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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

Townsend had no set speech ready:
but when he was settled in his seat
on the choo-chOos. he began TO Jot
down a few thoughts on some crum-
pied sheets of paper he had IN MS
pocket.
Abraham Lincoln wrote his Gettys-
burg speech on the train" murmured
Townsend TO himself. as his pencil be-
gan to move. And the first thing ne
knew he had written out good deal
of stun.
We'll. when he got to Trenton. a
newspaper reporter asked him for an
advance copy of his speech.
II have no advance copy repheu
Townsend. I'm fact l have no speech
ready at all-except a few things
wrote down on the train. / can read
that off to you. though"
Just let me take it alone" sug-
gested the reporter
"Ah no." said Townsend. you see,
it's the only copy I have. and l may
wish TO refer TO it,
"I'll have 1t put into type and bring
you a nice clean proof offered the
reporter
THAT night when Townsend arose
before the assembled multitude, ne
opened his mouth and spake as fol
lows:
Il really have not prepared q
speech. However 1 have few notes
here that shall refer to-"
Business of pulling the printed
proof from his pocket.
The next speaker twitted Townsend
numerically about not having pre-
pared a speech and yet reading II
from a copy printed hy a regular
printer.
And Townsend wisely did not at
tempt a word OF explanation What
would have been the use, with the
circumstanual evidence all agains
him
Nelson O'Shaughnessy. the Ameri-
can charge d'affaires in Mexico, and
Rep. Maurice Connolly Of Iowa, were
fellow students at Oxford university
few years age. Both refrained from
acquiring a British accent while there
and returned speaking the United
States language as well as they ever
did.
Copyright 1914. by Fred c. Kelly
All rights reseryed-)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

OF the $4,000 unemployed men in
Chicago the police report that $4,000
are willing TO work. That means a
dead load of S3 per cent. Fortunate
ylit is not an average but product
of congestion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BIZ. FRED c. KELLY.
BY FRED Q. KELLY.

WASHINGTON.-In "A way, about
the most remarkable voice in congress
is that operated by Alfalfa Bill Muir
ray of Oklahoma.
To start with, it is voice of con-
siderable power. depth. and reso-
thanksgiving the impression of hav-
ing a we'll seasoned sounding board
back of ii.
But the main feature of Mr.. Alfal-
IA Bills voice is that he made il him
self
In the beginning it was a high
pitched, more or less squeaky voice
that would not fill an auditorium
larger than 12X1S. But Murray set to
work and fixed il over.
Even as a small boy. Murray poor
and shoeless as he was, had an am
bition 60 grow up and leap into public
life And he fsured-rightly or
wrongly-that the main feature of
public life is getting up and making
speeches Therefore it worried him
that his voice sounded so much like a
squeaking slate pencil
About that time he read about the
experience Of Demosthenes, the Atti-
ca orator and he tried Demosthenes'
scheme of talking with pebbles in his
mouth. But the plan didn't work any
too well. Murray found that he
couldn't talk much better with peb-
out the pebbles.
lie was becoming disheartened
when his teacher CHANGED to make a
remark one day about the value OF
breathing exercises She said that she
had had two brothers die of tubercu-
losis. but that If they had learned TO
breathe properly the disease would
never have attacked them. She show
ed the pupils in the little room how
to breathe TO get air into the remote
parts of the lungs. and went on 10
show them how 10 use the lungs Tor
a bellows in speaking, instead OF
speaking just from the throat.
From then on Bill Murray prac-
ticed breathing exercises every morn
ing re kept that up daily for .
years and does il off and on. even yet
Furthermore, he experimental with
his voice TO find how to hold his
mouth TO get the tones that suited
him best He had a mental conception
of Just how his voice ought 10 sound
when il was done" and he kept
shifting and ADJUSTING MS vocal ma
chinery 10 get the desired effect.
The consequence was that he finally
made for himself a voice in which he
can take considerable pride. Though
he looks like tramp. his converse
tional voice is that OF a man of good
deal of culture.
incidentally. bill" Murray rose
from poverty 10 draft the constitution
for his state. and he himself thinks he
could not have done il except for his
voice.
When it comes To voices. one OF the
strongest in the house belongs 10 I'm
Ansberry of Ohio. Tim is entirely un-
able TO whisper. One day in the
course of a speech. Tim was endeavor-
ing 10 tell a story to another member
in an undertone. but he nearly drown
ed out the noise of the man who was
delivering the speech
Speaker Clark. who used 10 teach
school sent for him. aud said:
Tim If YOU don't stOp whisperinz
when I'm hearing recitations YOU j
simply have TO stay in at recess.
Rep. Chimmie Fadden Townsend OF
New Jersey set ort the other day on a
journey to Trenton, y j.. 10 deliver a
speech.
~ was 10 be an informal affair and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02
THIS FUNNY AGE.

Crawford-Whats the matter with
that fellow who is holding onto the
lamp post and shutting his feet?
Crabshaw-There was a time when
I'd have said he was drunk, but per
haps he's practicing a new dance
Judge.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

An English syndicate is figuring on
spending $4,000, 600 on underground
passage ways for Chicago. This
amount should provide ample accom-
mOdations for Chicago's underworld
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

1t is due TO the prevalence OF 50
many kinds of uplift movements that
lots of people nowadays seem 10 he
up in the air News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

moving trains in Wisconsin will be
checked by the conviction of a con-
ductor for the death of a brakebeam
rider
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

The correspondence school of ana
thema being conducted by Sen Borah
and George w. Perkins furnishes in
teresting reading for those who are
fond OF literary hash.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

If you discover a Tom peeping in
your wind 1w vou may kill him if you
wish to. Alu this goes for both cats
and human beings. coroner's jury
in Iowa has so decreed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02
BRAIEYS POM TODM
SOCIETY.

You fight for seasons 10 get in
You bear each and lout
But when you've made il YOU begin
To keep the 9th ers out;
You 10 dinners balls and such
And meet the same old set
And. though they don't amount 10 much
They're quite the best yOu'n get
You plot and counterpart and plan
For social tr iumphs small
Else you will be also ram
Not in the st reich at all:
You dress and eat and dance and smile.
You scarce have time for breath;
You laugh with zest-and all the while
You're simply bored 10 death,
You have use for old-time friends.
Though comra deship is sweet.
Unless their frien dship serves your ends
In Joining the elite;
You must let love and kindness by
BE hard hard can be:
For the truth and live q lie
And that's So ciety!
BERTON BRALE
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02
UNCLE SAW. LAGGARp.

The most creditable use. France has
yet made Of her justly celebrated
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

Rep. Chimmie Fadden Townsend Of
New Jersey set out the other day on a
journey to Trenton, y j.. TO deliver a
speech.
n was 10 be an informal affair and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15
POLICE HOPE TO STARVE THE
RAILWAY MEN OUT

johannesburg, So. Africa, Jan. Is.
Trades Hall, the union headquar-
tiers of the railway strikers, in which
some forty men are stationed, is be-
sieged by the police, who hope to
starve the railway men out.
The strikers are armed and are
the bodyguard of the hall, appointed
to keep out the police and military
authorities. They are victualed for
two weeks and have plenty of am
munition. The police rushed the
place, but after exchanging many
shots with the union men, retired to
safe distance and are waiting for
the men to surrender.
TO PROBE IRREGULARITIES
Investigation into alleged irTegu-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15
WITH SYRUP ON EN-

BY Jim Nance.
When you wake on winter morns
A feelin' kind of rummy,
It's natural that you want some food
To warm your little tummy.
Your room is cold, you're shiVering;
You say, "For Heaven sakes,
Please hurry with that coffee and
A batch of buckWheat cakes"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15

Houghton, Mich, Jan. 15.-Presi-
dent Charles H. Meyer of the West
ern Federation of Miners, and 3S
other officials of that organization,
today were indicted for conspiracy on
three counts by the Houngton coun-
ty grand jury, which for several
weeks has been investigating Vio-
lence and disorders in connection
with the copper miners strike.
The federation officials were in
dicted on the following counts:
First-Conspiracy to restrain lab
orers from going to work.
Second-Conspiracy to restrain
imported laborers from going to
work.
Third-Conspiracy to deprive lab
orers of their property and rights.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15
MOVER AND SO OTHER LABOR
MEN INDICTED

Houghton, Mich, Jan. 15.-Others
besides Meyer indicted are Vice Pres.
c. z. MaIoney, Thomas Strizich Of St.
Louis, Guy E. Miller, Yanko Terzich,
J. c. Lowney, James Kulich and w.
P. Davidson, all members of the exc
cutiVe council of the federation. The
others were officials and members of
the Calumet, Hancock and South
Range locals of the federation.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15

larities accompanying the purchase
of school sites, by which politicians
are said to have profted, will be
started Immediately by the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15
P. S.-"Say! you don't need all the
butter, do you? Pass it along"
10000 JAPANESE PEOPLE ARE
UNAcCOUNTED FOR

Toxic, Jan. 15.-Sakurashima vol
cano is in eruption with undated
violence. Wireless reports from the
naval squadron sent to the stricken
district said that fully 10000 men,
women and children we're unac-
counted for. The greater part of
these, of course, fed to safety. APP
proximately $4,000 houses have been
destroyed on Sakurashima Island
and in Kagoshima.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-15

CYCLONES FOR MIDDLE WEST?
Santa Clara, CAL, Jan. 15.-Father
Ricard, E. j., astronomer and scien-
fist of Santa Clara University, who
on Dec. 81 predicted the exact date
of the volcanic eruption in JAPAN
which he said he forecasted by spots
on the sun, declares that tornadoes
and cyclones viii visit the middle
western states of the United States
during the last ten days of January.
He predicts they will be very violent.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight followed by increas-
ing cIoudiness Friday; moderate tenn
perature; lowest tonight above the
freezing point; moderate winds most
Iy southerIy. Temperature Wednes-
day-Highest, Al; lowest IS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06

BY Jane whitaker.
A little moth flew in through the
window and circled the room coquet-
tishly as though to show me that it
hadn't the least intention of going
near the bright light and singing its
wings. But ever narrower grew the
circles, ever closer it swept toward
the flame, until there was a little hiss
and the moth dropped to the floor,
dead.
And the other night two little moth
girls, with bright eyes and smiling lips
and all the vanity of youth in their
hearts stepped out of a nickel show
and saw the flame standing at the
cub, big touring car with two flash
lily dressed men and another man and
a, woman sitting in it.
And coquettishly the two girl
moths looked at the flame. They
hadn't the least intention of going
near it and singing their wings, but
ever they drew closer, listened to the
invitation of the men that they take
ride; played with the temptation
and then yielded to it, and 10, the
flames scorched the moths.
For the woman and the man who
lent the tone of responsibility to the
party were only decoys. They left
the flame and the two moth girls and
the car flashed on through the night.
Ever faster it went and the flashily
dressed men laughed boisterously
and paid no heed to the two little
frightened moth girls, who realized
they had flown too close toethe flame
and wanted to get away from it, and
beat their wings in fear.
And then one of the moth girls
jumped; jumped while that car was
going thirty miles an hour, not to-
ward their homes, but out toward
the loneliness of the country. And
the moth girl was bruised; one arm
was broken, her face was disfgured.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06

let her run back to the huddled,
broken moth girl on the pavement
and they drove swiftly away, leaving
the moths to their fate.
And just as the moth that dropped
to the floor in my room was only one
of million moths that have been
scorched to death because they flew
too close to the flames, so this moth
girl who was bruised is Just one of the
many moth girls who have paid
price for their folly.
Yet these girls do not seem to gain
wisdom any more than do the little
miller-moths.
Surely it would seem that even the
silliest girl would realize that men
do not invite girls to ride in automo-
biles without. intending to exact a
price.
1t was girls life not long since
and it has been several other girls
lives, but the exacting of life seems
lesser price to pay than the girls who
have been dishonored and left lying
out on a lonely road until some
passer-by discovered them and took
them, forever smirched, back to their
homes.
These men who have automobiles
could not have a honorable motive in
asking girl they do not know to
ride with them, and the girl would
realize this if she would but think.
They have friends Of their own,
wide circle of friends usually, but the
girls they know they must respect,
and the girls they do not know and
who do not know them, they may
ravish as the price of few hours of
amusement, and then go out of their
lives and escape detection.
The fascination of a ride in an au-
tomobile is not just its swift flight
through the night. 1t is the lure of
the unusual. If every one owned an
automobile we would probably prefer
to ride in the street cars through very
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06

THE STORY OF THE ONE FOOLISH LITTLE MOTH AND THE
FOOLISH LITTLE MOTH GIRLS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
How to place Your Rugs.

To preserve harmony in a room, the
rugs, whether one or more, must be
laid on the floor with the edges par
allel with the edges of the floor; not
thrown on, creating all sorts Of ugly
spots by the rugs and by the floor
spots left around them. If one rug
is used it should conform as nearly
as possible to the room proportions,
particularly when the room is pleas
ing in its proportions When the room
is not so the rug may help to make it
so. For example. if the room is too
long for the width, select rug which
viii nearly cover the room in width
and will leave a considerable area Of
floor exposed at either end. This will
tend to shorten the appearance Of
the room and to shorten it in length
by opposition of direction II a room
is to be distinctly a period room, an
Oriental rug can seldom be used to
advantage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
INDIGESTION, GAS
Or BAD STOMACH
Tine it! Pape's Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape'6
Diapepsin digests everything. leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything 80 safely quick, SO
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
VIII get happy relief in five minutes.
but what pleases you most is that it
strengthens and regulates your stom-
ach so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different as soon as "Pape's
Dlapepsin" comes in contact with the
sromach-distress just Vanishes-
stomach gets sweet. no gases, no belch-
ing. no eructations Of undigested food.
Co now, make the best Investment
you ever made by getting a large fifty
cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin from any
store You realize in five minutes how
needless it is to suffer from indiges-
tioE, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28

THE summer girl should take to
heart that good old adage which
advises that in times OF peace we
should prepare for war. Now that
days are cold. evenings long and
spring styles already fairly well set
tied, she should get ready for the sum-
mer season. All Of her dainty lingo
rie-so much more worthwhile when
made at home-and several of her
pretty gowns will make the last Of
winter fly away. The work is so in
teresting and its constant suggestion
of springtime so inspiring!
If one knows how to embroider
even little bit, the smartest of white
voile gowns made up with Iaces,
should be got under way. Fashionable
embroidery for gowns will not try any
ones eyes. for it is done in bold
stitches, like the strokes Of a paint
brush.
Flounced gowns and draped skirts
are to be with US this spring. Print
ed voiles and cotton crepes will be
popular, and taffeta silk has an as
sured triumph before it.
White voile and lace may be COM
bined to make a dress like that pic
tured here. There is a plain founda-
ton skirt OF net or very thin fabric,
with a foUnce of lace about the bot
TOM Over this are three plated
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
WHITE GRAPE,
COMBINED WITH
BLACK, FAVORED

~ HE small round turbans and hats
which are so popular in our new
styles are particularly adaptable to
hats of Grape. mss
For hats of this kind the shapes
chosen are those that set squarely on
the head, with ayerage-size crowns
and narrow brims.
The model shown can hardly be ex-
celled as an example of beautiful mil
linery made Of Grape. The compost
ton of the hat is simple and the work
manship and materials fiawless-as
they must be in millinery of this
character.
The dropping brim is covered with
a fold of black Grape and over this a
second fold is placed. These Grape
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Also Have Things to Learn.

For many years ] had used coneo
aud refused to be convinced of its bad
eRect upon the human system" writes
a veteran school teacher.
Ten years ago l was obliged to
give up my much-loved work in the
public schools after years of continu-
GUS labor. 1 had developed a well de-
fined case of chronic coffee poisoning
The troubles were constipation,
futterings OF the heart, a humping
IN the top Of my head, and various
parts OF my body, twitching of my
limbs, shaking OF my head and, at
dimes after exertion, a general gone
feeling. with toper's desire for very
streng coffee. ! was a nervous wreck
for years.
"a short time ago friends came to
visit US and they brought a package
az Postum with them, and urged me
. 10 try it4z1 was prejudiced because
some years back had drunk a cup of
weak, tasteless stuff called Postum
which ! did not like at ALL
This time, however, my friends
made the Postum according to direc-
lions on the package, and it won me.
Soon ! found myself improving in a
most decided fashion.
The odor OF boiling coffee no long
er tempts me. I am SO greatly bene-
xited by Postum that if I continue to
Improve as I am now, III begin to
shfnk have found the Fountain Of
Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy
letter but stubborn facts which am
glad to make known"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
gEGreek, Mich. Write for copy Of 1.-The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-nlust be web
boiled.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. a teaspoonful dissolYes quickly
In cup of hot water and, with cream
land sugar. makes q delicious bever-
age instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's Reason" for Postum
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
ouaintness in Black satin.

The picture illustrates a dancing or
party frock in black satin Oriental,
with an old world fchu and cuffs Of
finest white muslin, edged with frill
and scallops Of pin spot muslin.
The sash is of black ribbon velvet,
relieved with the pa1est pink rose
White shoes and stockings are worn.
the shoes being laced with narrow
black satin ribbon The simplicity Of
this gown viii appeal to many, who
also appreciate the contrast OF beauti-
full somber black and the piquant bril-
liant co1oring we expect TO find assO-
ciated with extreme youth Such an
idea must only be thought Of where
the individual child possesses enough
OF that color and general attractive
ness to make the contrast sufficiently
striking-Daily Telegraph. London
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
DIZZY, HEA[)ACHY,
SICK, ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1ocent box.

Sick headache, bfliousress, dizzE-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-alEays trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food IN the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines. instead OF being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, thTobbing, sick
ening headache
Cascarets Immediately cleanse tha
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out ali
the constipated waste matter and
pOisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight viii surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent. box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. ADV
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28
Cooperative Seed Buying.

The Montgomery county farm agent,
E. J. Macy, is saving money to farm
ers in that county by cooperative
buying of seed. Forty-one bushels OF
sweet clover seed was bought by the
farm bureau, recently, and saving
Of $1.20 a bushel on the purchase
price made and excellent seed OBJ
tanned. Another shipment of several
hundred pounds is expected in few
days from Wyoming, which iseshipped
directly from the growers to the farm
bureau of Montgomery county. The
bureau also is very active in supply
ing good breeding stock to those who
wish to secure it in the county.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-02-28

hounces of wolfe, draped as shown IN
the illustration.
The bodice is a drapery Of lace over
a baby waist of voiIe. For the more
practical American girl this French
design is likely to be changed a little.
The YoiIe underwaist is to be made
with round Dutch neck and elbow
sleeves, over which the same simple
drapery Of lace will fall. This makes
a dress that is appropriate for both
afternoon and evening, and is one OF
several styles for gowns OF the same
character.
The summer girl must provide her
self with sashes and girdles. With
them she can ring changes on her
pretty clothes. Beads, too, must not
be neglected in her summer equip.
ment. And it is not a matter OF
quality so much as of color that
counts in beads
Winter days and evenings will not
be dull for the young woman who Is
enterprising enough to engage in the
most absorbing Of occupations, and
that is, getting together and making
ready the new wardrobe 1t is a pity
to leave this work to some one else
and not to put into each pretty gown
and accessory something OF ones per
sonality.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.