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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
BRAINS IN BASEBALL.
There is Something i'm it That Ap-
peals to All Interested by HUI
man Achievement.

People who never see a ball game
lalways imagine the bleacher crowd
as an assemblage of sports. They
would expect to find there incessant
cigarette smokers and fellows with
"highwater pants" older men who
came to bet. with a sprinkling of
| fashily dressed women.
The crowds at the ball parks of the
bigger leagues include many of these
types. Also there are great num-
bers of clean cut, modestly dressed
business and professional men, whose
presence is credit to any gathering.
There is something in it that ap-
peals to all interested by human
achievement. 1t has its own spectac-
ular power. A hard batted ball, a
speeding runner. an agile stop, a
swift, accurate throw, a sure catch
these are beautiful forms of human
skill.
Equally also, it is a battle of or
ganization and mastery of personal
force. 1t is not enough to assemble
group of men who can bat, throw.
and catch a ball with great speed,
strength, and accuracy.
1t is also prearranging the move
ments of these men so that they fit
into each other like the levers of a
machine. 1t is a question of so win
ming their loyalty that they will not
play simply for a salary and their
own averages.
A man who is quick witted enough
to play baseball is apt also to be
quick to take offence, imaginative,
sensitive, morbid. The balance be-
tween competing players needs to be
held with absolute fairness, based
on competent judgment of their
play.
The manager of a professional ball
team has the problem Of maintaining
a balance Of justice between the per-
sonal interest of his players, so that
! if any man gets a crouch, it shall be
of his own creation. Then there +
that indefinable power of creating
enthusiasm, which radiates from
some men, while others leave their
associates wholly cold. When one
sees a group of players having all
these qualities Of skill, led with all
this enthusiasm and systematic work
and quick wit, he sees a product in
to which there has entered a plenti.
full supply of brains.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

THE HELLO GIRLS SIDE.
The Other Side is Put up in Very
Pertinent Shape.

Il waited five minutes before GEN.
trail even answered me, and five min
utes before she condescended to tel
me the line was busy" / heard
man Indignantly informing the chief
operator over the telephone the other
day.
l glanced at the clock. He had been
at the telephone barely five minutes
And yet, he is a truthful man and
one who means to be just and kind
to those who serve him.
What is it about the telephone
which so transforms pleasant, rea'
sonable, truthful people?
Is it because the exasperating ring.
ing in ones ear when the line is
busy, the wearisome waits, the mis-
takes and disappointments put ones
nerves on edge?
That may have something to dc
with it but III tell you a bigger fac
tor than that. 1t is the impersonal-
ity Of the operator. We don't see
her. She does not answer back.
We scarcely think of her as a hu-
man being, and so we dare to visi,
upon her defenseless. head all the ir'
ritation her mistakes have caused
and for good measure some OF the
irritation of the days disappoint-
ment.
If you went into store and found
all the clerks busy, what would you
do? You'd wait your turn, of course
and then ask pleasantly for what
YOU wanted and give the clerk rea-
sonable amount of time to get it
Unless she was remarkably slow yor
wouldn't think of complaining. And
| if she made a mistake, you'd probably
tell her about it pleasantly enough
no matter how indignant you were
inside.
That's because you are face tC
face with her and realize that she
is a woman and not an automaton.
They say that some day we shall
have an instrument which will brine
people face to face just as the tele
phone brings them ear to ear. Wher
we do, if the telephone girl is ais
made visible, she will have a mucl
better time of it than she now does.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
In Mortal Dread.

Country editors are always In
mortal dread of leaving out the
names of someone in the list OF
guests at a swell party or failing to
properly describe the costume OF
the bride at the wedding, and now
the Ames Times declares that a new
terror has come upon them these la
ter days, the danger of telling of q
prominent citizen buying a new au-
tomobile, then giving the wrong
name of the car. That sets the own
er wild and throws the agent that
sold the car into fits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

Money makes the mare go, the
lack of it makes her balky.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
POPULATION OF j. s.
NUMBERS 1o9,ooo,ooo
Gain During Four Years Is Estimat-
ed at 100000 by Census
Officials.
IOWA ONE OF THE
LEADING STATES OF UNION
Iowa's Population is Estimated fol
1914 at 2,221,155, Which Shows
a Decrease Since 1910, But
is Rapidly Forging to
the Head Again.

There were 09,021,992 persons
living within the territory embraced
by the United States on July /
1914, according to bulletin con
tanning the estimates of population
for the years subsequent to the thir.
teenth census, made in 1910, prepar-
ed under the supervision of G.. S
Sloane, geographer of the Depart
ment of Commerce, and issued yes
terday.
The population of the United
States in 1910 was 101, ,74S,269, sc
there has been gain in population
estimated at more than 100000
in the last four years.
Estimates For The States.
The population of the forty-eight
states of the Union and the District
of Columbia in 1914 is 9S,781, 1924
whereas in 1910 it was 91,972,266
The bulletin shows also the esti
mates of population in 1910, 1911
1912, 1913 and 1914 for states anc
territories and for cities which hac
5000 inhabitants or more in 1910
There is also presented in the bulle
tin a statement of the white and col
.ored population on April Is, 1910
together with estimates of the white
and colored population of July l O.
each of the years following.
The estimated population OF eaci
state of the Union on July l, 1914
and the population on April Is, 1911
are given in this table:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

For the first time in eight years
the republicans of Iowa are entering
upon a campaign with practically
united party. The state convention
at Des Moines demonstrated in the
most emphatic manner the determin-
alton of the rank and file of the
party TO queH the trouble makers in
the party. They are tired of faction
alism and petty personal quarrels
among the would-be leaders, and the
indication is that the man VINO at
tempts to start something" this
year will get run over, says the
Knoxville Express.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
TOUR OF THE WEST
PROVES INTERESTING
Miss ElenOra Grinna Who is Enjoy
ing Vacation in the West
Writes About Interesting
Scenes.
VISITS PORTLAND, OREGON
THE HOME OF ROSES
Glacier National Park Gives Tour.
lists Much Pleasure, and the
Mountains And Lakes
Furnish Plenty of
Sightseeing.

We received an interesting let
ter from Miss Elenora Grinna, who
has been touring the West with Mrs.
Jerusha Hislop, which we publish
below. 1t was written at Vancouy-
er, B. c., and the ladies have seen
many interesting sights and thor
oughly enjoyed the West:
Arriving at Glacier Park Station
at STA a. m. we found very live
ly place. The park hotel is truly
beautiful and l hope l may go there
again to spend much more time than
] had to spare this trip. Motor bus
ses were waiting at the door TO take
us to st. Mary's Camp, situated on
st. Mary's lake, right in the noun
tains. The 32 mile ride is mostly
on level ground outside the park
boundary, and we enjoyed it very
much. The Rocky mountains are
surely well named and the endless
peaks, some snow capped and others
just rocks, take on different shapes
as you pass. One very much resem-
bled huge hippopotamus from one
side and further on you wonder you
ever thought it looked like any
anything but big pile of rock.
Upon reaching st. Mary's camp at
IL a. m. the launch is about ready
to leave for Going-to-the-Sun-Camp
nine mile boat trip up st Mary's
lake. Dinner is waiting for you
there and l certainly was ready foI
my share, and possibly little moro
Going-to-the-Sun-Camp is built on
spur of the mountain of the same
name. There Is a very small glacier
there, but too far up the side to
walk to it before the boat returns
| to ST. Mary's in the afternoon.
certainly hope may have the oppor.
tunity to tour Glacier National Park
again and when / do | shall not plan
a hurried trip.
We spend the night at ST. Mary S
camp, starting the next morning for
Many Glacier Camp by auto. This
% mile road has just recently been
prepared for auto travel so the
stage coach is still in use and you
can have your choice.
Reaching Many Glacier Camp
there is time for dinner, another
very pleasant and looked for
ward to event, and after that the
saddle horses are in readiness for a
trip to Iceberg Lake. The mile trail
is only wide enough to go horse
back or on foot. 1t is a splendid
trail and believe it's q case of six OF
one and a half dozen of the other
You see as many walking as riding
and it's worth the effort in either
case. / feel unable to explain the
place and do it justice. There is an
immense half circle of rock in which
this lake lies, named Iceberg be-
cause the snow and ice from the
slope is it's source and snow and ice
cakes are floating around in the
water. The ground where you stand
Continued on last page.)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
|. C. BAND NORWAY
TOUR SUCCESSFUL
The Public Opinion Correspondent
Writes About the Bands Home
coming Trip From Norway.
BAND BOYS GIVEN
GREAT EDUCATIONAL TRIP
Christiania to London via COpenhag-
en-, Berlin, Wittenb berg. Eisinach,
Cologne and Paris.

The bands tour of Norway was
eminently successful. If it had been
otherwise the journey to London
would not have been made via c..
penhagen, Berlin, Paris, etc.
The boys had not anticipated such
trip. Needless to say they were de-
| lighted where at the last concert in
Norway the announcement was made
that the journey home would include
visit to these places. The education
lal value Of the trip is not easily over
estimated. 1t not only stimulates i'll.
terest in history. art and religion
but it actually increases ones
knowledge day by day.
The art, sculpture and painting
to be seen in Thorvaldsen's Museum
of Copenhagen, the Louvre at Paris
the British Museum and Victoria and
Albert Museum of Lonson, etc., can
not fail to make a lasting impression
on the traveller, especially upon the
young traveller.
| A visit to the city of Wittenberg
to the grave of Luther in the Castle
church, which is so intimately con-
nected with the work of the Great
Reformer, to the Luther House,
where he dwelt with his family and
lectured to his students, can not
fail to convey to a person broader
understanding of the man and his
work.
A trip to the Wartburg castle a.
Eisenach, where the outlawed Luth
er was kept a prisoner by his friends
that his enemies might not slay him
visit to the very room where he
Ilabored so asiduously with the trans
ilation of the new testament, will
certainly cause at least Lutheran
to reflect upon the blessings tha
have come to our age and all sue
ceeding ages through the great work
of the Friar of Wittenberg.
1t certainly must also be conceded
to be worth something to youn:
man to see such architectural mar
yels as the Cathedral of Cologne
the "Kolner Doni, the Notrt
Dame in Paris, st. Paul's Cathedra
and Westminster Abbey of London
What admiration and respect does i
not arouse in him for the ability
the lofty purpose and esthetic devel
opment of the people of centuries
ago. 1t also makes him far bette
Judge of things he may see later il
life and in his own country.
The historical knowledge to b,
gained by such trip will of course
vary largely. Much depends upoi
the previous knowledge of the indi
vidual, as we'll as upon his natura
power of observation and ability t
remember the things seen anC
heard.
A great many will gather a funC
of historical facts and receive nev
light on many others, while no on,
will fail to pick up some information
Continued on last page)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

The interesting die early, bores
live forever.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

When a man has been married
about three months he likes to stand
around and tell you what fine
thing welded bliss is and how easy
it is to get along if you marry the
right woman. But three years later
the big boob hasn't word to say.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29
The Big Four.

For, many years Iowa has been
represented in the national senate by
men of eminence and ability. Twas
so in the days Of Allison and Doili-
YER and it is so at the present time
with Cummins and Kenyon.-Oel-
vein Register.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

Attorney General Cosson has
ruled that near beer or anything
that contains alcohol of any quanti-
ty can not be sold in Iowa. Examine
you favorite cough, liver, kidney or
somach remedy carefully" says the
Waterloo Times-Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

At a recent election in Sweden
the fact was revealed that only 3.6
per cent of the women voters were
disqualified for failing to pay taxes,
as compared with 24.6 per cent of
the men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-29

If you must tell your troubles,
man will regard you as a piker.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05

parade the bands will give massed
band concert.
The Fair will con .inue through the
week and promises 70 be the greatest
Wilmington has ever produced:
The Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION will have the management
of the rest tent. Every convenience
possible has been provided. For
those who want to "tidy up" after a
dusty journey there are completely
equipped wash stand and dressing
cable, those who want to rest will find
a cot, a lounge and easy willow chairs;
a first-aid case with supply OF SIM
ole remedies will afford relief to any
one taken suddenly i'll. A reading
table with newspapers and magazines,
a well stocked writing desk are added
attractions. Every day members OF
the Young Women's christian Asso-
citation will be present 20 n..nister to
the needs of women and children free
of charge. All this is possible be-
cause of the generosity of the Fair
authorities and many kind citizens OF
Wilmington. Wecome to the Y. W. Z.
A. tent!
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
AT The Cecil Farmers Club

At the recent meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club, at the home of Mr.. R.
c. Reeder, the committee which ar
ranged for the Farmers Day meeting
at the Tome Institute, reported the
total expense of the meeting as 5000,
with receipts of S74.50. The balance
of 50 was ordered refunded to the
Farmers Business and Civic Associa-
tion of Calvert, as that Association
had subscribed very literally to the
meeting.
The club also authorized the treas
urer, Mr.. |. Wayne Reynolds, to con-
tribute a small cash balance in his
hands to the Francis Scott Key fund
for the erection of tablet in Cecil
county.
On motion the chair appointed a
committee of five to arrange and pro-
vide for booth and exhibit of Cecil
county's products during Farmers
Week at the Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore, November 16 to q. The
committees are Hon. II. -. McCul-
Tough, Elkton, chairman; William R.
Cameron, M. C. Reeder, Rising Sun;
Elwood Balderston, Colora; W. Pal
mer McFadden, Singerly; who will
furnish full instructions of what and
how to ship to all those desiring to
contribute exhibits.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
Laws Governing Subscriptions

Most readers of newspapers and
many publishers are not familiar with
the laws governing subscriptions.
Here are the decisions of the United
States Court on the subject. They will
be interesting to publishers and many
will undoubtedly be glad of the oppor
tunity to print them for the benefit
of delinquent subscribers:
Subscribers who do not give eX-
press notice to the contrary are con-
sidered as wishing to renew their sub
scriptions.
eff subscribers order a discontinue
ance of their publication the publisher
may continue to send them until all
dues are paid.
"If the subscriber refuses to take
the periodical from the postofiice 10
which they are directed, he is respon-
sible until he has settled his bill and
ordered the paper discontinued.
eff subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and
the papers are sent to the former adj
dress, The subscriber is held respon-
sible.
"The courts have held that refusing
to take periodicals from the postotfice
or removing and leaving them uncalled
for is prima facie evidence of inten-
ton to defraud.
eff subscribers pay in advance they
are bound to give notice at the end
of the time if they do not wish to
continue taking it, otherwise the sub
scriber is responsible util express no.
tice with payment of all arrearage is
sent to the publisher.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
What Is An Editor Anyhow

One of our boys had this to say in
an essay on what Is An Editor"
Don't know how newspapers came
to be in the world. | don't think God
does, for he haint got nothing to say
about them and editors in the Bible. |
think the editor is one of the missing
links you read of, and stays in the
bushes until after the flood, and then
came out and wrote the thing up, and
has been here ever since. / don't think
he ever died.
81 never saw dead one and never
heard of one getting licked. Our paper
is mighty good one; but the editor
goes without underclothes all winter
and don't wear any socks, and paw
amt paid his subscription since the
paper started. | asst paw if that was
why the editor had to suck the juice
out of snowballs in winter and go 20
bed when he had his shirt wasn't in
summer. And then paw took me out
to the woodshed and licked me awful
hard. If the editor makes mistake
folks say he ought to be hung, but if
a doctor makes any mistakes he bu:-
les them and the people dassent say
nothing, because the doctor can read
and write Latin.
when the editor makes mistake
there is lawsuit and swearing and
big fuss; but if doctor makes one,
there is a funeral, cut flowers and per-
feet silence A doctor can use word
a yard long without him or anybody
knowing what it means, but if the
editor uses one he has to spell it. If
the doctor goes to see another mans
wife, he charges for the visit, but il
the editor goes he gets a charge of
buckshot.
"When the doctor gets drunk it is a
case of being overdone by the heat,
and if he dies, it is from heart trouble;
when the editor gets drunk it's a case
of too much booze, and if he dies, it's
the jim jams. Any old college can
make doctor--a editor has to be
born" Elk.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
WE EXPLAIN AGAIN.

DESPITE the many notices publish
ed on the subject, many of our people
are yet at sea on the matter of regis
tration this year. Let US explain
again. The primary on Sept. 18th,
notice of which is published in another
column, has nothing to do with the
subject of registration. Every voter
whose name is now on the books is
entitled to vote at this primary. But
when this primary is over, all names
are swept from the books and not
single man can vote at any time there
after until he becomes registered.
Registration days will be this year on
Sept. %, % and October 6, and 10.
Unless you become registered on one
Of these days you cannot vote at the
November election.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
PERRYYILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Rutter, of Whining
ton, visited relatives in town the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Pierce are taking
trip to Pittsburg and Niagara Falls.
Mr.. George Alexander spent We'd
nesday last in Wilmington.
Miss Mildred Owens is spending the
week in Baltimore.
Mrs. May Mcclure, of York, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Owens last week.
Miss Helen Little and little Miss
Rowena Owens spent a few DAYS this
week in Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Hanna and son, Ed
ward, of Wilmington, We're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Cole last week.
Mrs. Stacy Gorrell and daughter
Frances, of Baltimore, visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Owens, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Craig, Mr.. and
Mrs. George L. Cole have returned
home after spending a few days in
Niagara Falls.
Mr.. Louis Ward, of Cherry Hill, is
visiting Mr.. James Ward and family.
Miss Elva McCommons has return
ed home after spending a month in
Hampton, Baltimore county.
Mrs. Leslie Owens and little Miss
Mabel Hand are visiting in York.
The Junior Department of the NJ.
f. Sunday school will hold a lawn fete
on the parsonage lawn on September
IL Tor the benefit of Missionary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
RISING sun

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Founders and
son James are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Dickey in Wilmington.
Mrs. Carrie Riale, of Baltimore, is
visiting her son, Mr.. Joseph Riale and
family.
Mr.. Ernest Sheppard, of Whining
ton, spent over Saturday night with
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05

friends in town.
The Westminster Guild of West
Nottingham Church met with Mrs.
Clarence Clifford on Saturday after
noon. Mrs. j. S. Hopper, of Chesa-
peake City, addressed the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder, of Hazleton,
have been visiting Mr.. John w.
Barnes.
Mr.. Edw. H. Hunt, OF Hamlet, N. c.,
spent previous week with his family.
Miss Hannah j. Reynolds has re-
turned from visit in Media and
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Charles Brown is visiting his
cousin Mr.. Charles Vanneman in Hav-
re de Grace.
The Young Peoples Branch met
with Mrs. Lillian Robertson last We'd
nesday night.
Miss Mary V. Taylor is visiting her
cousin Mrs. Charles Reynolds, near
West Grove.
Mr.. William Pogue and family and
Miss Pearl Ryan are enjoying weeks
stay near Criterion, camping.
The Ladies' Aid and Foreign Mis-
sionary Societies of Rising Sun M. E.
Church met with Mrs. A. B. Keen on
Thursday afternoon at 230 o'clock.
Mrs. Arthur Irwin, of Philadelphia,
is spending some time at her parents
home in town.
Mr.. Taylor Biles spent the week end
with Baltimore friends.
Rev. William Michaels, of Philadel-
phia, delivered an elegant sermon
from the Rising Sun M. E. pulpit last
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Norton, of
West Unity, Ohio, spent few days of
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. John M.
Sterrett.
Mrs. George Porter, of Baltimore,
visited Mrs Cecil E. Ewing during the
week.
Mr.. George Thompson visited Balti-
more friends, this week.
Several from town attended the
Nottingham Quarterly Meeting Of
Friends held at Calvert, last Saturday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-09-05
Delaware State Fair

The Delaware State Fair opens on
Monday and a striking feature of the
opening will be the monster Labor
Day Parade, when thousands of men
from every walk of life will march in
review before the grand stand, &C
companied by 80 bands. After the