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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

It apparently was foreordained that
Susan White should tread her life
along the mediocre path. She had not
been here more than u couple OF
held over her sleeping b%abyhood:
Fine baby, DOCTOR" said her IA
Their.
Quito ordinary; quite ordinary.
added, as though summing her up:
Just plain girl"
1t was thus that Susan White came
into her heritage.
Upon that commonplace label she
seemed to shrink. She was never
precocious as most children are. She
merely cried, but not excessively,
when her teeth were poking through,
jouncings that victim:ze most babies
and she only threw the bottle on the
floor once when they weaned her.
At school she instinctiyely recog-
nized her limitations. She was never
at the hear o yet the foot OF her
classes; she was merely average, a
part of the rank and file. For a friend
she chose an abjectly plain girl.
There's only one thing the mat
Your hair is toe beautiful"
Mother" asked susan that night,
lis my hair beautiful"
Yes. dear" answered her mother.
"1t is your redeeming feature.
After her mother had gone Susan
snap went the shears. With her re-
deem:ng feature stretched ignomini.
ously on the floor. Susan slept the
sleep of the fully justified. When she
was made presentable by the barber
she showed herself to the girl friend
she had chosen, who was nightly
pleased with Susan's appearance.
You fit yourself better now she
commented.
go. The friend had 'makings" which
speedily developed and pushed her
through college and landed her at
twenty-five as dietitian in the Belle.
grade hospital. with promotion
within reach. Susan, the just plain
girl, stayed at home until the just
plain man came along. She recog-
average, and they We're married.
Susan and her husband hired one
of the just alike brick houses i'll the
square. Among their furniture were
Battenberg lace curtains, an uphol-
stored parlor set, a gr%aphophone.
three art squares, some not too high
~ colored chromos, and an etching
VI LIS AlSGluS anu one OF Ine
Stag at Bay" Susan did her w
work, belonged to the Woman's club,
and subscribed to the Journal.
The just plain man thought he was
we'll off and was content. But Susan
fooled them all, even the doctor
every one, except her father. who
once said: THAT girl has more to. her
than she shows"
Susan knew it all the time, but she
didn't say anything. She accepted the
label of just plain girl in the first
place there was nothing else
to do. 1nwardly she rebelled. And
she continued inwardly to rebel.
Once: after her arriase. she again
met her girl friend. who had turned
out to be a colossal genius. The
talented woman had written a book,
the title of which e as much to
Susan as The Whichness of the
Wherefore of the When" Susan
wanted to buy it. but she. decided
that il she couldn't understand ever
the title. the book itself might moi
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

ing for you to get strong enough. !
want to talk with YOU"
more economist" thought Susan.
Whats all this about Just Plain
Grip" he began abruptly.
Susan gasped. She had never, as
far as she knew, mentioned to her
husband the incident that occurred
two hours after her birth, and that,
repeated as family tradition during
her girlhood, had set its stunning
stamp, as she supposed, on her de.
veloment.
"How-how did you know" she
managed to ask.
You were delirious." he said. gent
lying on the couch in her scarlet
%aeece-lined belted wrapper, her hiar
parted in the middle and combed
straight down each side, with the two
heavy 'braids sn1assively conspicuous
against the scarlet of the gown you
were delirious;'' he repeated, land you
has caused the sorrow lines about the
eyes, dearest. I have been troubled
about the sorrow lines. for l feared
that in some way l might have caused
them. I. was afraid that I had not
made you happy after all when I
would give my life just to make you
happy" .aa. ss ,o,,a
only lie still and listen.
"Dearie," he was saying, and the
love in. his voice. answered the deep
woman yearn in the heart Of Susan.
..sDearie,. you coult not ha Just plain
girl If you tried ever so hard. You
are just you. And as you. you r
You are the joy OF the whole street
we live on. There hasn't been a day
since you have been sick that some
one hasn't stopped me to ask how you
were and to tell me how they missed
your CHEEKY face, the inspiration Of
your smile. The persons that stop
ME are mostly children and old
people.
"oh, my dear little wife, you can
not estimate your own value; you
cannot judge how bravely you always
meet life's problems; You cannot
weigh your influence on others. least
of all your husband, who is blessed
above men that you are his.
Blu look at me-" protested Susan.
outward manifestation that called
forth the doctors label. II certainly
look ordinary enough. See this de-
testable wrapper"
THAT is easily overcome" laughed
her husband, as his eyes twinkled.
even though didn't have a suit case
crammed with SO bills"
Before Susan could repudiate this
further confession OF her delirium. the
average man drew from under the
couch our boxes filled to overlooking
with fluffy finery. On the top of one
OF the boxes was. a. rose colored tea
gown.
For a. minute Susan d.d~not move.
Then she jumped--to her feet. She
put on the rose colored. tea gown over
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

killing of animals for food could be
conducted in u clearly and sanitary
manner: and u due regard for the
health of the community demanded
that the conditions be improved. No
private individual was willing to I'M
dertake the task. and the case became
clearly one for the municipality to
deal with. There is no such need for
a municipal retail market. There
are enough retail shops to serve the
needs Of the city adequately. We
believe that the conditions in the
shops are fairly sanitary. and If they
are not the health authorities can
compel them to be made so.
The only reason that could warrant
the demand for q municipal shop
would be the impossibility of obtain
ing meat at reasonable prices. Doubt
less d good many people will say that
the prices Of meat are not reasonable,
and we will hot dispute that. Meat
prices are very high. But, if the
prices could be remedied by a munici-
pal meat market the present prices
must be due to exorbitant profits be-
ing made by the dealers. We are not
i'll the confidence of the meat dealers,
but we have not heard that any OF
them are piling up wealth at n
alarming rate. And, il they are, the
field is open, and the chance is good
for other butchers to come in and
share the harvest.
We have our municipal slaughter
house. 1t will soon be i'll operation.
Will it not lie we'll &c sec just how
that works out before undertaking
another enterprise for which there is
at least no pressing need, and which
may easily load us up with Il deficit?
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prove enlightening: SO she bought a
bag of flour instead.
That always was. the way with
Susan. C~tilitarianism pe%rpetually.
When she wanted to squander money,
she was forced to buy necessary
things. Sometimes she would. be
seized with an overwhelming longing
to oMn a suit case crammed full of
$40 bills--yellow. ones - that she
might: rush down town and. recklessly,
r~iotiously spend, spend. spend! With
those yellow sreenbachs she would
buy diamond tiart.s, pearl dog COL
lars. gold mounted .lorgnettes. on anne
thyst chains. and danglin- opal ear
rings. She would order. sent home
pounds and pounds of ponpons at 81
a pound-she hated the CANDY she
bought Of the grocer. She would have
her roughened hands m%anicured, her
straight hair marcel waved, and the
stiff lines of her face massaged.
All, this and more she would do If
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06
n u WITH US n
Stories That Have
Many People smile.
Little,

An English mill manager one day
missing one Of his workmen who
CHANGED to be an Irishrnan, searched
his yard. but in vain. After some time
Pat returned, and, being. accused Of
his absence by the manager, who said
he had searched the four corners OF
the yard for him.. Pat replied:
"Ah, sir, sure twas in the center !
was"
Husband tshavsns)-Bother the
Wife-what's the matter now?
You're %dreadfully iIl-tempered.
eIIusband-rhe razor is abonihabay
dull. =
Wife-pull Why. I ripped up an
old skirt with 1t yesterday and it cut
beautifully
In a small country church, in. Eng
land, q little child was brought for
ward: for baptism. The young minis
ter. taking the little one in his arms.
spoke as follows:
Beloved hearers, no one can fore.
tell the future of this child. He may
grow up to be a great astronomer,
like Sir Isaac Newton, or a great la
Dor leader like John Burns; and 1t Is
possible he might become the prime
minister of England"
Turning to the mother, he inquired.
What is the name Of the child?"
Mary Ann" was the reply.
Mrs. Murphy's husband was OK
tremely Ill. SO she called the doctor
and then a%nxiously inquired as to the
sufferers state.
"I am sorry to say. madam" re.
piled the doctor gravelyq, that your
husband is dying by inches"
We'll, docther." said Mrs. Murphy.
with an air. Of resignation, ivan good
thing ID, my poor husband is six feet
three In his cocks. 80 he'll last some
time yet"
An Irfshman went into a hardware
shop to buy q looking glass. The
shopman brought him some to choose
from.
Pat left n on the counter. and,
walking back q few feet, closed his
What. are you closing your. eyes
for??" said the shopman. - a.,
"Bedad." said Pat. ST want to see
how !. look when I'm sleeping"
An old woman Of tremendous size
hailed q tram car, and with Consider
able difficulty managed to climb up
md get a seat inside. When she was
comfortably settled she looked around
vt a nan seated behind her and: said
with great vigor: "If you'd been
'-rf a man you'd a 'elped me hup..
I'VE man rave a weary smile and re.
led: eff you 'ad only been art the
woman you are ] might ave 'ad q
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

the detestable wrapper. piled her "re-
deeming feature"-which was still
redeeming-high on her head and
threw around her shoulders a white
feather boa. And. glory Of glories! in
French slippers with gold heels. on
went her cloth juliets in a jiffy, while
the just plain man struggled to smile
away the tears in his eyes. Trem.
blingly. Susan cuddled up in the cor
ner of. the couch, her finery heaped
about her.
Perhaps that doctor wasn't in
fallible after ALL" she laughed to her
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

Mrs. A.-Men are. go queer after the
honeymoon II you tell them your
love is growing cold they don't, even
glance up from their newspapers.
Mrs. X.-No, but tell them the soup
is growing cold and they jump about
ten feet. =. ~,
"A certain reverend gentleman occu-
pied q state room or one Of the New
York liners with = fetllow passenger.
After . while he began to feel just
the slightest bit uneasy as to- some
valuables he had with him. 80 he took
shouid Just ike Is explaia to You that
I am: pleased with my fellow passen-
ger. That. ia, i Lind himea gentleman
In every respect, and wouldn't have
YOU think .that-well, wouldn't have
you think that my coming to YOU with
these vaiuables Is to be taken as any
reflection ON him. With q broad smile
the hpurser Interrupted him: -soh,
that's all right, SIR your friend has
come to me with some valuables Of
his own and he said precisely the
Applicant for Position. have here
a letter Of Recommendation from my
minister. 3ea y.
Head Of Firm-That's very good 80
far as 1t goes, but We won't need your
services on Sundays. Have you any
references from anybody who knows
you the other SIX days Of the week."
An old gentleman. always polite to
ladies. was asserting one day that he
had never seen a really ugly woman.
A woman with a dat nose. overhear-
ing him, said:
''sir. look at me. and confess that
I'm truly ugly"
Madam" he replied, .Iike- the reet
of your sex.. o are an angel fallen
from the skies: but it was your mis-
fortune. rather than your fault, that
you happened to alight. on your .nose."
Tourist-You have. an unusually
large acreage Of cor under cultiva-
ton. Don't the crows annoy you q
great deal?"' -
F'armer-oh. not to any extent.
Tourist--That's peculiar, consider.
ing you have no scarecroye.
FaFmer-0h, we'll, you see. I'm out
here a good part Of the time myself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06
POINTED

a %conceited nan is one who thinks
he isn't. sd
But the supply Of wild oats exceeds
the demand.
a mans deeds attract more atten-
ton than his creeds.
A firt is always on the go. but she
gets anywhere.
It is a toss up between a many.
sided man and a two.faced woman,
Many a v woman has solved
the problem of perpetual emotion.
Fortunate is the man who can make
his running expenses slow down. to a
walk.
There's more room for improve.
ment than there is satisfactory build-
ing material.
It's as difficult for a man to under.
stand a wonaan az 1t Is for . woman
to understand herself.
If the Wolf that hangs around a
poor mans door could only be trained
to convert bill collectors into mince-
meat
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

Who's called-because his bins
r filled with drayloads of ma
zoo-the j. p. NJ. of Mexico
and Diaz No. .? Whose 10000
900 acres help to make II un-
derstand why he's not keen that
any one should loose the iron
hand? Who's four-score years and
five and yet is lively OH his feet
especially since Villa came upon
the blooming beat? Who long has
ruled Chihuahua as a sort of ST
Legree, but now is busy lodging
ginks who's write his r. r. P.
Who notes the while he seeks to
lose Carranza and his clan, that
riches have their drawbacks, too?
That l.. Terrazaz man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

80 o obtained your divorce?"
Yes answered Mrs. Connington
Bullion; land it was a brilliant sue.
cess. 1t was one Of the best written
and most Handsomely Illustrated di-
ever seen"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

rs ice water dangerous to health ?"
exclaimed Grandpa Mintliker. We'll,
l should say so! 1t nearly killed me
one time. l was skatin' and fell into
it."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

A man is usually pretty we'll fixed
when he a afford to talk right out
loud about the things he can't afford.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06
, y y y = y n y y y v ii = y .
JUST HUMAN NATURE.

There is no downing a crouch pro-
phet. If his predictions don't come
true he takes credit for having given
timely warning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

When revolutions spin so free and
never seem to stop, a president may
come to be saluted as odd Top"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

l know q. fellow with a kid whose
mouth looks like q clam. He squints
until his eyes are hid; he bleats much
like a lamb. His feet toe i'll like lob
ster claws; his hair like chickweed;
he wears molasses on his paws. and
whirnpers. yells and pout. His par.
ents call him "angel face" and cuddle
him and coo, and marvel at the lines
of grace which in his form they view.
His fathers chest swells up with
pride, when friends hand out the film,
and say it cannot he denied that baby
looks like him. y mothers and a
fathers eyes have sweet and mystic
powers. They see what Providence de-
MES to common lamps like ours; their
ears hear music and rejoice with an
estate thrill where we resent an oboe
voice performed on without skill.
Fond parents ever have been thus and
thus will Eve be; perhaps it's lucky
son, for us that faults were hard to
see. If neighbors had been called to
stand as judges so profound, they
might have cast q vote. off-hand to
send us to the pound. So coin no cynic
phrases like such as "Oh, piff," or
"Pshaw," but bow your heads before
the might of loves eternal law!
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

It's hard to understand why a boy
who sometimes wears a football suit
should think that a boy who puts on
a cap with a laps and a comforter
and mittens looks funny.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

Fortunate is the man who can make
his running expenses slow down to a
walk.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

There's more room for improve.
ment than there is satisfactory build-
ing material.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

Many a nervous woman has solved
the problem of perpetual emotion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-06

1t is a toss up between a many
sided man and a two-faced woman.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03
Women of IT, S. Determine to
Buu "Mdde In America Products
sThe American Workingman Is Skiul the Euro
pean," Declares Wife of Vce-President Marshall

happy result out OF this unhappy war
is likely 10 come in the development
and Use OF American products lot
which we have perhaps naturally, YET
needlessly. depended upon foreign
makers"
SAYS DR.. Charles w. Eliot, president
Emeritus OF Harvard university:
II am unable 10 agree with MISS
Tarbell's rect mmendation that Amer
lean women buy only American-made
articles. On the contrary, should
recommend women TO buy invariably
the best and prettiest goods which
the amount OF money they have IN
hand enables them to buy. Every
body ought always TO patronize the
best producers, no matter In what
country they live, That is the way 10
nelp on the human race and ciyiliza-
ton. This doctrine applies especially
to the fine. beautiful. and artistic
products OF the world,
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03

+ | was busily thinking while Kitty
was speaking am sure don't
mean TO evoke any especial interest
IN any man, but | must confess TO
you, little book would not tell IL
TO anyone on earth do like the fat
tered feeling that comes from the
knowledge that men like me. like to
listen TO me and admire me as a
woman. l.N(r
| think this is what Kitty means
and ii is what every woman wants.
II her husband supplies the admira-
ton and attention, all well and good,
but II he finds more interest I'm souls
or even sinners. why. look out for
breakers.
Kitty has run away from her too
good" husband for a little friyolity
and feel that both Dick and | must
nave little change.
ON with the dance" etc, etc.
ITO BE Continued)
In Paris, a 22ton bell is tolled by
electricity. choir boy does the
work which formerly required tho
services OF five men.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03
HENRY STEPHENS
OUT FOR REGENT
Otsego-cO. Lumberman An
nounces His Candidacy-is a
~ College Man

GRAND kAPIDS, Mich, Dec q
Announcement was made here yester-
day by Henry Stephens, OF Waters,
Otsego county, that at the coming
Republican convention in this city, in
February. his name will be presented
as candidate for regent of the uni
versity.
Mr. Stephens is the son of the late
Henry Stephens, of Detroit, and has
large numbering interests in Otsego
county. He is president Of Henry
Stephens q Co.. lumber dealers, with
Offices at No. sos Gas Company build.
ing. Detroit and director of the
Scotten.Dillon Co. He is also identi-
fed with several banks In the nortl,-
ern part OF the state. His father was
one of Michigan's pioneer lumbermen.
He is a college man, having attended
Harvard and being a graduate OF VI
emma. Mr. Stephens is an enthusiastic
advocate OF clean athletics, being the
owner OF the Otsego baseball team
which this year won the state indie
pendent championship. He was a
member of the football team when at
Harvard a decade ago.
Mr.. Stephens state acquaintance Is
extensive. No man In Otsego county
is better known or more popular. He
has many progressive ideas for the
university, which he would like to see
enforced. His likable personal quail
tiles and his college sympathies which
At him for the place to which he
aspires. will make him a most for
midable candidate
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03
MUSTEROLE--QUICK
RELIEF! NO BLISTERI
1t SOOthes and Relieves Like a
Mustard Plaster Without
the Burn or Sting

MUSTEROLE is clean, white
ointment, made with the oil OF mus
tard. IL does all the work of the old
fashioned mustard plaster--does It
better and does not blister. You do
not have TO bother with cloth. You
simply rub It on-and usually the
pain is gone.
Doctors and nurses use MUSTER
OLE and recommend it to their pa
tents.
They will gladly tell you what re-
lief 1t gives from Sore Throat. Bron-
chitis, Group, Suff Neck, Asthma.
Neuralgia, Congestion, Pleurisy,
Rheumatism, Lumbago. Pains and
Aches OF the Back or Joints, Sprains.
Sore Muscles, Bruises, Chilblains.
Frosted Feet, Colds OF the Chest (it
often prevents Pneumonia).
AT your druggists, In 25c and 800
Jars, and special large hospital size
for $3.50.
Be sure you get the genuine NUS
TEROLE, Refuse imitations-get
what you ask for The Musterole
Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03

difficult part | ever attempted TO play
that Of Mrs. Albert Gallatin Wheel
er, Jr. / never made hit in that
part with anybody-not even with my
husband, not even with myself. And
today | understand why. 1t was be-
cause was always artifcial--always
MRS. WHEELER-never Claudia"
You know Mrs. Wheeler contid-
ed as she pushed a rakish black vel
vet toque further back on her red
brown curls, being wife to a man
like Mr., Wheeler, Jr is like acting
one OF those small parts that are
nothing but feeders 10 the star-yoh
say stupid, meaningless lines Just TO
enable him to make brilliant replies.
well, for 13 years / was such a
feeder'-then one afternoon. all OF a
sudden, my blind love and faith in
him left me. He had always neglect
ed me. going away on strange "busi-
ness trips" staying out late at night,
not coming home for dinner, or Sun
day even. That afternoon had
watched for him at the window of our
apartment in Seventy-secondst for
two hours. had seen all the gay
young boys and girls going by, and
read in their eyes, as they looked
at each other, the love that was more
than love.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-03

The throbbing, passionate, sacri'
fetal feeling | had experienced for a
man who proved unworthy OF IL, left
me. When he finally came home.
upbraided him for his neglect. | told
him that | was still young and at
tractive and that he was driving me
TO desperation. refused TO keep
dinner engagement we had made,
and he went out to dine with our
friends alone, SO far as know he is
eating yet. have never seen him
since.
when | think of all those noble
men in England. giving their life
blood for the protection OF women
my faith in mankind revives. You
know | appeared on the stage with
Lord Kitcheners proclamation in my
hands. she added, ''and | sang a
song written for me called Your
King and Country Need You" | re-
cruited 10000 men with that song"
Perhaps my eyebrows lifted lit.
tie. They never WILL behave in
such cases. Anyway, the fair Claudia
added explanatorily, and the faith OF
a little child. the faith OF the love
that is more than love descended
upon me as she did so.
You see. | sang that recruiting
song IN TIGHTS"