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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
EAT PIE AND HAVE NO FEAR
Eminent Medical Authority Has Come
Forward TO Defend the Great
American Edible.

Again pie-eating defended-this
time in the New York Medical Jour
nal.
In it's proper place." says the Med
ical Journal, pie is not only palat-
able but a nutritious staple. an ex-
cellent vehicle OF carbohydrates and
fruit. 1t is not essentially indigesti-
BILE, and demands only proper masti.
cation and insaliyation to insure lack
OF discomfort"
In other words, If we chew pie as
persistently as we chew the rag about
the indlgestibility Of pie we shall find
it as sweetly diSestible as it is bland
ly delectable.
Pie crust" this authority goes on
to say. lis only -four and lard. the
latter being replaced usually by chick
en- fat by those who object to any
form of pork. Delicacy of manipu-
lation is required in the making OF
the crust. and such delicacy depends
paradoXcally upon great digtal
strength. for only the strong have a
genuine lightness Of touch
Thus is expressed the armor-plate
crusts SO often the product OF the deft
but weak manipulation" Of slender.
pretty and youthful brides, as COM
pared with the flaky, sea-foamy kind
turned loose by older and stifter-tn-
gered mothers. But wait moment
we can eat and even live in comfort
upon our sweet girl graduates pies
after all, for the paper continues
"A soggy paste, however made by
frail fingers, is only aesthetically OBJ
jectionable, for resolute chewing will
deprive it of It's terrors"
Now, however, comes the curse of
the pie matter. We customarily FIN
ish off, with pie and cheese after
we have had a hearty dinner and
enough; but IL we eat lightly and then
have pie, or make pie and cheese an
swer for a whole meal, there is not
the slightest i'll effect from it.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
"The Brave Old Oak"

Whether its branches show green
against a dark-blue sky--gold where
the sunlight touches them-whether
its leaves show magenta In the light
of the setting sun, or black and silver
in the moonlight, there is no tree of
them all to compare with the oak,
All summers day you may lie
stretched beneath it. so strong and SO
friendly, not to you only, but to all
the little lives that swarm about its
roots. All kinds of busy creatures,
ants, spiders, daddy-long-legs. beloved
Of your childhood. 20 scurrying over
you on this errand and that, as I'M
afraid, almost, as If you were dead.
A feeling of kinship comes to you:
a knowledge that all this life about
you in oak and grass and insect, and
the good dog lying at your feet, is but
q little part OF the ageless fux and
reflux: soothingly as a cool hand on
an aching head, there comes to you
the realization that soon, fears, hates,
and loves forgotten, your tired body
shall rest under the trees all the days
and all the nights.-Atlantic.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
Snail Lives Without Air.

While the snail has lungs, heart
and a general circulation, and is in
every respect an air breathing crea-
ture, 1t can nevertheless exist indefi.
nitely without inhaling the least
breath OF air, the element that is usu.
ally considered the essential to exist
ence in all creatures supplied with
lungs. ITO all organized creatures"
said Leppert, the removal OF oxygen.
water. nourishment, and heat causes
death to ensue" When that statement
was made Leppert did not appear to
consider the snail as one among the
great host of organized creatures"
for experiments by Spallanzani have
proved that any or all the usual life
conditions can BIZ removed in the case
of the snail without terminating its
existence or in any way impairing its
functions. The common snail retreats
into his shell on the approach OF
frosty weather, and the opening or
mouth OF its shell Is Theoretically seal
ed by a secretion which is of a silky
texture and absolutely impervious 20
air and water. In this condition II Ia
plain that 1t Is deprived of three OF
the four elements OF life mentioned
aboye-air. water, and nourishment
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
GAVE HIM SOME NEW IDEAS
Pessimlstic Man of Forty Wonderfully
Cheered by Few Remarks
Made by His Wife.

"Darnation, I'm forty today" he
groaned. Look at my wrinkles. Look
at my bald spot. Look at the gray
hair above my ears. Youth is gone
the grave apprenticeship I'm so
wretched that think I'll go and drink
so beers"
But his good wife responded:
Cheer up. Intelligent men, think
ers and brain-workers like yourself,
have always been distinguished for a
hale and happy longevity. Scion,
Sophocles. Pindar and Anacreon were
octogenarians. Goethe, over eighty,
did some of his best work. So did
Kant, Button, Newton, Fontenelle and
Harvey. the discoverer of the circula-
ton of the blood.
"Landor wrote his most beautiful
Imaginary Conversations at eighty
! FIVE Izaak Walton at ninety had a
fluent, forceful pen. Hahnemann at
eighty married, and at ninety-one
| made some of his most fruitful dis
coveries. Michael Angeles canvases
when he was eighty-nine were as Wig
orous as they had been at sixty years
before. Titan was doing good work
at ninety Newton at eighty-three-"
But here the man, wonderfully perk-
ed up. interrupted her.
81 guess won't get drunk after all,
he said. Get my hat, my dear, and
we'll go to the movies and wind up
with an oyster supper"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
UP TO HIM TO DO SOMETHING
Deacon Woods Willing to Get Busy
Immediately in the Hope OF
Dsarming Fate.

II notice Mrs. Simmons is having q
new porch put onto her house." said
Deacon Wood, polishing his glasses.
YES" said his wife. "she always
wanted one clear across the front Of
the house, but Silas never would build
one, so the first thing she did with
some of the insurance money was to
have one"
The deacon looked at his paper
thoughtfully for a moment, then re-
marked:
1.-THE Wilder Davis is setting out q
good many flowers, isn't she? She
keeps getting seed catalogues at the
postofflce."
YES" replied his wife, "her hearts
been set on a posy-garden a good
many years, but should almost
think twould make Jed Davis turn
over in his grave. He always thought
flowers was such q foolish waste of
time and money"
For time the deacon was silent i;
then he said, Wasn't that o new ruD-
ber-tired buggy saw Prunella White
in yesterday"
"Yes," said his wife, with ANNA
ton, land I'm glad she's got 1t at last
She rode round for years in an old
farm wagon, though Leander could
well afford a decent buggy for her and
the girls, but IL he'd a. lived they'd
never have had one"
For time the deacon remained
sunk in thought; then he asked;
IF you had a considerable sum OF
money to do just what you wanted
with, Mandy, what would you get?"
I'D have me hardwood floor In
that Kitchen" his wife said. firmly
Il never scrub that old floor but what
/ run my fingers full of sliyers."
Mandy" said her husband, with
fervor, you'll see the carpenters a,
work on that new floor tomorrow
mornin'." And the deacon resumed
his paper with sigh OF relief
Youths Companion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
PATHETIC PLEA FOR CHILDREN
Words Of Charles Kingsley Worth
Needing by Every Man and WQm-
an of Any Worth,

Do not deceive yourselves about the
little dirty, offensive children in the
street. II they be offensive to you,
they are not to him that made them.
Take heed that ye despise not one
of these little ones; for say unto you
that in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my father which
Is in heaven" Is there not in every
one OF them, as in you, the light that
lighteth every man that cometh into
the world? And know you not who that
light is, and what he said of little
children? Then take heed, / say, lest
you despise one of these little ones.
Listen not to the Pharisee when he
says: Except the little child be con-
in nowise enter into the kingdom OF
heaven. But listen to the voice of him
who knew what is In man, when ne
said: Except we be converted, ye
shall not enter into the kingdom OF
heaven" Their souls are like their
bodies. not perfect, but beautiful
enough and fresh enough to shame
anyone who shall dare to look down
upon them. Their souls are like their
bodies, hidden by the rags, foul with
the dirt of what we miscall civiliza-
ton. But cake them to the pure
stream, strip off the ugly, shapeless
rags, wash the young limbs again, and
you shall find them, body and soul.
fresh and 1.-THE, graceful and capable
capable of how much God alone who
made them knows.-From Charles
Kingsley's Address on Human SCOT.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
USE OF MOURNING BORDERS
There Are a Few Set Rules. But lndk
vIduaI Taste Practically Do
cldes the Question.

The average person chooses her
mourning borders by individual taste
rather than by rule and rarely
changes the width until second mourn
ing
Good taste avoids the Haunting OF
grief and rarely countenances a Dor
der wider than a quarter OF an inch,
even for a widow. Even this is triile
wide; three-sixteenths OF an inch Is
a better width for widows. parents
or children, and an eight of an inch
for sister or brother.
The paper used is dead white linen
of plain weave and lusterless. 1t Is
bad form to have a mourning border
on striped or fancy paper, even
though the color is kept white. Where
a transparent paper is liked, as for
foreign correspondence or to save
postage, besides the border there is
a separate lining Of black tissue pa;
per for each envelope.
Addresses and monograms are
often stamped in unrclieved black,
Some persons prefer them embossed
III Ttliel WllHOut COiOT, tSpeSIdiiy ~
there be telephone and telegram mum,
bers in addition to the address. When
these are all in black they look less
overpowering if miniature receiver
and telegraph pole and lines are used
instead of the word telephone or tele
gram.
AS mourning borders are expensive
the stationery of grief is costly. II
can rarely be had by the pound as
other papers. but sometimes is cheap
er by the box, containing several
quires. AS there is usually a reduc
ton for getting a large quantity. Il
pays to lay in supply.
Correspondence cards carry the
same borders as writing paper. When
there are no engraved acknowledge
ments these cards are quite large
enough for a few words Of apprecia
ton. Sometimes sentence is writ
ten across the top Of the visiting
card.
Black bordered envelopes to fit thu
visiting card should be bought By the
hundred, as the card will do social
duty during the entire period OF
mourning
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
"GoIna Out to See a Man,

Artemus Ward. about half through
his lecture, announced q recess for
fifteen minutes, so as to go out and
see a man." II. r. Tracey. Wash
ington editor. seeing an opportunity
to improve upon the Joke, sent these
lines to the platform:
Dear Artemus: IL you will place
yourself under my guidance. I'll take
you to see a man. without crossing
the street"
A restaurant keeper at that time
In Washington was named Aman. to
whom Ward was taken. and found
Aman luxuriating at the well.laden re.
freshment board Everybody caught
on" to the phrase. and, getting up be.
tween the acts and going out to sea
Apan" became contagious.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-13
Assurance OF Security,

IT'S sweet when the seas are rough.
ened by violent winds to view on land
the tolls OF others; not that there Is
pleasure In seeing others in distress,
but because man is glad to know him.
self secure. II is pleasant, too, to
look with no share Of peril on the
mighty contests OF war; but nothing
is sweeter than TO reach those calm,
undisturbed temples. raised by the wis
dom Of philosophers. whence thou may
est look down on poor, mistaken NOR.
tails, wandering up and down In LIES
devious ways.-Lucretius IL
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of the subject or afterward decides that
he cannot conscientiously carry ont .
pledge. ne ought t. he consc entious
enough TO resign and allow Ole o spe k
for the people who can cousc entiously
carry out what they conscientously de-
sire in the way of legislation.
Great progress has been made of ate
N the coercing Of legislators INTO obedi-
ence TO the popular will. Tha initiative
and referendu m, brought into tbs coun-
try from SWitzeT AID, are hlIne rar idly
adopted by the states and a-e ustifyinG
their adoption. Under the initi tive the
PEOPLE are enabled. through t. right Of
petit on. to compel the subniss on Of an
proposition upon whic1 the VISA ID
vote, the vote, when taken. having the
same effect as the vot of the Il gislature.
The referendum provides 4 means by
which the people C u, by petit on secure
an opportunity to Sil in judgment 4pJn
the actions OF tire it- isiature-a negative
voc. when taken, multiplying the law
PASSED.
or the two. the initiative is by far the
more Important because throu h ii the
people canrot only inauSurate legislation
but can repeal legislation that has been
enacted. The initiative cannot De used
to prevent a law going into effect. but
il can be used to secure a reconsidera-
ton OF the law at any carly period there
after. The referen 'ura, although il acts
more quickly than the initiative upon an
act passed by the legislature cannot be
used at all to initiate legislation. The
two, however, usually go together and,
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scrupulous regard for the right of each
rests upon a foundation which will be
strengthened rather than weakened with
the growth of our country.
The division of the powers of govern
ment into three Northumberland
legislative and judicial-is sound in prin-
c.ple and has been found to work sue
cessfully. Justice is impossible If the
same person legislates, CONSTITUTES and en-
forces
The legisla tive department of the gov
eminent is usually the closest to the peo-
pie. In most of our states and i'll almost
all other countries the legislative au-
thority is conferred upon two bodies
jointly, the concurrence of both being
necessary. In most countries one branch
is representative, being chosen more or
less directly by the people themselves.
The aristocratic branch OF the legislature
is generally called the upper house" a
phrase which originated in the time when
rights were conceded by the throne to the
people. This aristocratic tendency mani
tests itself sometimes in the hereditary
character of the body, sometimes in the
greater length of the term, and some
times in the restrictions placed upon the
suffrage of those who elect the members
of this body: but they all Indicate a lack
OF faith in the rank and file OF the people.
Jefferson was an advocate of short
terms, requiring frequent return of the
representative to the people, the source
of power, to be conducive TO fidelity. 1t
is also means of inSuring more intimate
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acquaintance with his constituents and u
more accurate knowledge of their needs.
The tendencies of democracies toward
more and more popular forms OF govern
Inent nave already beer mentioned. illus
tratons of this can be drawn from recent
history. In Great Britain the house Of
commons has within a few years com
PEELED the house of lords to surrender the
veto power. it having been thought easier
to force this surrender than so to change
the character of the house of lords as to
bring it into harmony with the spirit of
the times In the United States this
democratic tendency has recently mani
tested itself in the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution abolis hing the
election of senators by state legislatures
and substituting election by direct vote.
The democratic tendency is also shown
by the change that is constantly gong
on under monarchial forms of govern
ment whereby the ministry is selected by
the dominant party in parliament rather
than by the executive.
There are two theories of representa-
tive ment-namely, the aristocratic
and democratic-in fact, these two points
OF view obtrude themselves no matter
what phase of government we consider.
The aristocratic theory is that the peo-
pie are not capable OF studying ques-
tons for themselves. and therefore select
representa-. Yes to do their think ng fot
them: the democratic theory is that the
people think for themselves and select
representatives to give express on 10 the
thoughts and wishes OF the voters. The
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first theory is dangerous. Whenever Il
terests alsove the interests Of his n
the rights OF the many. he generally
prefaces a statement of his titu with
the declarat on that he is not de ma
gogue" and does not inten1 TO he gov
~rned by the clamor Of t}e "unth.nking
multitude" He sometimes boasts tnat
he is too conscientious 10 do the things
which his constituents desire.
1t is worth nothing that this sudden
manifestation of an abnormal con cience
comes after the election and the per-
sons IN whom it is noticeable are gen
orally constituencies in the promises that
they make and in the means that they
employ TO secure an election Y con
science that hibernates during the cam
paign and only comes forth when the
people are helpless to recall their suf-
frages-such a conscience usually reaches
the maximum of its sens tivenesS " hen
some vested wrong is about To be over
thrown.
The conscience should influence a rep
resentative-it should do more than [ Ut;
it should control The representative,
however, must not forget that his con-
stituentS have conscienceS also lie
ought not to make pledges that lie doe
not expect to fulfill, and if he does make
a pledge without d proper understanding
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empress intended to leave to any member
of the English royal family should be ne
queathed to the Princess Mary.
The Duchess of Argyll has now prom
ised the Princess Mary $4,000, which she
probably will receive on. her twenty tlrst
birthday. From Queen Alexandra the
Princess Mary Is also certain to inherit
some money, though the extent of her
majestys legacy to her favorite grand
daughter is now doubtful. Queen AleN
andra, since King Edwards death,
known to have been living somewhat be
yond her means and only quite recently
her majesty had to realize some of he
invested money to meet some press NJ
liabilities but as Queen AleXandras p;i
vate fortune is certainly not less tina
81 10000 the Princess Mary VIII proba
bly, benefit to the extent OF at least Sl0J
90 under her grandmother'S will
From her father the princess will hav,
$1,000 when She is twenty one but iron
her relatives on her mothers side tn
princess has, of course, no expectation.
for the TeckS are among the poorest III
European royalties.
one way and another it will be seer
that the Princess Mary will very likel
inherit, under present arrangements
SIMS of money amounting to $500 or
which with the 100000 left to her b
King Edward and the money that is b.
ing saved for her out of her annuity from
the state will bring her fortune up l.
over $500 GEO. The princess total income
then. including her state annuity. won!
amount to about s. 900 per annum am
there are certainly not more than half
dozen princesses of reigning houses wit
larger incomes.
If the Princess Mary should marry tn
heir to any OF the great thrones of Eu
rope. which at the moment does no
seem a likely event, it won not max
much difference to her whether her pri-
vate income was SO or 100000 a year.
In such an event, the princess, as the
bride of the heir apparent, would be
voted an allowance varying from S150, 900
to 100000 per annum, according to the
wealth of the kingdom to the sovereignty
of which her husband was heir. Queen
Alexandra had fortune OF only $50,OU0
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eighteen the annuity and the interest on
the legacy left her by her grandfather
Will be received By the king for her
benefit. As a matter of fact. the total
amount of her annuity has been invested
for the princess every year since the
kings accession. so that when her royal
highness is eighteen there will be a CAPT
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ILL Princess Mary,
only daughter OF
the King and Queen
of England. be COM
PEELED to m a r r y
some wealthy COM
moner or nou-royal
member of [ h G
British aristocracy?
viii she be forced
by poverty into
a union with a man
without "a drop OF
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deed. more than ample for Princess Mary
in her present state. But her marriage
especially to minor royalty, would shoui-
der her with many financial respons- BILL
ties. Indeed. cons derable private for
tune would be regarded necessary con-
dition of any arrangement with a scion OF
even the smallest of royal families.
But while relatives have rallied TO the
support of Princess Mary. and she is now
practically assured of a generous priVate
income. further help will have to be forth
coming soon if she is TO be saved from a
marriage for money.
Those who have RESPONDED to King
Georges appeal claim they have done all
they can for this royal Cinderella. For
instance, if her royal highness survives
the Princess Mary of Battenberg. she is
certain to inherit from her grandaunt a
considerable sum. The Princess Henry.
who inherited the greater part of the pri-
vate fortune of Queen Victoria. ten
tatively promised King George some years
ago that she would leave his only daugh-
ter a substantial legacy. What the actual
sum may be no one knows. but it is I'M
Likely that ii will be less than $4,000 and
it may be a great deal more. The Prin-
cess MARY Is Il GOii5t1AlA fI1ilo4 " tiit
Princess Henry of Battenberg and is a
great favorite with her grandaunt.
King George and Queen Mary have re-
Gently been gwen To understand that their
daughter NAV a so inherit some of the
enormous fortune of the Empress Eu-
genie 1t is. of course. known that the
Queen of Spain is the prospective heiress
of the bulk of the empress fortune,
which is fixed at So 100000. The en-
press, however, is certain to bequeath a
substantial legacy to the head of the
reigning house which stood by her SO
steadfastly through many years of trou-
lies were not conspicuously friendly to
her.
shortly after King George came to the
throne he paid visit To the empress at
her English home, and it is known that
his majesty then informed the empress
that he would desire that any money the
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has

has
been called the
royal art" al
though II is more
often described as
a. science, but
w h G I h er ii be
viewed as an art
or as a science, 1T
occupies a n in
creasing p ace in
the thought of civ
ilized man. The
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MAY SAVE POOR PRINCESS MARY FROM MARRIAGE FOR MONEY

when she married the late king, and
Queen Mary's private fortune amounted
to n 5000.
II. however, the Princess Mary marries
a minor German prince. which Is much
more likely. she would require a larger
income than $4,000 per annum. In such
an event. and in the absence of any fur