucille Braem
and failing to succeed.