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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-05
Y. M. G.. A. BOYS
DEPARTMENT T

The Boys Cabinet held their regular
meeting at $50 last evening and took
UP discussion OF the various activities
of the boys department.. It was re-
commended that a contest similar to
n held in the Junior and inter-
mediateS last year and be started the
middle of November. They also
recommended the purchasing OF a set
Of minstrel programmes to be used in
the boys department minstrel which
will be held after the first of the year.
A. committee was appointed with
Frank CLANCY as chairman to work
out a scheme for the high school
class. Nv Il s H.
The rest of the week lis vacation for
the boys and the boys room will be
to them each day from 10 a. m.
until $3.50 p. m. Bowling leagues are
being planned, special work in the
gymnasium, and garneS arc plenty In
the rooms for the boys.
The boys Bible classes are to start
Nov. is, and a detailed course OF
study viii be announced in one week.
big Mason will be the speaker ait
the boys meeting next Sunday and
the hour will be 3 p. m. instead of 4.
The Boys Glee club will sing. The
fellows are boosting this meeting to
double the attendance of any of our
former meetings.
The employed Boys Athletic league
is progressing with fine spirit. New
members are coming in every class
night and each fellow gets an equal
chance to compete in the games.
The league standing is as follows:
Cubs. IS points.
Pirates, 81 points.
Giants, 81 points.
Athletics, % points.
There is still a tie game to be play
ed off and several points for new
members to be counted In.
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Length of Days Years Ago

From the London Chronicle
In a lecture at the Royal academy in
London recently on the movement of the
stars Prof. II. H. Turner stated that
100000 years ago there were but 1G hours
to day and % days to a month.
Some 100000 years before that the
day was 10 hours long. and going back
still further into the recesses of time it
was reduced to one hour. That. explained
Professor Turner, was when the earth
and moon were close together-when they
had recently parted company, in fact
and had started on their career in sep.
arate bodies.
The principle, said Professor Turner
applied to a very large class of bodie,
In the sidereal system-the double stars.
Astronomers knew two stars in the sky
so close together that 1t had never been
possible to separate one from another,
even through the best telescopes though
1t was known that one of them was very
considerably brighter than ~he other,
and it was supposed that one was de-
seribing an orbit around the other.
At the other end of the scale there were
some stars that had not completed their
orbit in the century since they were de-
scribed by Herschell. Some of them
might occupy 200 800 years, and there
was even instances in which the orbit
would occupy thousands of years.
The cause of the changes In the length
of our day. said Professor Turner. was
the effect of the tides on the earth's ro-
tation. The moon raised two tides-one
tide because she pulled away The water
from the earth, on the other because she
pulled away the earth from the water
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is steadily increasing. The 10 years end
ing with 1910 gave us a total immigra-
tion exceeding 7,795000, nearly 5,000,0G0 of
these. arriving within the past five years
At this rate there come annually more
than S79000-for every time the cleck
strikes the hour. day and night, 100 per-
sons born in some foreign country, land
on the shores of the United States A
stupendous invasioni
THE Immigrant INVASION" by DR..
Frank Julian Warne opens with a care
full investigation into the nature of this
great invasion.
An analysis of the underlying causes
to be found in European countries is fol-
lowed by a description of different types
of immigrants their racial eharacteris-
ties and economic conditions The stand
ards of living of the various types are
described in their bearing on wages in
this country. The older immigration that
went into agriculture is contrasted with
the newer type that has made possible
our great industrial developments In
recent years this country has offered a
changed outlook to the immigrant Ex-
panson into farm lands is checked and
race settlements in the cities seem to
offer haven to the stranger who speaks
only his native tongue
Dr. Warne then continues with a
study into the relation of immigration
to our national life and to the many
modern social movements. The labor
union, wages, poverty, the standard of
living, the present industrial situa tion,
the growing chasm between capital and
the exploited worker with its resulting
political and social agitation are some
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change carefully, end from "tightwads,"
either male, or female, oh spare u.s.
From
Ladies with rusty elbows; from silk
stockings with cotton feet and tops from
chewing gum; from domestic" cham
pagne;" from high brows with low dis
positions; from pink teas" with swarms
of perspirins. eating talking, pushing old
women; from "risque stories" told to un-
appreciative audiences: from canned sal
mon; from boarding house prunes; from
people who eat onions, and from women
with "kimona" natures and straight
ffont" Jobs, OH deliver us
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In fine health now. If ever have those
troubles again will take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. = Mrs.
Ed. FERRoN, S16 High St., Chippewa
Falls, Wisconsin.
Providence, R. I.-"1 cannot speak
TOO highly of Lydia E. P;nkham's Veg
etable Compound as it has done won
ders for me and would not be without
It had organic displacement and
bearing down pains and backache and
was thoroughly run down when | took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It helped me and l am in the
best of health at present. ] work in
factory all day long besides doing my
housework so you can see what it has
done for me. l give you permission to
publish my name and speak of your
Vegetable Compound to many of my
friends. = Mrs. ABsIL LAWSON, 1875
Lppitt ST., Providence. R. L
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From
The works of the "Williamsons,"
Richard Harding Davis and Anna
Katherine Green from long division; /;
from head walters and beef a la mode
from ladies who boast of being able
to wear large thirty-six without a
single alteration; from soft" wild
overs and Sacred" bachelors; from
Swedenborg and Richard LaGallienno;
from corset cover patterns that are
guaranteed not to slip off the shou-
ders': from "actorines'; from women
who wear dirty white gloves. and hum
tunes on the street cars; from the per-
son who insists upon telling you the
plot of the play" while it's going on; ;
from the man who thinks he's in love,
when he knows he's not; from the
confirmed bachelor" who'll marry you
tomorrow if you give him the chance;
and from leaky hot water bottles. oh.
deliver us.
From
Men who ask IF a single portion viii
do for two," when they've invited you
out to lunch: from all sorts and varieties
of apothecary blondes; from the tempta-
tion TO talk to the beloved one over
the phone during business hours; from
the 'clinging vine" type; from the "cat"
who says, "Ohl yes, she's an awfully nice
girl, and [ like her. but, have you heard
ETC., etc; from men who are chronic
sufferers from acute contraction of the
pocketbook;" from Eeople who insist upon
talking about themselves, when we want
to talk about ourselves; from the kind
who say "the docs" and tho noos," AMI
the other kind who say 'inny" and min
N.Y." from drawing room French" con-
ssting usually of such words as CON
somme," "demi-tasse,' . "savoir faire" and
zen deshabile" Ghe last generally pro-
nounced Wrong); from people who do not
like peas for dinner because they will roll
off of their knife; from "cults" and
'ismsj' from men who always count their
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frontispiece, decorated lining paper and
several excellent halftones
A long time ago when the William
sons were planning their latest they
wrote a letter in which they said they
had thought they might call the book
"Set in Gold" They discarded the title
which goes so well with their previous
success set in Silver" because The
Port of Adventure suited them and
suited the book so much better. The
letter which Mrs. Williamson wrote to
friend in this connection is inter-
esting. In part it reads:
I'VE love motoring. and the long
trail and we are looking forward i'm
mensely to doing a trip in California
setting that ought to be called Set in
Cold but we have thought of quite
another name for 1t.
MY only superstition concerns my
lucky ring which bought of a Bedouin
Gypsy in Bethlehem. 1t was his lucky
ring too and he didn't want to sell it.
first wore it when we were writing
The lightning Conductor and now
never leave it off l shall certainly
wear it in California"
There is no doubt that Mrs. William
son did wear her lucky ring. when she
visited California, because never were
they in a more happy environment than
they were in THE Port of Adventure"
In every line of the book the golden
sunlight state shines through, and the
dreamy romantic atmosphere of the
mission country is felt on every page.
Like all the other Williamson. books,
it is primarily good story.
THE COMMON LOT"
By Robert Herrick. The Macmillan Co.,
New York
In "The Common Lot" Mr.. Robert
Herrick gives his readers story of pres
ent day life, intensely real in its picture
of a young architect whose ideals in the
beginning were. at their highest. aethetic
rather than spiritual. He has been
warped and twisted by sordid CONNER
cjal strife until "the spirit of greed has
eaten him through and through" Then
comes the revelation of hmself--in dis
aster due in part to his own connivance
in ',sraft'-and his gradual regeneration.
The Influence of his wfe's standards on
his own and on their family life is finely
brought out 1t is an unusual novel OF
great interest.
THE IMMIGRANT INVASION"
Bv Frank Julian Warne, Phi. ID. Illus
trated Dodd. Mead & Co. New York
TIE problem of Immigration is one of
the gravest that confront the American
people today. With it are bound up in
eXtrica bly, the lnnuinerdple social anu
economic problems that are causing a
spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction to
pervade all grades of society. To the
prcsence of our immigrant horde Is at
tributed the class antagonism that mani
tests itself industrial strikes In new polit-
ical parties and in an ever increasing
volume of propa gandst literature. And
the cheap, low-sta ndard of-living, foreign
labor has to a large degree made possible
the combinations of capital to exploit the
la borer and to control markets.
More than 100000 souls have emf
grated from all parts of the world to the
United States during the 80 years since
1870. And the volume of immigration
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ments. of novel writing is the new
school of realism that has grown up
within the last very few years. II. q.
Wells has been writing for years. so
has Arnold Bennett, and so have 9TH
ers belonging to this class of writer's:
but as a school of literature accepted
by the public as its favorite, the real
lists have held sway but for a short
time All the great writer's in this new
medium of instruction and diversion
had been writing for years before they
came into their own. Among them is
Mr. Swinnerton. Like Bennett, Wells
and Shaw like onions and Neuman.
Mr.. Swinnerton has had a hard and
thorough training, and is a thorough
craftsman, a writer of all round liter
airy development. He has been news
paper man and has faithfully served a
long apprenticeship in letters, and
now is coming into his own. In his new
book. The Happy Family" Mr.. Swim
merton has drawn really marvelously
vivid, detailed picture of English lower
middle class life.
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to all charity funds managed by
newspaper, sports a diamond horse
shoe scarfpin, and wear a gold headed
stick; from fuzzy flanned night gowns
from men who wear "cubistp ties; from
women who affect "futurlsts" pictures;
from promiscous adjectives; from horse
hair parlor furniture from Strange"
mince pies; from hotel soap; from pc
runa llighballs' and temperamental
women. Oh, spare us,
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THIS WOMAN
HAD MUCH PAIN
when STANDING
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound made
Her a Well Woman.
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-"I have al
ways had great confidence in Lydia e.

flnknam s VegeCa-
BILE Compound as l
found it very good
for organic troubles
a n d recommend it
highly. / had dis
placement, b a ck
a c h e and pains s
when standing on
m Y fe e t. for any
length of time, when
l began to take the
medicine, but / am
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Probably Not
From .Iildg &c

FTOW JuUSt.
Mrs. Hoyle-fiow did your husband
get along running the ranch while you
We're away?
Mrs. Doyle--Well, ] don't think he
will advertise for a position house
keeper on the strength of the record
he made.
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Incline thy ear, oh Man, and Heark-
en- to the Supplication of Womanl
Many things hath custom made per-
fect. and many things have we stood
for and have not murmured, but from
some few, OH Stay us
Ladies with open packets; from
Leathery Faced Old Women in "Beebe"
hats; from Ladies who never take a
drink yet when the Cocktails are
passed around, gulp them down like a
fish; from "Kitchenettes;" from Fire
less Cookers" from old men of so as
frisky and sldttish as a Spring Lamb
with Mint Sauce, and from Travellers
who describe Birds Eye Views" Cathe-
drals. Mosques, Domes and Towers.
oh believer Usl
From
People who insist upon telling YOU
~How it Happened" from Blondes, with
a Peroxide Past and Champag gne Fu-
ture; from Widows in varying degrees
of grief Sod" "Grasss or water,
'Near Widows" or "WIDOW- -RENOS. !"
who vow they'll Never Do 1t Again."
and then ensnare and devour the first
man that looks at them; from the old
Fairy Tales" from the writing of per-
fumed notes the morning after he
has called; from people who pronounce
Geraldine Farrar's name "Far-rah;"
from curiosity concerning the "Other
woman" from the asking of questions
from Wild Desire to be Witty and
from Purple Ink. oh! Defend Us!
From
Playing the indifferent" from Act
ing Bored" from being a "Poseur;"
from "Grown-Ups" talking "Baby-
Talk" oh Spare Us!
From
Weeping LADIES'" from seeking to
be Original; from getting too "Chum-
my with New People; from Cotton IJm
brellas and Dollar Corsets, oh De-
fend Us!
From
People who try to be Chairmep.
Speaker. Programme and Ways and
Means Committee. of every Party or
Meeting they attend from Petticoats,
perfect as to Accordion plated Flounce,
but full of slits and tatters farther up;
from Indelicate Incongruities: from peo-
PIE who have no more tact than to men,
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ton a Rope" in family where
there's been a HANGING;" from Reck-
less Rhetoric: from Apple Pies that
Sink in the Middle from Pillow Slips
that are too tight for the Pillow: from
Union Suits" from the disgusting,
nauseating humor of Rabelais and
Fielding, and all those old classicists
and from the kind that call you
"Dearies,' oh Spare Us!
From
People who do their thinking ont
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side of their head; from those who have
more than the usual number of bats
in their belfry" from timepieces that
don't keep time; from very curly
haired mon; from long finger nails
overmuch manicured, and those not
manicured enough; from chimney
that smokes; from large, deep, con-
elusive looking rice puddings from the
tenor in barber shop" quarters;
from baseball pitchers that affect the
bean ball' and from highly scented
handkerchiefs, Oh, defend us!
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THE EFFICIENT AGE" AND

i. fOEMS.
BY Herbert Kaufman. George II Dora n
Co., New York.
Mr.. Herbert Kaufman, author of 1.-THE
Efficient Age" and "Poems,> is perhaps
one of the most widely known and best
liked in America today, and his words
have been an inspiration and a help to
thousands. He is the prophet of an in
vincible common sense optimism. Mr..
kaufman's editorials have appeared in
newspapers all over the country. THE
Efficient Age is a collection of some
of the best of these His poems have
been published in the best magazines of
east and west and from them the vol
ume Poems is made up.
THE UPPER CRUST"
BY Charles Sherman. Illustrated by
Arthur William Brown. The Bobbs,
Merrill Co., indianapolis.
''The Upper Crust" by Charles Sher-
man is tale of prevarications, COM
plications and explanations, the rollick-
ing romance of a masquerading young
millionaire and his mothers winsome
housekeeper. His unfortunte incognito
and her efforts to keep up deception
concerning her own identity get them
both into hot water. Before they know
II they are up to their ears in love,
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FIRE AND FROST. .

FIRE AND FIOSl.
By Maude Crutwell. The John Lane Co.,
New York.
Maude Crutwe. the author of Fire
and Frost has written an intensely in
teresting and decidedly original story
which is sure to make it's appeal to
large reading public.
"Fire," Is an Egyptian Prince, and
Frost" is an English girl living in Flor
ence. The impetuous temperament of the
Oriental is matched against the steadfast,
rational nature of the heroine. The un-
compromising desire of the former is to
make the English girl his wife. The ma
lures of east and west in conflict have
been employed material for fiction al
ready. but it can safely be said that never
have the dramatic possibilities of the sub
ject been treated with better judgment.
THE HAPPY FAMILY"
BY Frank Swinnerton George Fl
Doran Company, New York.
One of the most interesting develop
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of the TOPPLES discussed On it's con-
structive side the book outlines broad
national policy of immigration restriction
that is carefully demonstrated and con-
vincing. The closing chapter ON The
Promise of America-Will 1t BE Full
filed?" and What of the Future?' are
Illuminating and charged with the Amer
lean spirit of hopeful idealsm.
While scholarly and comprehensive
practical investigation for practical
in its scope, this book is essentially a
thinkers who want light on all aspects of
the subject.
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OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
g., w 4 A


"SABOTAGE," by Emile Pouget
Translated from the French with an il
lustration by Arturo NJ. Giovannitti
Charles r. Kerr & Co, 11S West Kinzie
street, Chicago.
THE MIND READER" by Max Rit-
tenbery illustrated. d. Appleton IL
Co.. New York
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MIXED perfumes" and mixed
drinks'' from fat ladies with five or
more sets of garters on, who can
neither sit down nor stand up comfort
haired women; from trained nurses
with the come hither' look in their
eyes; from real estate agents with tales
of sweet home life; from crying
shoes and bottle" babies; from fast
married men; from 'cooing June
brides" and hoary headed January
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"THE PORT OF ADVENTURE"
BY C. n. and A. NJ. Williamson. H.
lustrated Doubleday. Page & Co.,
New York.
Under the alluring title of THE Port
of Adventure" appears new story by
c. N. and A. NJ Williamson. For the
first time in many books, tho William
sons return to the United States for
their setting, and amidst the eternal
sunshine and the picturesque country of
Southern. California they weave dash
ing romance that is bound to be found
in the vacation, kit Of a large number
of the people who plan to, enjoy life
to the full this summer. The story
is not all laid in California, however.
because part of it shifts to New York.
where this pair of travellers are Just
as much at home as they are in Paris.
Northern Africa or Monte Carlo
The Port of Adventure" is a beau
tifully gotten up book with a colored
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DO | think criminals profit by any of
my stories? Well in one case Ken
nedy found that the criminal had broken
into a safe by using thermte TO burn
through the steel Immediately after the
publication of this story several people
wrote for the formula for thermite. 1t
is to be found in several articles in
scientific journals. There is no reason
for supposing that these people were
more than just curious And do you re-
member the story in which the method
of preparation of soup" by yeggmen was
mentioned? Shortly after came q letter
from the president of large powder
company asking me if l had ever con-
sidered the possible effect of my yarns
upon the coming generation of up-to date
yeggs He went on to give me some
valuable tips regarding the preparation
of soup" (nitroglycerin). SO far, how
ever, there is no record of any criminal
having profited by the stories. though
received there must be hosts of people
method of unravelng crime. Where peo-
pie get the time to write letters to au-
thors is a mystery in itself, but since
they have taken the trouble to unburden
their overwrought hearts, 1t is my theory
that the least the author can do is to
send them a word of appreciation Mr..
Reeves latest book of ''Craik Kennedy
stories has just beeh published this spring
under the title of 1.-The Poisoned Pen"
and is tremendously interesting, excit-
ing and compelling story which Is sure
to find large clientele.
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Some Pests and Wed Like to be Spared

incline thy ear, oh Man! and Heark
en- to the Supplication of Woman
Many things hath custom made per-
fect. and many things have we stood
for" and have not murmured, but from
some few, oh! Stay us
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Prominent citizens" who contribute
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13

Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR adver-
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Try Il,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-13
New Date Set for 'Drome Races
+"*
Hold Meet Saturday Afternoon

NHARP at 4 o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon, Starter Noon Hudson will
fire the first gun for the first race
in the new Atlanta Motordrome. \
minute later Announcer Erskine
Brewster, from his raised platform,
will be booming the results through a
giant megaphone. And Atlanta'S sea
son Of thrills and sensations will be
In progress.
Always providing it doesn't rain.
Ten thousand Atlanta speed fans
are awaiting the verdict of the wealth
er man. If he VIII provide a couple
of hours sunshine Saturday afternoon
there will be nothing TO it but a big
success. Nearly five thousand peo-
pie plowed their way to the track
Friday night, June 6, right through
the rain, on the off chance that there
would be racing. Another five thou
sand stayed at home because they
saw the case was hopeless They will
all be there ten thousand strong Sat
Urday afternoon, if the weather is
fair. And there will be room for ALL
Twelve thousand people can be seat
ed in the grandstand alone. Twice
that many can be looked out for in