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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-28

Many things would go without say
tnE II. people had wisdom enough to
let them. !.
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To Enjoy Vacation Visit.

Joe Tucker left last evening for
Finley, N. D.. where he will spend his
vacation at the home of Mr.. and Mrs,
j.. w. S%tansbury. Enroute home lie
will spend a. few days in Fargo as a
guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. a. Burns, former residents ot
Grand Forks.
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CLUB NOTES

The North Star club of Fargo met
yesterday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. Clara Cliff Of Fifth street north.
The afternoon was spent in needle
Work. after which a lunch was served
to the thirty guests present.
At Williston Wednesday evening of
this week a meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. w. II. Denny, chairman
of the Williston Votes for women's
league for the purpose OF discussing
the very important question at issue,
Votes for Women,
r The meeting was a very enthusiast s.
tic and pleasant one and in spite Of
the afternoons snow storm a large
number Of ladies were present.
A splendid program Of sacred mu.
sic vas rendered Monday evening at
the home of Mrs. Loren S. Roger ut
s. regular meeting Of the Mandan Mu-
steal club, Mrs. W. w. Fuller i'm
charge.
Ali numbers were excellently xiv
en- and the selections by Prof. VAN
den Bosch Of the state industrial
school were especially appreciated.
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Envoy.

Friend. j would give Ill else for fec,
x by the forfeit i could bring
To my poor brain the power to free
The song that / shall never sing.
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Entertaining Guest,

Miss Thelma Peters of North
Fourth street. is entertaining as he,
guest for . few days. Miss Martha
Rose of Mimic.
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Special .YHealth Warning. for March

Special "Health Warning for. March.
March is a trying month for the
very young and for elderly people.
Group, bronchial colds. lagrippe and
pneumonia are to he feared and
avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar is a
great family medicine that will quick
ly stop a cough. check the progress Of
a cold, and relieve inflamed and con-
gested air passages. 1t Is safe. pure
and always reliable.-McGrath..s
Pharmacy.-Adv.
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Returned to Thompson.

MIS- Lllldn h. smith, who has been
the guest Of Mrs. A. y. Boughman of
Riverside Park, returned to her home
In Thompson this morning. Mrs.
Smith came down to hear Virginia
Brooks last evening.
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Left for Michigan.

Lett Tor Michigan.
her home in Michigan otter spendinr
the past two months visiting friends
and relatives in Grand Forks.
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Visiting in the City.

Miss Margaret Freeman Of Fargo
is spending n few days in the city Wis
itfnE at the home Of Miss Ethel Nc
Gowan on North Third street.
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Returned to Detroit.

Mrs. Fl. H. Buchanan and children
who have been visiting for the past
few days at the home Of MIR. and Mrs.
j. Groseman on University n
left yesterday noon fir their horne in
Detroit. MINI. They were accom-
panied by Misses Belle end Rebecca
Grossman, who will spend a week Wis
iting in that city.
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Entre Nous Club NTeeting.

Entire Nous Club Meeting.
The Entire Nous club will hold its
regular meeting Monday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the home Of Mrs. E. A.
subject for study will be English IL
Illustrators and Caricaturists.'' and sew
eral interesting papers will be read.
The program has been arranved as
follows:
John Leach and Punch-Mrs. w.
II. Witherstine.
Tennial-Mrs. s. FL. Ashley.
, Arthur Rackhan--Mrs, o. F.. Burt
ness.
Kate Grecnaw~-Mrs. n. X. Lykken.
Baptist Church Music.
The following program of music
has been arranged for the services a;
the First Baptist church OH Sunday
by the director. Louis u. Rowland:
Morning.
Anthem-Prepare Ye the Way.
nuct-O Paradise ......... Browne
| Mrs. Paul GriA1th. Harold WINSTON.
Evening.
g Flow Amiable ...........: Buck
Mrs. Homer NJ. Cook.
--:Ss.--
Y. W. e. A. Notes.
Miss Helen Davies, head OF the nor
NAL department Of the Grand Forks
high school, gave the vocational talk,
last evening, at the association build
ing. Her subject was."The Teacher"
and her talk was very much enjoyed.
Miss Josephine Brown. the general
secretary will he the speaker at the
vesper services Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock. Miss Irene Cox Of the uni
versity will sing and Miss Mabel
Wright. will be the accolnpanist.
The High School Girls club is plan
ming for an April Foll's Day" hike,
next Tuesday. The girls will leave
the association building at 1880
o'clock and when they arrive at their
destination, which is still unknown,
they will enjoy a vicente roast"
Miss Chrissie Bulge will speak at
the neNt vocational meeting and her
subject will be The Busiess Wom-
an"
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mantle. They werc in a small white
envelope. unmarked. but she felt liz
they were sweetpcas. Four weeks later
she began to DC excited by the failure
of the peas to appear. She had tended
them we'll. kept her bed clear of
weeds and we'll watered. But for mere
accident she might still be in doubt.
Her father was taken ill one day and
asked his daughter to get the package
of pills from behind the clock. The
young lady was unable to find n pills
behind the clock. She remembered.
She thinks she knows now why the
swectpeas never came up.
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Tie Evening Story.
THE NEW

out. She g!oried in the hustle and
haste and excitement. She felt wen.
tN ear younger and as strong as AN
On. She was as eager as IL child ito
Get right down to living. as she OK
pressed 1t.
or course, there were drawbacks.
AIMS furniture, having grown Id
with the old house. did not grow
younger with the new. Besides, the
carpets would not ii,. aud tho bed
stcads looked out of place against the
freshly frescoed walls. But OH the
whole the old things did very we'll,
and Ann was not much less satisfied
than she had expected to be.
She was tired when at last all was
over. She had to admit that now she
could rest she must. 1t was a weary
Old woman who crcpt at night all that
winter up he polished stairs into the
gorgeous front chamber with it's frcs-
coed garlands. In tho morning when
she arose she found life had lost it's
effcrvescence. Her long dream had
crystallizcd into reality. and she felt
something like a lover who has gained
his hearts desire and no longer feels
the urge of pursuit.
. envy YOU, Ann" said Mrs. Cass
one day. You don't know how I envy
YOU: You've ,sot just what you al
Ann flung herself back in her ia
vorite chair and rocked rapidly. 1t
Was =. cold April day. The steam
hissed consolngly from the radiator.
fnl II disappearing gathered in her
always wanted" she admitted.
And you're satisfied"
NC. I don't know as | am. Real
satisfaction amt for humans. 7 take
it. l remember once pa coming homo
n offering me the choice OF some
thought was the incest ono, and when
! II it ! found II nasty worm in
tho heart. This house is kinda like
that peach. I'm going to explain to
you what l mean It's the newness
beats me: ] can't get used to it. l amt
said anything. but I've wrestled hard
will, myself all winter just the same.
Maybe you don't know I've never gone
up or down them stairs without my
rlhhcrs on. for fear of slipping. And
that dumbwaiter-cvcry time I cross
that kitchen floor Il certain way it up
and flies in my face. | guess I've
yelled a thousand times over. half
scared out Of my wits. And it's worse
With the switches and the hampers to
the furnace: T can't ever remember
which is on and which is off Then
there's the cupboards and such. ii
takes me half the time to hunt up
something I've put away. ] can't seem
L" get used to the house noway. Why.
mornings when l first open my eyes
I'm all turned round. And after ] put
the lights out nights I lay in he'd
helpless as a babe. I couldn't find
that switch again to save my life"
She drew u long breath. ~ so used
to the old house. I knew every inch
nt ii up or down. Vet them folks as
I've got in there arc all the time at
me TO do this or that. There after
me now to change the cellar stairs.
Id Just like to see myself doing it. I
lived in hal house forty years, and
il suited me we'll enough. If they don't
like it the way it is they car get out.
| don't care a mite"
n morning the people in the old
house moved out, bag and baggage,
and that afternoon Westmore got a
genuine surprise. for Ann Bascon
was seen moving back out of the new
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folks. When his folks died they left
sam this place, and when he dice he
left it to me- She drew a deep
breath. II her eyes saw vistas of
past things. glad and surrowful. lilo
didn't leave me much else. but i've
baked for my neisnhors. and got
along. | amt never suffered or put on
II mortgage. Bu that's neither here
nor there. The thing of it is. I've lived
in this house forty years. it was
an old house WHOM ! come to il. I'm
sick as dcath OF old houses. and now
I'm going to have a brand splinter
fired new ono Of my very own" There
was triumph in her voice as she
finished.
- don't blame you" said Louisa
gently.
Neither do L." said Mrs. Cass. She
had lived in somebody else's house
al her life and she felt much as Ann
did. When are YOU going to begin
breaking ground for your new house,
Next week a-Wcdnesday. John
Colds drawing mp tho plans. Johnny
Colds got sense. ] feel I can trust
him. He's his ma right over. and YOU
both know she was orc of the best
ome ever lived. lie says to me,
Il house for $500 as you'll be proud
Of Aud he'll do ii, too. | amt one
mite afcarcd he won't" She laughed
:irlisllly. Tall about dreams coming
true! Why. I've built more houses
than YOU could stand end to end IN
this ~street-~in my head. Now I'm GO
ing to build a real one out of wood
and stone"
All that sl1nme Ann lived in 4
state of happy excitement. Within an
arms length of her old house tho new
house was rising. The click of the
n1ason's hammers. toe rasp of r car
renter's saw was music to her.
johnny Gold was Very nice to Ann
because he saw what the house meant
to her. He consulted With her daily.
He wanted j; to suit her perfectly,
and took the utmost pains. He was
indned worthy of W so childlike a
confidence as Ann Bascom's.
All Westmorc ann to look at AIMS.
house. There was quite a parade past
i, last Sunday. Some had suggestions
4" offer. Nearly everybody admired
all her friends through ii on tours of
inspection. h pointed out all the
c~onvenicnces which she lad planned
in years past under the roof of the
old house.
ITS splendid" sighed Mrs. cass.
And it just suits you, don't it,
ANN"
ut couldn't suit me better" replied
Ann fcrvently. johnny says Ill be
moving in in another week now.
seems like l can hardly wait"
TN cOlne and help yon get settled"
promised Louisa. Dear. dear, sister.
7 wish we could afford such a house
as :li=. What comfort we'd take in
H."
Louisa helped Ann move. 1t was
rot an arduous undertaking 10 carry
things from tho old house to the new.
Ann had rented the old house. and
the family moved in as she moved
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Ek

When it vas known that Ann Bas-
com had been left the sum Of $1,000
by some relative too distant to be
more than colnteouSly mourned for,
everybody in Westmorc began to
wonder what she would do with the
money. Ann always had been puor.
Five thousand dollars was going to
lpnt her right up on the top shelf will,
the Mogridgcs and tho Culvers and
the M~cFhersons. There was no doubt
that Ann would know just what to do
with her money. And she did.
I'm going TO build mo a new
house" she declared firmly to her old
cronics. Mrs. Chase and her sister.
Louisa Trent. who went to bear her
their congratulations.
"A new house, cried Louisa. And
she looked at Mrs. Cass. who echoed
fcchly: "A new housc!"
Yes said Ann. still more firmly,
I'm going to build me Il G house.
There's sround enough that side this
one" She motioncd with her hand.
IN tell YOU why I'm going to have
wanted one. When I lived with my
days YOU couldn't hire II new house
for love of money. ] grew UP smelling
other folks dirt. You know how
musty old houses always are. We'll,
had that mustincss in my very
bones. II used to turn me fairly sick
every time | opened a closed door
and got Il Whit of it. said then
il ] ever married I'd get somebody
who could give me a brand new house.
But. la! ! MP and married Sam Bas-
com. and We moved in here With his
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a Colorado man tells this story:
The game warden Of Colorado was
walking put in the mountains the 9TH
er day when he met a hunter with his
gun The officer suggested that hat
ought to be a good country for hunt
ing.
cit certainly is" said the hunter,
proudly. II killed one of the finest
bucks yesterday I ever saw, and he
weighed over 900" 1t was the season
when e. may not be shot without
subjectinE The hunter to a heavy fine.
We'll hat is . fine one said the
warden. and do o know who you
are talking to-"
Being assured that he did not. the
officer said:
why ] am the chief game warden
of Colorado"
The hunter was only taken back a
moment. when he said:
"And do you know who you are
talking to?"
The warden did not know.
well, SIR" said the hunter, appar-
emily much relieved. you are talking
to the biggest liar in the whole state
of Colorado"
An organ grinder had been playing
before the house of an irascible old
gentleman. who f%uriously and amid
Wild gesticuIations ordered him to
move on. The Italian stolidly stood
his ground. and played on. and at
last . q arrested for causing a dis
turbAnce. At the court the magistrate
asked him why he did not leave when
he8was requested. Me no understan'
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house into the old. 1t was almost
pathetic the way the old carpets went
down in their proper places and the
old chairs and tables sought out their
accustomed corners
so you're coming back?" said
young Mrs. Apply. leaning over the
fence and arrcsting Ann, who was in
the act of beating a rug.
Yes" Ann answered. II am. I
guess the old house M nell finish
up together. it sorter needed me and
1 needed ii. I'm too old-fashioncd for
new tangled contraptions. Martha
April. Besides, kinda got the habit
OF living in tho old house, and when a
body''s my 8 habits amt easy to
break"
y see" youns Mrs. Apply said,
softly. And who's goins into your
new house. Mrs. Bascom?"
why. Jen Cass and Louisa Trent
are going i'll there" Ann laughed
mcrrily. But, land, they won't stay.
They'll be glad to be back in the old
place less'., a Year. see if they amt
Il shouldn't WONDER" unused Mrs.
Apply. But, anyway. you had the
fun OF building it,"
Say, that was all there was to it
building acccdcl Ann, eagerly.
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mooch Inglese." was the reply. "Well,
u you must have understood by his
motions that he wanted you to co."
said the magistrate. II tink he come
to dance" was the r%etoinder.
What's the price Of this piece Of
goods?' asked a deaf old lady.
Seven cents IA yard, ma'am."
Seventeen ccnts!" III exclaimed.
Ill give o thirteen"
only seven cents, ma'am,' shouted
the honest shopman.
"Oh, seven ~cents!'' rejoined the lady
sharply. We'll, I'll give you five"
Observation-Disclosures, what is this
man charged with?
Constable--He's q camera fiend of
the worst kind, yer honor.
Magistrate-Rut this man shouldn't
have been arrested simply because he
has a mania for taking pictures.
Constable-It isn't that. yer honor;
he takes the cameras.
Father. teaching his six year old
son arithmetic by giving a problem to
his wife, begs his son to listen:
Father-Mother. II you had a IS
gold piece and 1 rave you IS more
what would you have?ss
Mother freplying absently)-Hys
terics.
] A young lady in tire. suburbs ID ex.
tremely fond Of floyeys. In the early
days Of sprins she planted . small bed
OF swee peas. She found. the seeds in
package behind the clock on the
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"What's all tho row over on the
next block" IL reporter asked a po-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-28
(By John ". Carey.)

(By John w. Carey.)
Who's Denver's best known
citizen and Justice deals each day
to miscreants Of tender years
whose feet have gone astray?
Who has q notion all his own Of
how to fix the lad who's listed
at the station house as absolutely
bad? Who holds that bodyguafds
and chains and balls do not avail
and sends ye culprit. all alone to
make his trip to Jail? Whose
honor plan Of making mon 30
we'll has stood the test. that long
ago 1t ceased to be q theme for
curbstone jest? Who fought the
Beast right valiantly. nor quailed
or ever ran. but bowed before the
Bcauty. wot That Ben B. Lind
say man.
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Pointed Paragraphs

4 * r Sc Y X q
Anyway. a fat woman seldom has a
d~isagreeable temper.
"Straitcncd circumstances" sounds
better, but it's Just as bad as being
poor.
The supply OF gold bricks exceeds
the demand.
Eut the grass widow is never as
green as her title would indicate.
There are no frcckles on the good
opinion a man has of himself.
Before trying to love your neighbor
as yourself De sure she's single.
Nothing is more satisfactory than
some peoples opinion of themselves.
Occasionally we meet a woman who
reminds lis Of a cat trying to act kit
tenisl.
Girls should be very careful in Sc
lectins a %chaperon; many a likel!
chaperon gets all the attention.
There are several undesirable
brands of trust. but trusting to luck
is as unsatisfactory as any.
Hard luck helps Even a do
appreciates happiness more accurate.
ly after he has had a few tin can
tied to his tail.
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WORK AND PEAY.

The years which Williams II. Taft
spent as president of the "~itcd States
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Tragedy Of the Conjuga1 Treasury


OONER OR later the money tragedy
develops for the newly married. A
letter which clearly sets forth one
situation, is quoted here in part:
Il have been married five months
and We r light housekeeping in
three furnished rooms until mex fall,
when we will have money enough
My husbands salary Is SCI per week.
"At first he continually handed me
his pay envelope. I attended to the
grocery and meat bills and also paid
the landlord for the looms; gave my
husband what he wanted for street
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-28
THE MUSE.
On tho Trail.

Just around the corner
Adventure lies.
There on yonder hilltop
Romance waits
Lure of war and passion
In her dreaming eyes:
Where one almost secs them
Are the sister fates.
over the horizons
Youth would 20.
Out of distant skylines
Calls tine dream:
inkown lands entice US,
Dizziness here we know
over happy valleys
Magic glorics stream.
Just around the corner
Love invites:
Down the snnlit ROADWAY
Youth must roam.
Youth must ever follow,
Questioning for it's rights,
Faiths that lead around the worI
And straight back home.
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Jaw. only a wooden weddin'."
"A wooden wedding
Sure. a couple of Poles is gettin'
married."
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ir that J. took what needed and the rest went into the bank. oh, yes.
i forgott to add that 1 pay fol his n Insurance monthly. ~
"Our trouble came when II c discontinued giving me his ay envelope n
gave IN G only enough for the grocery, meat and rent bills and the insur.
ance.. He said that when needed any money l should ask him for 1t and
that h c would give it to me o condition that 1 tell him why I wanted it.
kn i've st9 9pss si giving me his ay en Nveh1op beeauze I bought some silver
N a white tableclotha and napkins. s tina when W started housekeeping
on the linen nowd during my lonesome hours. But my husband became
furious and said that I a extravagant He said he wanted to saw the
money Tor furniture. m
Now YOU know how hard it is o buy everything 1t once. And I asked
how he expected to start housekeeping without tableware and linen.
Il said that'I would write Ito You and see what you had to say about it.
He gave his permission n said hal h e would abide by u advice"
=, N4%, really lit. it seems to me that the little bride was rather proyident in
household yMo M t., get the linens res dy. while she has time to sew Q n them:
u ms mind to save TO furniture He can't see anything but chairs and
tables and beds and dressers. He forgets that ne must have dishes and
cooking utensils, slverware and linens and that they are IS necessary a
part If a household Is the things yu buy in a furniture store. Men In like
that. You know. Everything SEEMS IN extravaganza. except what they cn
personally nnderstand-and a young husband doesn't understand a whole
lot when it comes to household eces-sarics
OF course-th h wife should buy judiciously and-heres the great noint-
talk over. her purchases. with her husband both before and after purchas-
Ing M. Ihs talking over things together is tn bestk kind Of a habit for
and they Understand each others ideas and duties better. FL
Have Il business session nee a week with that a envelope; decide
what you're going to do with its contents then stick t. it. But do it to-
gether and do it good naturedy. Then thereIl be n ochance fr misunder.
standings quarelst
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~ MoO0SII MGuulIS
Sure. A couple of Poles is gcttin'
married."
A traveller was taking his dinner
n day at a mountain farmhouse on
the head waters of the Cumberland
river and the lady OF the house who
had four children playing round the
front of the establishment was inclin-
ed to repine at her hard luck in hav-
ing so much work to do.
II run this here whole farm" she
said, i'm Il tone which indicated that
she was ready to resign.
'How many acres have you?" the
traveller inquired.
"A hundred and forty: twenty in
wheat, sixty in corn. ten in medder an
pastcr, an the balance scatterin' an
woods"
Got any stock?"
"Ten head NV cattle, two cows, six
hogs, and work critters fer the place."
And YOU run the whole business?"
"Indeed ] do; every hide and hair
NV it," she sighed.
I'm course. but faint hired help
that takes the load often a body"
There vas philosophy in that state
ment and the traveller paused a min
ute.
Haven't you got a husband p" he
next asked. with a good deal Of SYM
pahy.
Yes" she responded. very slowly,
"but l nave to run him. too"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-15
CREOSOTED CROSSINGS
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Central Railway Makes improvements
In Americas.

In ready compliance with the reso-
luton adopted by the Americas city
council some time since, requiring both
the Central railway and the seaboard
to lay down crosoted timbers at all
railway crossings here, the Central >
now completing this important work.
At the Cotton avenue, Lee street,
north; Plum street and Spring streets.
the Central railway has put down
heavy creosoted timbers between the
rails and on approaches, vastly i'm
proving conditions on these important
streets, vehicles now going over these
important. streets, vehicles now going
over the rails in safety and without
jolt. The Seaboard has not yet begun
the work of putting down the new
crossings at Hill, College, Elm avenue,
Furlow, Jackson and other streets,
but will, doubtless, comply with the
resolution of city council in due time.