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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06
ROBIN is PlQUED AT FRANCES CHILLINESS

the present rental of $1,000. his quar-
tiers in the historic Hotel Biron. in
Paris, and at his death that the Hotel
Biron be transformed into 'Rodin
museum.
III. Rodin has recently added to his
collection a marvellous primitive statue
of St. Sebastian and three F1orentine
frescos. He contemplates making still
more important acquisitions, and to.
day, while affirming that he is a pa.
triotic Frenchman in every way. he
talks to his friends about quitting Park
altogether and going to live in Rome.
and he. even limited that he might be.
queath all his works of art and collec.
tons to the city OF Rome
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

The one thing in the worio tna. !.
nrettv sure to get on your nerves "
the nerve OF other people. Mn
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

Last April's frosts in France affect.
cd the walnut crop. s.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06
He TALKED THE HEAD OUT OF THE BOILER

1t takes a good deal to fuster Sen
ator Fletcher Of Florida; even then,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

Japan's 1913 crop Is now estimated
At 263,O33,97 bushels.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

The Yorkshire (England) village Of
Kettlewell, which was only recently
furnished with electric light, Ia yet
without telephones.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06
Sweet Potato pun.

Bake or boil the potatoes. remove
skins, and mash the potatoes well.
seasoning with salt. pepper and a lit.
tie sugar. Add butter. a little thick
cream, the beaten yolks Of two eggs
Ito a pint Of potato) and last, the
whites. beaten very light. Pu: into a
buttered baking dish and bake In a
moderate oven till puffy and light
brown.
French Rice Pudding.
To a quarter pound of rice, add one
tablespoon butter, half teaspoon
salt, one teacup sugar. grated rind Of
one lemon. half a pint Of milk and
one pint Of water. Cook this slowly
in a double boiler. When quite soft
remove from the fire and stir In two
we'll beaten eggs. Bake 20 minutes in
a pudding dish, first sprinkHng the
top with crumbs.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06
Purchasing Powder.

Purchasing Powder.
Il wish some powder for a bomb"
said the militant suffragette." ,
Quite So" murmured the clerk
What kind" .-.. 2. s.,..., ..,.'
Pink, guess. That's the shade |
always use on my face. "~@" re ~.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

David r. Houston, federal secretary
of agriculture. is firm believer in
the need for cooperative action
among farmers. In recent address
before the national grange he said:
In simple justice the producer must
be paid specifically for what he pro-
duces and for nothing else, and the
consumer must receive what he thinks
he purchases and must be willing to
pay fair price for good product.
It is absolutely clear that before the
problems OF rural credit and of mar
keting the individual farmer, acting
alone, is helpless. Nothing less than
concerted action will suffice. Co.
operation is absolutely essential. The
same business sense and the same or
ganizing genius which have placed
this nation in the front rank In in.
dustry must be invoked for agricul-
ture
II am not advocating an organiza-
ton which will attempt to establish
closed market and to fix prices. am
advocating simply an economic ar
rangement which will facilitate pro-
duction and enable the producer to
ind the readiest and best market for
his product and the consumer to re-
ceive his supplies at the lowest cost.
It. goes without saying that the men,
bers OF the cooperative society must
be those who are bona fide producers.
and that every approach OF the ex.
ploiter must be aggressively repealed.
The object must be specifically econo-
mic and not remotely political" y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

What girl likes about an engage
ment ring is that 1t doesn't back up
her blushing denials.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

francs, to the French nation on condi-
ton that he be allowed to occupy. at
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

Major Robert X. Notion command
ant Of Hampton Institute for over
twenty years. Is, next to Booker I.
Washington, the most distinguished
graduate Of Hampton.
He is president of the Negro Or
ganization Society of Virginia. and
secretary Of the Jeanes Fund Board.
Major Motion has travelled all over
the country with Booker 7. Washing
ton, and is credited with exerting a
tremendous influence in bringing
white and colored people into more
helpful relations.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[L|NCS

Farm segregation. as the pewes.
and most pressing development Of the
Negro problem in the south, was the
main topic Of the public conference at
the annual meeting of the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People held in New York re-
Gently. TIE speaker who told OF the
movement, to curtail the land holdings
of Negroes was DR.. w. e. B. Dubois
director q publicity and research for
the association and the first to spread
the facts Of the situation in the north
He attacked the position of Clarence
Poe, editor al the Progressive Farmer,
as one Of tE@ chief supporters of the
idea of farm segregation, and review
ed the prograas in agriculture and
property in land on the part of the
Neg Negro =, which has led to the plan to
DR.. Dubois began his talk on farm
segregation by reviewing the solution
of the Negro problem suggested twen-
ty-fve years ago: Take the Negro
out of politics. Train him for work.
particularly for farm work. The re-
suit will be the disappearance of the
Negro problem" He went on to give
statistics to show that the Negro has
submitted to practical disfrancbise-
ment throughout large part of the
south, and to complete social discrim-
ination against him. to gair the
chance for education and independent
support. The results have been, DR..
Dubois asserted that the Negro
schools have been neglected, that
large proportion of the Negro chill
dren are not in school, and that there
has been quiet but determined opposi-
ton to the success of the higher
schools for Negroes. while In the in
dustrial and agricultural field the
Negro has had to contend against ire
mendous odds.
Instead OF welcoming the fact that
despite odds the Negro has developed
his abilities and acquired farm prop-
erty, as the working out of the solu-
ton suggested quarter of CEN
fury ago, DR.. Dubois said the ad-
vancement of the race has aroused
alarm. SO long as the Negro accept
ed education as training to work for
the white man there was no trouble.
he said, but when he began to work
for himself, objections at once sug-
gested themselves, The result liz the
Of Clarence Poe, as'editor
Of the Progressive Farmer, that when
the greater part Of the acreage of a
section is owned by one race the
voters max say that no land within
this section shall be sold to member
of another race, provided the vote Is
reviewed and approved by a Judge or
a county commission. This plan, DR..
Dubois asserted; Is based on the the
DRY of race segregation. which has re-
suited In degradation and failure in
the case OF the Indians, and which is
now aimed at far larger class, the
Negroes.
Mrs.. Robert NJ. LaFollette told the
good qualities Of the Negroes as citi-
zens as she had observed them, their
their willingness to work.
their love Of home and their natural
cheerfulness. In closing she urged
that the checking of the activity OF
the race meant danger to the nation
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-02-06

Only - per cent. of the tillable land
of the United States is actually under
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17

riod. They spun the linen for their
gowns, embelIished them with needle
work done by their own fair fingers,
and made their gowns simply girl
was considered wildly extravagant if
such dress did not last her at least
five years.
Maidens were content to do the
Homework. They We'd with each 9TH
er in seeing which one could make the
best bread, cake, pies, and put up the
best preserves. They never looked
for presents on birthdays. A rose
picked fresh from the garden was
considered ornament enough, twisted
in girls hair or tucked in her belt.
Only the very fat, elderly ladies pos
sessed a string of gold beads, for
they were expected to ward off triple
chin.
Young men could afford to marry
in those days. 1t didn't cost very much
to set up a home. Nor were they out
much in entertaining their friends.
The young folks got up surprise par
ties, and brought with them enough
substantial food, not only to feast on,
but to last over a week
Girls of 1914 live in different era
They seem to breathe extravaganza
with the first breath they draw. The
little girl of ten insists upon having
her white shoes, her hair ribbons, and
beads. no matter how hard time
hnv no 10 oil
eighteen her tastes have grown apace
1t taxes all that her parents can rake
and scrape to buy her fashionable
clothes for her dresses to walk in, fiirt
in and talk in. She wants jeweled
combs and pins for her hair, even
though they are paste, bracelets and
brooches, beads, chains and earrings
galore. She would as soon be out OF
the world as out of the fashion. She
must che will have Injuries to keep
up with other girls in fashions swim.
Her hats are loaded down with feath-
ers, the price of any one of which
would have made her grandmother
gasp. 1t takes almost lifetime for
her to learn that luxury, where one
cannot afford it, is a sin: that thesex-
travagance is boomerang. which
ruins the hand that hurls it forth.
The girl who saves money will be
enabled after while to get what she
needs, and more, ia the way of luxur-
les. A girl meets temptation half
way when she constantly covets cost
ly gewgaws, recklessly purchasing
them, letting the consequences be
what they may. The simpler and
palmer the girls, the more they are
admired by men who will marry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
Doc Surely Reasoned.

In Germany a short time ago boy
fell into a pond. A Newfoundland
leaped into the water, dragged the
boy out and displayed signs of pleas
ure. In order to show how it was
done and what wonderful dog he
had, this boy took his parents down to
the same spot and purposely fell il 70
the water and was rescued. He die
this several times, but at last the
Newfoundland. after bringing him to
shore, still held him by the clothing
and proceeded to give him thorough
shaking as a punishment FOR his fool
ishness. Despite this the boy pur-
posely fell in again, but the dog sat
on the shore watching him. making no
move, however, to his rescue. Per
haps this might be just little reason
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
STYLES SUIT YOUNG GIRLS
Not for Many Seasons Have Design
ers Put Out So Many Attractive
Features for Them.

For a long time styles have not
been so well suited to young girls as
they are at the present moment.
The scant, slashed skirt really had
no place in the wardrobe of the
young girl, and neither had many
other features of the fashions of the
past few days.
But the full skirt, with or without
the long tunic, is admirably suited
to slim, youthful angles. The long
coat, belted at the hips, is also be-
coming to girlhood The Russian
blouse styles, which can be well
evolved at present for the young girl,
are very good And the big, fat hat
Is infinitely more becoming to the
childish face than the severe. albeit
smart, hat of the last few years.
Some of the new serge frocks for
school wear are especially interesting
for small girls under twelve. They
are made with waist and skirt in
one, the fabric cut in long lines and
made without a belt. The waist is
cut away under the arms and forms
straps over the shoulders and in front
and back is cut in a Y-shaped line.
Under this serge frock, which is fire.
quently bound with wide black silk
braid, is worn a smart little linen
shirt, with long sleeves ending in
cuffs turned back and linked with
white pearl buttons and a turned
down collar likewise linked.
The fashionable coat, that buttons
straight across the throat, with a
rolling collar which in the case Of
young girls coat can be made of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
POVERTY CANNOT HINDER LOVE.

Oh. love, young love, bound in thy rosy
band
Let sage or cynic prattle as he will.
These hours. and only these, redeem hfe's
years of ILL.,
The plant of many young man is
7 have fallen in love with a fair
young girl, but because l am cursed
with wealth and she is the daughter
of poverty | cannot make her realize
that love knows no golden bars" A
score or more of letters are on my
desk, each from a man asking ne to
tell the girls the enlignten
them upon this subject.
Nothing gives me more earnest
pleasure | believe it of widespread
interest. While one young man who
already has enough OF this worlds
goods viii wed for social position or
advancement the great majority of
men who are wealthy will wed only
because of old-fashioned love, the kind
that attracts two hearts to each other
1t is all very we'll for mutual friends
to bring young men and women of
their own class together If there is
not that compelling, invisible some
thing which attracts them, one to the
other, the good offices of the would
be matchmaker are all in vain.
The wealthy girl may be beautiful
in her costly furs and feathers, but a
man knows that fine feathers make
fine birds! He considers that she
looks no better than she ought to-
When the daughter of poverty is fair
of face he realizes it is q divine gift
bestowed upon her from heaven. II
is not the face o. the poor Sirl only
which compels his admiration. 1t is
her personality, sweet ways, her in
dependence and refusal to be trifled
with. There are girls who are over
sensitive, and will not invite a rich
sutton to their humble homes lest he
might secretly sneer at their sur
roundings Girls should know that
when a mans in js'Ye he is quite
blinded by the tender sentiment A
tenement house whose roof covers his
dearie will seem like a palace the
plainest furnished room like dainty
parlor.
It's the girl he's looking at and
considering. not her surroundings.
Even if he should cast his eyes around
and observe the meagerness of her
home, his one ambition will be to
take his jewel from the plain setting
and to transplant it to one of luxury
Many a rich man thinks wealthy girls
have scores of suitors in their trains
and are therefore natural coquettes.
But the poor girl has less chance of
marrying and therefore appreciates
with all her heart that which kind
Providence sends her. She weds him
and remains ever after a wife who ad-
raires her husband and idolizes her
children. Love goes where fate in
tended it should Poor girls should
take heart, and not think a rich man
is not in earnest when he sues for
an introduction. The rich man who
weds for love invariably picks out a
poor girl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
CHAPTER vII-continued.

At night, however, she was obliged
TO admit that he could not be coming;
and then, quivering with honest anxi-
ETY. for her old friend, Blossy dipped
into her emergency fund, which she
kept in the heart of little pink china
pig on a shelf in her room-a pink
china pig with a lid made of stif
black hair standing on edge in the
middle of his back-and sent tele-
gram to Captain Darby. asking II he
were sick.
The answer came back slowly by
mail, to find Blossy on the verge Of
q nervous collapse, under the care Of
all the women In the house.
That letter Blossy never showed to
Neither did she treasure 1t In the SEN
timental trunk beneath the attic caves.
The letter ran:
Dear Betsy Ann: I never felt better in
my life. Amt been sick a minute. Just
made up my mind was a old fool and
was going to quit. II you change your in
tsntions at any time just drop me pos
tai As ever,
SAM'L DARBY. ESQ.
This, Captain Darby, makes your
rejection inal," vowed Blossy to her
self, as she tore the note into frag-
ments and drowned them in the spir-
its Of lavender with which the sisters
had been seeking to soothe her dis
tracted nerves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
QUEER MATERIAL FOR NESTS
Jackdaws, Cormorants and Grows
Seem to Take Kindly to Any
Sort of Material.

The jackdaw has always had a repu.
tation of being a bold and impudent
thief. The limit has been reached by
a pair of these birds which have been
watched plucking hair from the back
of a live donkey in a Somersetshire
England paddock. and carrying off
the stolen material for the purpose of
lining their nest.
Most birds build true to type. but
there are a good many, like these jack
DAVIS, which will avail themselves of
any material that happens to be
handy. Some years age the British
war vessel H. NJ. S. Sybille was
wrecked off Lamberi's bay, on the
southwest coast of Africa
About year later a party went out
to have look at the wreck. One OF
them climbed to the lookout" at the
masthead and found there cormor-
ants nest with five eggs. The nest,
which is now in a London museum,
WIS built of bits of steel wire from
the rusty rigging, and lined with
pieces of cordage from the same
source.
An Indian crow. with similar odd
tastes, got the Calcutta Telephone
company into trouble.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
NEWSPAPER AS LIFE SAVER
Much to Be Gained, in Many Ways, by
Careful Perusal of Current
Periodicals.

Some weeks ago & number OF peo-
pie in Baltimore died from eating toad
stools which they thought were mush-
rooms. During recent week some
half dozen others have been poisoned
In the same way One of two conclu-
slons must be drawn from these Incl
dents: either that great many per-
sons do not read the newspapers, or
that they are willing to Jeopardize
their lives for savory dish All the
probabilities are that the explanation
OF the second occurrence is not reck-
lessness, but failure to keep up with
current events. People who read
newspapers regularly not only get in
formation about the state of the world
in general and of their own commu-
nifty in particular, but they get many
valuable pointers as to what to avoid
and what not TO do The newspaper
acts, in fact, as a sort of life preserv-
er if it is read carefully. That is.
for people of average intelligence.
There are always some persons who.
in spite of conspicuous warnings. will
walk on the railroad track and will
not look out for the locomotive. Bal
timore Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
SMART SUITS ARE IN PLAID
Usually With the Green
Predominating.

Among the smaTtest Of suits are
those of plaid in which green pre-
dominates. One such model shows a
comparatively short coat belted in
vain TO stem tie tide of plaits which
have overrun The front of the coat
from the froDtward plating OF the
skirt.
Another example Of this fad is fur
nished by 4 suit of green and blue
plaid velour whose coat hanging in
redundant folds from tiny yoke and
whose pocket-ike belt placed only in
front suggest inevitably Monsieur
Poiret-whose inspiration in this case
was said TO be the garb OF the mes
senger boys OF Paris.
Very often SKIRT of plaiCI--green
predominating- have q Jacket OF
plain material. One very smart seft
treated in this way possessed a coat
whose collar of green plaid-like that
Of the skirt-merged into the Capuchiu
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
NEW STREET COSTUME
GARMENT HAS THE APPEARANCE
OF A LONG COAT.
Not Suitable, Perhaps, for All eli.
mates, u Is Undeniably Handsome
and Has 5een Given a Warm
Welcome.

The popularity of the one-piece
frock has led to the making Of street
costume that looks like a long coat.
1t is strange garment, almost medi-
eval In its simplicity, but it does not
appeal to the woman who lives in a
very cold climate; it is not quite warm
enough for the street and it is too
warm for the house
For autumn and spring in .ss north,
as we'll as IN those climates which
are moderately genial from Christmas
until Easter, the garment will prob
ably be most acceptable. 1t is adj
mirable for temperate days The
model is also used for one-piece
frocks of thin material, and they are
so comfortable that one is apt to be
spoiled forever by them.
Both Jenny and Cheruit sent to
America in September, this style of
garment; at first, the women looked
askance at it. and then approvingly.
One design shows pointed yoke at
the shoulders, but excepting this
break in the line, the garment falls
in one piece to the hem. fastened in
'front.' and belted in with sealskin to
match the round collar and broad
cuffs.
Beneath this slip is an unbound lin
ing of black satin which is about an
inch shorter than the outer skirt and
is finished with a knife plating. This
Thing shows when the outer skirt is
left unfastened, which, by the way.
is one of the vagaries of the season.
Another frock, made on the same
plan, has belt at the hips of broad
black silk braid and an arabesque of
black soutache outlining the hem and
the side of the front Ever so much
soutache is used this winter in
straight lines as in scroll design, on
satin, as well as serge and velours de
laine.
There are so many women who like
the exaggerated flare just below the
knees with its sharp comparison to
the partially narrow skirt below. that
che of ultra-fashionable coat suits, de-
signed by Callot, who must be differ
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-11-17
CJAUTHOP OF TIT STORY OF SARAH THE
SHIP OF DREA1S"ETC. casnnc,n cx usrclnu7roa

Aunt Nancy's advice and sew a but
ton on their lips"
Fortunately, too, the February thaws
had already set In, and the remainder
OF the winter passed without any Sc
we're strain on the 'buttonholes." And
at length the welcome spring began to
peep forth, calling to the old folks,
Come out. and grow young with the
young year,"
With the bursting forth of the new
springtide the winters talk seemed to
drop as a withered and dead oak leaf
falls from its winter-bound branches;
and Abe stood once more alive to the
blessings of renewed approval.
Angy went out of doors with Miss
Abigail, and puttered around among
the flowers as If they we're her own,
thanking God for Abes increasing pop
ularity in the same breath that she
gave thanks for the new buds of the
spring.
The anniversary of the Roses en-
trance into the Home drew nearer, and
Blossy suggested that the best way
to celebrate the event would be by
means of pink tea"
Neither Angy nor Abe, nor In fact
half the sisters, had any clear concep-
ton of what tinted function might
be; but they one and all seized upon
Blossy's idea as IL 1t were a veritable
inspiration, and for the time jealousies
were forgotten, misunderstanding
erased.
Such preparations as were made for
that tea! The deaf-and-duinb gar