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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
Sercdtiafc Sraac.

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ben ben GautoffeI idnpingcnOen
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triufens unb ipGten 3odbmicfpm.
mems beruntcrputt: .@ntiGuloiaen
sic, bin i'd etipn Sbr Monn?"
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
Grhannt.

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19

Sntter sc a n: Sd tperSe
ieoen Sreitag fir Sarmer bic @ei.
5et. Corn o6er anberes Siitter se.
mdblt tpiirSfen meine Miible in
8etrieb baber.
Sobn S. @uebiser, 81. 2.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
Advertise!

The local field 10 yours. All
YOU need do is 10 avail your
self Of the opportunities offered.
An advertisement in this paper
will carfy your message into
hundreds Of homes in this COM
munity. Il is the surest medium
Of killing your greatest COM
Petitor. A space this size
wont cost much. Como in
and geo us about il
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
HERMANN
SHOPS
OTTO n. vOELKERDiNG,
Hartmann M

Dleine Merfitdtie 1T nit allen nDtbiaen
wiafd'inen ous9eriiiiet um ole Heparaiu.
rem an Eampf' nnb 8oioline. Diaid,inen
Dreldl' nno Srntemaid,inen raid, uno sut
ans3uiibren.
Dtald,inentbeils, gaDbren, SeI, pumpen
nIfp. iteis an Sano. go
acknowledgement cine epeaia,
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1913-09-19
Therefore

Mr.. Merchant and Business
Man. meet your competitions
with their own Weapons
advertising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

islStion affecting the interests of the
working man, it is not as the analyti-
cal lawyer, but as the man who has
experienced the toll, the struggle, the
sweat and dust of labor and its hopes
and ambitions.
He knows the needs of labor from
long and painful contact. Davy Lewis
himself was a victim of the cruelest
form in which human beings are ex-
plotted by capitalize child labor
treadmill.
Born of Welsh parentage, when
Davy Lewis was nine years old, the
poverty of his parents sent him to
work as a helper to his father in the
coal mines of central Pennsylvania.
Deprived of the play and sunshine by
which most children develop, and
robed of opportunities for schooling,
Davy Lewis spent his entire boyhood
in the CRIME and darkness of the coal
mines.
1t stunted his body, but 1t could not
quell it's spirit. Like a moth trying
to escape from it's cocoon, Lewis strug
gled for II long years to get to the
sunlight. And when he finally did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
HE SUDDENLY LOOKED Up TO TAKE ME
UNAwARES."

panion in woman four or five years
his senior more readily than in young
girl more like himself. And so
thought about him great deal and
wished that might know him.
But, though | met him again and
quite often, there was no way for me
to make his acquaintance except by
speaking TO him without an introduce
ton. I would not have hesitated TO do
so except that in country where so
much attention is paid to conventional
forms l feared to give him an incor-
rect idea of my status. AS for him,
doubtless he would have considered
addressing me without being duly pre-
scented an insult. ! presumed he was
an Italian. though did not know.
One day | was walking on the Jani-
culum, hill on the same side OF the
Tiber with st Peters, where the land
Is devoid of buildings and has some
thing of the sylvan appearance about
ancient Rome, when, leaning against
tree, | saw the young man who had so
impressed me. He had taken a posi-
ton similar TO that of the statue of
the Faun in the gallery on the Capt.
toline hill. For n moment my fancy
ran away with me. and ! went back
in Imagination 1000 years. when fauns
and satyrs and such creatures were
supposed to inhabit this very hill. On
seeing me q pleased expression came
! over his face-not a smile nor look
of recognition. but simply sudden rip
pie Of pleasure like sunny pool stir
red by light breeze.
Our party passed on. leaving the
! young man behind. We descended the
| hill toward st. Peters. which stood out
| white against the green hills and a
| little below US, and on reaching the
! Tiber took a car to our hotel.
One day in company with a friend |
{ rode on the electric railway across the
| Campania to Frascati. village in the
direction Of Alba Tonga. from which.
/ tradition says. came the people who
/ first settled Rome While taking some
refreshments at the hotel another ear
came. and J saw my friend descend
: from the outside seats. lost him In
the crowd, but when my companion, 8
/ woman. and ! were climbing the hill
back Of the hotel. turning. / saw hin
following US. We wandered about II
the country, and ! noticed that ht
never lost sight Of US until We had de
scended
On returning to Rome. having told
what we had done. we were informed
that we had taken a great risk. Jus
beyond where we had gone Is a towI
nearly all the inhabitants Of which
are criminals. Then for the first tim'
tire reason TO- our being Swallowed By
the young man was a possible need O
protection.
One morning I met with surprise
I lived In a pension on the fifth foo
Of a large building on the Esquilin'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
HOW To GROW CORN.

How to Grow an Acre of Corn" is
the title OF a bulletin just issued by
THE United States department of agri-
culture, that Uncle Sam is dong a
whole lot OF boasting about.
The department asserts that this
bulletin is the very last word on how
20 obtain the largest possible corn
crops. and is the best information on
the subject ever issued by the United
States government
Any person residing In the Four
teenth Illinois congressional district
may obtain a copy OF this publication
in a hurry by writing TO Congressman
Clyde H. Tavenner at Washington.
Congressman Tavenner recently
made n speech on the income tax,
which has since been printed in PAM
phlet form. He viii gladly send this
speech 70 all who may request il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
DUST LADEN FOOD.

The exposure Of foods TO street dus.
Is so common in most cities that
warning sent out 10 the people OF
Philadelphia by the department or
health Of that city is worth reprint
ing here. Attention has been repeat
eddy called TO such exposure, but mer-
chants do not show much disposition
20 reform in this respect.
The warning sent out by the Phila-
delphia department OF health reads:
Fruit. vegetables and other food
stuiis may be contaminated by expo
sure TO street dust. Consumption is
spread by dust Il has been found
that frult exposed 70 street dust while
being displayed en- the sidewalk con-
tains millions CT germs. Only thu
most careful washing or peeling can
c.ean such fruit as apples. peaches or
pears from the polutiOns OF street dust.
No amount Of washing can clean the
various kinds OF berries and other
Eoft fruits and food stuffs from such
contamination. For this reason the
department advocates a law 10 provide
foy the protection from dust. dirt, flies
and other contamination, OF bread
stuffs, cake. pastry, candles or con-
fectionery. sliced fresh fruits, dried or
preserved fruits or other perishable
food products Except those that are
peeled. pared or cooked before con.
sumption) when they are sold or OF
fered for sale or displayed outside OF
any premises or in any street or pub
lie place"
Such a law is badly needed in every
illinois city. Many will not buy foods
that have been exposed 10 street
dust but a majority do not exercise
this wise discrimination and in the in
terests Of pubic health these latter
should be protected by ordinances
similar to that recommended by the
health department OF Philadelphia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Detroit Free Press.)


Mr.. Bryan may set new example
that OF going to market with basket
on his arm. He is not too busy with
affairs of state to be tempted by early
summer vegetables, and now and then
slips away from cabinet meetings and
wanders around the Washington mar
kets in quest of white radishes, This
is craftsmanship in a new and very
important role.
Mr.. Bryan in years past has at
tempted to introduce a number Of re-
forms, ranging from silver dollars to
milk shakes; but if he would now
come out for the simple life, the re-
suits would be of inestimable value to
the American people, at this time es-
pecially. II beats politics to death.
The practice of stepping up 10 the
telephone, taking the mans word for
ii that the chicken is tender or the
steak the finest, and then having the
supplies wrapped in parafine paper
and whisked to your house by liv.
cried chauffeur in a high-powered au.
tomobile, plays decided-nay pain
ful-part in the present cost of high
living.
We are all equally guilty, rich and
poor alike. Somebody has 10 pay the
cost, and naturally it must fall on the
ultimate consumer. If Mr.. Bryan can
turn the tide, even a little, he will
show that his craftsmanship, in unex.
pected directions. is worthy OF remem.
brance.
In the good old days the head OF
the family, in Detroit, thought nothing
of doing the marketing. Not only were
prices lower, but the service was more
to be relied upon. But today, this or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
CAPITAL COMMENT

emerge it was to display a body,
dwarfed and thick of muscle, but a
mind rare among intellects.
How he effected his escape, learn
ing TO read in Sunday school. then
reading ravenously all the books and
publications he could get, finally study
ing Latin and law simultaneously,
much of it by the light of the miners
lamp on his cap, / will not go into
here. Nor how, as a struggling law
yer at Cumberland, Nd, he began
the study of railway, express and
postoffice statistics and economies as
hobby.
The fact is that he mastered the
subject as it has seldom been master
| ed, and when he made his first speech
| in congress about two years ago, it
| stamped him instantly as the greatest
authority on parcel post who had ever
served in congress. Even the last
republican administration acknowledge
ed his superior wisdom on the sub
! ject.
See how things come about! Lewis
studied railroads and express compan-
les, and finally the postoffice, purely
as a observation-disclosures it interested
him. He was elected to congress
the same congress that passed the
parcel post law. And the knowledge
that Davy Lewis acquired in those
long years in his dingy little Cumber-
land law Office placed in the present
parcel post law every &c ID feature it
possesses.
AS the bill was drawn by Senator
Bourne, who rates himself as a pro.
gressive, it forbade the carrying of
farm produce by parcel post Due to
the insistence of Lewis, farm products
were admitted; but most important OF
all, a paragraph was inserted giving
the postmaster general full power to
change at will all rates, zone limits
and classifications, making complete
postal express entirely possible with
out another act on the part of con
gress.
Such has been the public service
of Davy Lewis, in one term of con
gress. And now at the beginning OF
his second, he finds himself at the
head of the important labor commit
!. tee. His interest in labor Legislation
: is naturally intense and in that big
: brainy head of his he has many plan:
. for legislation to make the burden
of labor lighter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

1912, and there will undoubtedly be
more this year.
Starting originally as a humanitar-
ian movement to keep children on the
city streets, the vacation schools have
become an important part of the
school system with a tremendous infiu-
ence in the demand for the all-year
school. The steady development from
Sc cities in 1909 to 141 in 1912 indl-
Gates that vacation schools represent
a genuine educational demand, and
not mere fad. Some Of the schools
keep open as long as 10 weeks, but
six weeks is the usual term. In most
cities the session is five days a week,
though II cities report sessions of six
days. The school authorities nave
generally provided the funds for the
work, but they have sometimes been
aided by tuition fees or private con-
tributions. Appropriations for vaca-
tion-school work in 1912 totalled more
than $500, 900.
The vacation schools have been dis
tiLctly successful in most of the in
stances reported to the bureau OF edu-
cation. In Newark, n. j., where the
vacation school idea is oldest, Super
iniendent Poland placed two element
airy schools upon an all-year basis in
jane, 1912. Some OF the advantages
claimed for the vacation schools are:
They have interested pupils who have
not bee2 interested in the work Of
the regular term; they have been use
full in giving deficient pupils chance
to make up lost ground; they have
proved to be generally beneficial to
the health of teachers and pupils; and
they have given teachers who have
taught in them a clearer insight into
the real needs OF school children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
BRYAN AS AN EXAMPLE

dering of stuff over the telephone, and
trusting to others to make the selec-
tons is one of the items in added e..
pense.
There is a lesson in Mr.. Bryan and
his white radishes.
Detroit men and women CT the hour
will not carry bundles. Any big de-
partment store will advise that it is
common practice for a customer to
order few small articles and have
them sent perhaps four miles. And
we. see fewer and fewer men with bun
dies; even the men are having stuff
sent. This burden falls heaviest on
small merchants, who must eacn
maintain his delivery system. Prices
must necessarily go up for the con.
sumner has to foot the total bill. 1t
would seem that il a cooperative de-
livery pan were settled upon a great
saving could be made to the public
The small dealers would be rid of a
considerable item of expense ana the
public would share in the general
slackening of cost.
A Detroit hostess recently gave a
small dinner and ordered stuff from
six dealers. Each item was forward
ed by automobile. One machine dashed
uD with the ice cream, another au,c
brought the meats, third the vege
tables, a fourth the flowers, a fifth
the special candellabra, and a sixth
whizzed up at the last moment with q
! special order, dozen silver spoons.
This is the common story of Ameri
can marketing, a la mode. On tbs
| ether hand, Mr. Bryan's illustrious ex
ample is before the housewives ant
| buyers of this country.
viii you take the hint?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

There is something pleasing in ligh,
hood or womanhood. all unconscious
of the vicisSitudes that nesh is heir to.
Such u person l met during a sojourn
in Rome He was about twenty years
old. tall. 1.-THE and handsome as Adonfs.
Indeed. l never looked at him that he
did not remind me of the statue of
the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
gallery. He gave the impression the
statue gives that he was about to
spring or into space.
/ first saw him in the gardens on the
Pincian hill. He was standing beside
the great basin of the fountain, spat-
tering the water with a light cane with
childlike interest. l have compared
him to Il statue. Perhaps better COM
parison would be one on the Capitoline
hill. the Faun. While he had the light
ness of the former. he had the relaxed
ness of the latter. / was standing on
the opposite side of the basin from
him, and he suddenly looked up to
take me unawares.
He saw that my whole soul went out
to him. not exactly as q woman's
would go out to Il strong man, but as
TO a younger brother, for l was twen-
ty-five years old, and my ideal of the
man would marry was some one
older, more massive.
Though our stay at the fountain was
but for few minutes. though no word
was spoken between us, something told
me that two kindred spirits had met
and mingled There is certain kind
! of mating between boy and girl a
| few years older than himself that may
| last well into his manhood. The young
| man had returned my gaze in kind
| his own indicating II like you"
| could understand how he. skimminG
along the surface of the waters of life
like young bird, would find a com.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

long have hoped and long have dared,
I've done my best along the way
On which undaunted I have Jared
Pursuing fortune day by day:
And here and there have CHANGED to be
Good men and worthy women, too,
Whose praise has sounded sweet to me
And kept my spirit proudly true;
Some fair rewards have been my own
= But
I've never laid a corner stone.
/ long have been pursuing fame,
My wish has been to prove my worth,
So that the people might proclaim
My greatness over all the earth;
I've lonSed 20 hear the public cheer
Because had grown great and wise.
And fame has oft seemed very near.
But soberly l realize
That greatness cannot be my own
Till
They've let me lay corner STONE
With constant courage in my breast
I'll journey onward, wellIor i'll,
At every task I'll DO my best,
And in defeat nope STavely still;
The praise 1 win shall make me strong.
The sneers shall keep my purpose true;
With what small gifts to me belong
I'll be among the worthy few,
And know that greatness is my own
when
At last I've laid a corner stone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM.

This year the negroes celebrate the
50th anniversary of the emancipation
proclamation. The Worlds Work for
June prints the following striking
facts about their progress during that
time:
In 1867, there we're only 111,442
pupils and 2,0S7 teachers in schools
for negroes. OF these teachers, only
500 we're black. Last year, 1,702 900
negro pupils were taught by $1,000
negro teachers. In 1867, only 1851
negroes were studying in higher insti-
tutions of learning; last year more
than 100000 students were enrolled
in normal schools and colleges. In
1853 there were only four institutions
in the United States for such advanc-
ed study. Now there are in the south
alone so colleges, Is institutions for
the education of negro women, 26 the
illogical schools, three schools of law,
five of medicine, four of pharmacy, II
state agricultural and mechanical col
leges and more than 400 normal and
industrial schools.
To-day more than 10000 negroes
are in business for themselves as
storekeepers or in other mercantile
pursuits; negroes own 100 insurance
companies and 500 drug stores; more
than $4,000 negroes are in the profess
sions. More than 100000 negroes are
working in the skilled trades. Sixty
four negro banks do about $4,000, 600
worth of business every year"
Negro farmers control about 42,000,-
900 acres of land. OF these farmers,
2l9.647 own their farms, about 200,-
100000 acres in all. The total value
of farm property owned by negroes is
more than s49O,OOO,OOO. In 80 years
OF freedom the Russian serfs have &C
cumulated, on an average, property
worth $50 per capita. The negroes, in
the same time, have acquired $40
worth of property per capita.
Truly a notable list of achievements
and sufficient proof that the negro is
| capable of working out his own saliva.
ton IL given the opportunity. or late
/ " ars he has received the help of his
white brothers in many ways, especi
ally in contributions for educational
| institutions and schools, and while a
majority Of the negroes in the south
a.e still laborers working fop wages
the good results achieved by those
who have rented or bought land and
gone into farming on their own &C
count suggest that the negroes car
play an important part in the agricul
tural development Of this country.
Probably they will be happier as till
ers of the soil than they would be 4
the7 learned mechanical trades. Some
OF their leaders are urging more {
them to learn trades, but IL is doubtful
II this is wise advice. There is plent!
of land in the south for all the ne
groes, II they will be content to taxi
small farms and work them scientif
cally. and no mechanic is as indepen
dent as a farmer. The south need
the negroes and is treating them bet
ter than ever before. There can hard
ly be said 10 be negro problem" an.
more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
In the Last Analysis.

mo, boys, l simply can't do /.
enjoy smoker as much as anybody
can, and know it would be a chance
for me to mix with a lot of good fell
lows, some sf whom might some time
put things in my way; but I'll have to
pass it up"
Come, come It'll be a fine thing
for you to meet all these men. You
ought to know them, and they'll be
glad tc know you. Why can't you
stay?"
"Oh, there are several reasons"
What are they?"
MY wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
VACATION SCHOOLS.

Children in $50 or more American
cities will continue going TO school
during the summer months this year,
according 20 information received at
the United States bureau OF education.
Clarence Arthur Perry, in q publica-
fion issued by the Russell Sage foun-
dalton, New York City, finds that 141
municipalities reported vacation
schools IN one or more buildings in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

FooLIsHNEss OVER MARRIAGE.
By CHARLES GRANT MILLER.

Women are bound to be fools over wedding and 1t
would take profound philosopher to tell what is to be
done about it,
The idiotic doings the Philadelphia wedding in
which unlimited irrepressibes pelted with stale
vegetables the ushers who sought to drive them back
surpass only degree what is happening at thousands
Of weddings all the country.
Though usually it is wellmeaning but misguided
friends of contracting couples who make fools OF
themselves and make the wedding day miserable for
the bride and groom.
Wedding showers" as they commonly called,
are about the limit of misplaced good nature
Nothing is more welcome and touching than express
sions good Wishes from friends at marriage time.
But there is poor expression of good will in shower
of old shoes or a rice bath.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

and his wife and son, also a musician,
sailed or the liner France. Ysaye dis
played draft for $4,000. which, to-
gether with $4,000 he deposited in a
New York bank, represented the
profits Of his concert tour last season.
Paris-The literary grand prize of
$4,000 was awarded by the French
Academy TO Roman ROLAND, play
wright novelist and historical writer.
Salt Lake City-Government off,
Gals and the western governors who
are attending the governors. confer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06


ocratic house has
done a great serv-
ice for the Ameri-
can working man.
The action is be-
ing acclaimed on
all sides in Wash
ington, where it is
generally recogniz-
ed that Mr.. Lewis
is the one man in
congress fitted to
head this import
ant committee. He
will prove a tower
of strength for
American labor in
Washington.
Representa- / V e
Lewis is "Davy"
Lewis to all who
know him. When
he approaches leg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Merely q Theory.

"a curious thing happened in one
of the restaurants last night"
What was it,"
There was more applause for The
Star-Spangled Banner than for Dixie
when the orchestra played those two
pieces"
How do you account for ite''
81 think there were only two or
three people in the place who had not
been born north of South Bend"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06
Maxim IL Richt.

Mother-l gave each of YOU boys an
orange Charles. you said you wouldn't
eat yours till after dinner. And you.
Jack. said the same. Have you de-
ceived me? CharlIe-No. mother; we
didn't eat our oranges. ate lacks
an he ate Dine.-Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-06

While President Huerta of Mexico is
busy borrowing money, apparently with
success, the constitutionalists are
equally busy capturing towns which
Huerta's army is unable to defend. II
the rebels could also borrow money
apparently Huerta would not last long.