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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

THE HUNT FOR TEACHERS.
Low Salaries and Marriage Make
Rapid Changes in this Profession.

Most of the school boards are now
in pursuit of teachers. Low salaries
and marriage make rapid changes in
this profession. Probably the average
school committee has to deal with
vacancies in a quarter of the force
every year.
One girl writes, that after taking
a college course, she gets $4.00 a
day less than her brother is able to
earn as a plasterer. She does not
quite see how the higher education
rays from the point of view of self
support. Another writes that she
earns 500 year less than does the
Office boy at City Hall in her home
city.
Probably the average teacher not
living at home must pay third high
er board than 10, years ago. Also
other items of expense have increas-
ed. Parents expect girl to be neat
and crisp in dress if not stylish.
The school boards all recognize
these facts. But they are up against
many demands. School buildings
constructed according to modern
ideas of sanitation and ventilation
cost nearly double the amounts paid
a few years ago. The school authori-
ties tremble before the taxpayer.
Keeping down the teachers salary
seems the line of least resistance.
In selecting teachers, enthusiasm,
spontaneity, and affection for chill
dren should count quite as much as
book knowledge. A girl may pass
an excellent scholastic examination.
Yet her attitude on life may be so
apathetic, she may present so cold
a face to her little flock, that they
phlegmatic and lifeless.
One sometimes questions if too Sc
we're requirements are not made of
teachers in respect to education. Per-
haps the girl who has had profession
al training in normal school may
be quite as effective as the one who
has the expensive college course in
the higher culture. At any rate,
either salaries VIII have to go higher,
or the bars of preparation be lower
ed, if bright and ambitious girls
are to continue to enter this field.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
Immaculate Conception Academy Elk.
ercises Will Take Place at the
Grand Opera House Next
Tuesday Evening.
THREE YOUNG LADIES
WILL FINISH THE COURSE
An Excellent Program Will be Given
by Students, Besides School
Play, ''In The Palace Of the
Polish Prince

Next Tuesday evening, June 9th,
the graduating exercises Of the Inn
maculate Conception Acsiemy will
take place at the Grand opera house.
This year there will be three gradu-
ates-Misses Mabelle Hess, Made
line Rastetter and Clara Broghamer.
IAN excellent program has been
prepared for the evenings festivities.
A school play. I'm the Palace Of
the Polish Prince will be rendered,
and 1t is said to be most enjoyable
play. Bssidss the play an excellent
program Of songs. readings. ETC., will
be rendered, which will make an eve
ming Of delightful entertainment,
and q packed house will no doubt
enjoy the festivities. The following
excellent program will be given.
I, PROGRAM.
March. M. Slack and M. Broghamer
On the way to Slumbertown. -.
Twenty Boys.
0duudlpuOu LOuS iellOW
High School Girls
Daisy's Practice Hour (Reading.)
Katherine Mckay.
Judith -. .Concone
Mabelle Hess.
Cantata 49,. = The Moon Queen
Girls.
Valse op. "a No. l Moszkowski
81 c. Hutchinson, M. Haas.
v. Jeager, S. Handley.
I'm the Palace of the Polish Prince
The Angelus :. Song
Honors conferred by Reverend F.
Rainier.
y Graduates. ..1ss>s..ss
Mabelle Hess: -
Madeline Rastetter
Clara Broghamer.
Glass Motto-Not finished, but be-
gun. a
Glass Colors-Blue and Gold.
Glass Flower-Cream Rose.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
A. @. Baker Describes His Visit to
Egypt and the Many Interesting
Scenes There.
THE NILE MAKES EGYPT
ITS ONE GREAT FEATURE
All Along This River Water is Be
ing Lifted by Hand to Irrigate
The Valley, Which is from
One to Fourteen Miles
Wide.

Would you become more familiar
with Egypt, that country with his.
tory so ancient that ones vission
seems to fade, as in the distance, in
trying to grasp it.
Before you enter this country OF
mysteries let us examine its history
and surroundings. We are landing
at Alexandria, that city founded by
Alexander the Great, over three
hundred years B. c. That city that
for generations was the seat Of
learning for the world. Long since
all this has disappeared, and as 1t
passed away nothing remained to
mark the site of this home of the
Ptolemys and it's ancient grandeur
but one single stone, Pompeys pillar,
a shaft perhaps eighty feet high.
A new city has grown up near the
old and now numbers over 100000.
It is here we enter Egypt, the new
Alexandria.
Ancient Egypt extended south to
the first cataract, then called Syene,
now Assouan. That portion Of the
Nile Valley reaching up to Memphis
was called lower Egypt and known
as the land of the papyrus, this name
coming from that coarse reed or
plant that grew in the wet portion.
and from which the first paper was
made and on which much of ancient
writing was recorded. All record or
sculptor Of lower Egypt had the
imprint of this plant, as did the
crown of the Pharoahs, that of lower
Egypt being the Papyrus and that OF
upper Egypt being the Lotus and
the two combined represented that
they ruled both.
Upper Egypt that country reach
ing from Memphis to Assouan, known
as the land of the lotus, the leaves
of which were carved on all sculp-
tor work in upper Egypt.
The one great feature of Egypt is
its river Nile; without this river
nothing more would be known OF
Egypt than of the Libbian desert.
The, Nile makes Egypt and it is
the bed of this stream for three
months Of the year that produces
the living for all these millions. In
ancient. times this river had many
mouths, in fact it was always in
process of making new openings
during its food time; now there are
but two recognized outlets; these
branch out near Cairo and divide
its waters. A canal has been dredg.
ed through that carries the products
to the ocean.
It is 1900 miles from where the
last tributary, the Atbara, enters
the Nile to where 1t empties into the
Mediterranean and in all this lone
distance not drop of moisture falls
to increase its size. At Berbel
where the Atbara enters the Nile il
is about two miles wide, while a,
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

Five thousand boys in the Mime
apOlis public schools have been
taught to build bird houses as a
part of their regular work in man
ual training. Little fellows in the
grades were permitted by the super
visor to draft their own plans. The
result was varied assortment of
fancy and rnamental miniature
houses that will provide nesting pla-
ces for feathered songssters in many
a city dooryard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

Manufacturers have found that red
alder from the Pacific coast is a
suitable material for clothespins.
Alder makes white, smooth, sprin-
gy pin. AS a result of this fact, a
clothespin factory. said to be the
first on the Pacific coast, may be es-
tablished at Portland. Oregon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES.

All 4.-M6mmy anu JACK c00kluXs
fuel in the forest. Royal carriage
upset on the road, royal family
saved by Jacks bravery and dexter
ity. Prince and people meet, Ru-
dolph the Regent, to save himself
from financial ruin, consents to be-
tray his nephew, Prince Louis. into
Russian hands, through Count
Demidoff. agent of Empress Gather
inc.
ACT II.-Prince Rudolph away to
war. Jack and his Nanny installed
in the palace. Count Skiminoff'
(whose aunt. Countess Olga also q
secret agent of the Russians, holds
post Of honor In tho Polish palace)
dressed as a friar, comes with let
ter from the Prince Regent asking
that the little Prince should be sent
to him Immediately to save the army
from rebellion. The Princess reluc-
tantly gives him into the would be
friar's care. Jack finds the letter,
and puts It "away safe.'
ACT III.-The Prince Regent re-
turns. He denies all knowledge of
the kidnapping. CONSERVATION ev-
erywhere. Prince Regent and his
accomplices lead the people to be-
lieve the Princess insane, her story
about his letter a myth.
ACT IV.-People demand an in
vestigation into the abduction Of
their Prince A famous friar, the
real Father Anthony, Is imprisoned.
Jack pays him a visit, informs him
Of the letter he found. produces 1t.
thus discovering the wicked plot.
ACT V.-The People awaiting the
triumphal return Of the little Prince.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

We heard the other day that a
teacher was giving few pupils a
drill in the meaning and use of
words. John, said the teacher, can
you give sentence containing the
words, Debasement and Defeat. DE
feet slipped on de steps. and de
boy fell into de basement" said
Charles triumphantly. Charles was
a boy Of the second room.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
Foundation is Now Complete and
the Brick Work on the Upper
Stories Start Immediately. 4gs
FINE WATERWORKS SYSTEM
BEING INSTALLER,
Building is In an Ideal Location and
Will Make a Pleasant and
Agreeable Home for the
Oc, upants.

The writer in company with Mr..
P. j. Ness on Thursday drove out
to the Aasa Haugen farm, and look
ed over the work in progress on the
Old Peoples Home being erected
there. We were surprised at the
beauty Of the location, for it is an
ideal one. The home will rest on
a high knoll, overlooking and west
Of the Milwaukee tracks, about q
block away. A flag station will be-
built opposite the home, and fine
steps erected from the tracks right
up to the building. The train stops
at the home four times day at the
present time, for the accommodation
of sightseers.
Contractor John Austad has the
practically completed, and
it is 57x97 feet. Fred Carlson and
his crew of men were busy finishing
UP the fine, substantial cement foun-
dation, and by the looks of the work
being done by Mr.. Carlson it is go
ing to be fine piece of work.
The building will be three stories
above the basement, which will be
of Bedford stone, and the upper
stories of Twin City brick, of gol-
den color, which come at $3.50 a
thousand The roof will be Of tile.
Contractor Austad expects to have
the building finished sometime in De-
1t will accommodate between
so and 70 reople, and will be under
the jurisdiction of the United Lu-
theran church. Competent hands
will be hired to take care OF them
and see to their every comfort Al
ready great many applications have
come in.
The farm will be run in connec-
tion with the home, and will of
course furnish great deal Of the
food stuff. Mrs. Haugen donated 24O
acres and the church officials have an
option on so acres, joining the farm
on the north, which will give them
a farm of $50 acres.
Another important piece of work
that is almost finished is the water
works and sewer system. Peter
Johnson & Sons are doing the work
and that is evidence enough that 1t
will be done we'll. They are putting
in 5000 feet of pipe, in bitches six
feet deep, and it is some task too.
They had to go through about 500
feet of stone and something likea40
feet of solid rock, which had t6 be
dynamited out. A large reservoir
will be built on the hill, about half
u mile from the home, the same kind
of system as in Decorah, and water
will be furnished both to the farm
home and the Old Peoples Home.
A regular fire department system
will be installed for the protection
of the home. 1t is fine piece OF
work and when finished will be a
credit to the firm of Johnson &
Sons.
A regular boarding house is run
on the place, presided over in
capable manner by Mrs. White, and
about 20 boarders are Accommodated
now. -..-..,.... -..,,-,,..-,. e.. 1. !,
When finished the home will be
a beautiful and pleasant place for
the old folks who will be taken In
to spend their declining days. 40
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

Students of the Oregon agricul-
tural college are working at the
forest nursery on the Siuslaw forest.
The arrangement is said to be mu-
tually satisfactory since the students
gain experience in forest nursery
practice and their assistance lowers
the cost of nursery work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

A Chicago woman says blind girls
make the best wives. ! suppose 1t is
because they cannot see through
their husbands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

The heart of the vegetarian is said
to beat on an average Of fifty-eight
beats to the minute, while that of
the meat eater. averages seventy-two,
a difference of 20 900 beats in twen-
ty-four hours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

They may talk about pretty pic
lures, but no picture is quite equal
to the surrounding country as it is
today.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

In cooperation with the weather
bureau, forest rangers. are to meas
ure snow depths in the western
s3s'@
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

The outlook for young onions and
green peas and new potatoes and
politics grows stronger as the days
grow longer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

The United States exported S2,-
100000 gallons of gasoline in the
fiscal year ending with June.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

New York is to have another hotel,
for the exclusive use Of business wo-
men. ss.j.ix
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
CAST IF CHARACTERS.

I'm the Palace of the Polish Prince
Prince Rudolph =. Regent of Poland
Philip Oehler.
Princess Marie Estelle ......... :.
-. His Brothers Widow
Mabelle Hess.
Prince Louis, Her Son, Heir to Throne
Lawrence Andrus.
Princess Josepha. 80.
Her Daughter. Aged Five Years
Frances Halvorsen.
Count Demidoff, Russian Diplomatist
Harry Hess.
Countess Olga. Preceptress to Prince
Clara Broghamer.
Lady Alexandrine, Sister of Princess
Madeline Rastetter.
Lady Constance. .Lady-in-Waiting
Marie Broghamer.
Count Julian Skiminoff. .......
-. ii. Alias Rev. Anthony
Henry McCauley.
Rev. FIR. Anthony. Franciscan Friar
benjamin. Broghamer.
Krost, Jailer Addicted to Stuttering)
John Elliott.
Elsebeth PaderOwski. .........
-. ......... Maid to Princess
Anna Lydon.
Nanny Calahanski. .........
Myrtle Slack.
Jack -. Her Son
Lester McCauley.
I People.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

OF the ATT women doctors in Eng
land, the greater majority are mar
ried.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

AS we grow older, we get sense;
but not to excess.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

When finished the home will be
a beautiful and pleasant place. for
the old folks who will be taken In
to spend their declining days. 80
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03
News Snapshots
OF the Week

OF the murder VI Herman &,
many bridgeA
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-06-03

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-31
MEN CHEAPEST WAR MATERIAL; THAT'S WHY
GERMANY MASSES AGAINST MODERN GUNS


sault, immense bodies of troops were
thrown forward in mass formation.
This, in a general way, was Napo-
Icons plan. 1t was Grants, too. 1t
was Won Moltke's in the Franco-Prus-
sian war.
Even in that last war, with the COM
paratively slow-fring and low-power
artillery and rifles, the slaughter was
terrible. At rs-la-Tour the Ger
mans lost 1900 men in thirteen
hours. At Gravelotte they lost 81 600
in eight hours.
In one part of the field 5000 men
fell in ten minutes.
That was in 1870. Today, with
modern weapons, the danger zone
through which troops are compelled
to advance is doubled or trebled, both
for artillery and rifle fire.
There was nothing in 1870 to COM
pare in destructiveness with modern
shrapnel. Fire is also directed with
much greater accuracy, owing to
more scientific methods in sighting
and improved systems of battery con-
troll.
The Germans evidently believe in
the methods that have carried them
to success in previous wars. Cavalry,
infantry and guns are massed oppo-
site the point to be attacked. At the
appointed moment the artillery opens,
the cavalry sweeps forward and the
infantry prepares for a charge with
the bayonet. That was the scheme Of
Napoleon, who said:
"The science of winning battles is
in being stronger than the enemy at
a given point"
It was the plan of the Germans to
strike the battle line of the allies on
center or flank with a greater force
than the allies could oppose to them
and thereby make the German adj
vance to Paris inevitable.
The war, therefore, probably will
be won by sheer weight-by masses
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-31

WIEN OHEAFESl WAN NA
GERMANY MASSES AG
In nearly every Newspaper arucle
from the scene of war appears Ine
sentence, 1.-The Germans advanced Ill
mass formation" In nearly every IN
stance this is followed by the state
ment that the machine guns ana rlne
fire moved them down in heaps, yet
fresh soldiers from the rear contln-
ued to pour into the gaps until the
enemy retired
The answer is DISCIPLINE.
The German army is founded on
that one word discipline. The army
itself is discipline.
The attack in mass-the throwing
of immense bodies of men against a
selected positions the pet theory OF
the German general staff. 1t won
against France in 1871. 1t has won,
thus far, in Belgium, against desper-
ate resistance.
The German soldier is told that it
takes a thousand bullets to kill or
wound one soldier. He knows that II
he advances as ordered he MAY be
shot by the enemy. But he also knows
that if he fails for an instant in that
discipline he is SURE to be shot-by
an officer.
All accounts have agreed upon one
thing-the steadiness of, the German
troons in this war under the terrific
fire of modern guns and the remark
able precision with which maneuvers
are carried out under conditions more
deadly than ever have prevailed on
battlefields in the past. 1t is discipline
that does this.
The maneuvers of the Germans be-
fore the forts at Liege were called
unwieldy, clumsy and lacking in en-
thusiasm, by critics. The mass form
alton was denounced as suicidal. But
the Germans continued to advance.
It is the history of the German ar
g y-iJIlyc from tho q T.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-23

Los Angeles, CAL, July ga great
multitude of boys-120 of them all
heavily encountered with camping
kits and bundles stood recently at
the railroad station here and in
boisterous, ocular way, jostled and
pushed each other about in rough
play.
They were waiting for the train.
Stood there also many men and
women, staid, sedate and prim in
much finery.
They also were waiting for the
train.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-23

All we're going on vacation; and
to the same place, too-the noun
tains.
Said one of the boisterous boys to
one of the dapper men, "Whatchu
gonna do up in the mountains?"
Answered the man: "Pm going to
play croquet, and tennis, and"
ooh, shucks," interrupted the bois-
ferrous boy. that amt nuthin' to do
in the mountains. I'm gonna hike, n
swim, n fish, n hunt bears!
And true it was. The city of Los
Angeles was sending these lads into
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27
KEEP ALL STRAW
FOR STOCK FEED
With Silage, Roots or Grain It
Makes Good Ration-AISo
Valuable Fertilizer.

Many farmers do not realize to
what extent straw is valuable, or
how to make the best use of it. Large
quantities of straw have been burned,
in the past, as the easiest method of
disposal, but from now on it will be
used to a great extent with silage,
roots, grains and the like. In using
it with silage it serves a double pur-
pose-it helps keep certain kinds of
silage from spelling in the silo, and
1t is a good filler for stock feeding.
Straw is especially poor in crude
protein and fat, and rich in cellulose,
or woody fiber. This makes it par
ticularly useful in the winter time for
horses and cattle, as it requires a
great deal of energy to masticate, di-
gest, and pass 1t through the body,
thus keeping the animal warm. Wheat
straw is being used at the Hays ex-
pertinent station at the present time,
along with other feeds. The cattle
are eating quite a large amount OF
this straw and have gained in weight.
OdlS straw Is ldI ulOlS uull4IlOuo LAdl
wheat straw and is much preferred by
stock.
After stock have been allowed to
run to straw pile, the straw will soon
decay and contain considerable
amount of droppings from the animals,
which makes it valuable as fertil-
izer. Wheat straw makes excellent
bedding material, as it does not break
up badly, and will absorb more mois-
ture than either oats or rye straw.
Wheat straw is often used by manu-
facturers for packing purposes. 1t is
also used in the paper industry. If a
farmer has a large amount of straw
and has good shipping facilities, he
may be able to dispose of it at profit
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27
ALFALFA PASTURE
FOR LIVE STOCK
Has Higher Feeding Value When
Cut at an Early Stage-Bet-
ter to Feed Than Sell.

Alfalfa is invaluable as a pasture
for live stock. For hog pasture it
is especially so. Ten pounds of green
alfalfa produces one pound of pork.
Figuring on this basis an acre Of
green alfalfa, weighing 10000 pounds,
will make 1000 pounds of pork which,
at five cents pound, is worth $500.
This estimate is true when corn and
alfalfa are fed together
Alfalfa has a higher feeding value
when cut at an early stage of maturity,
about one-tenth in bloom, than when
out in full bloom. 1t contains more
nutrient value, pound for pound, than
any other forage crop, being almost
equal TO wheat bran in digestible nu-
trients. Alfalfa compares favorably
with cottonseed meal, soy beans and
wheat bran in amount of digestible
protein. Since the price of these con-
centrates is higher than the price Of
alfalfa, it is cheaper and more profta-
BILE to feed alfalfa
The best way for the farmer to
market alfalfa hay is in the form of
horses, hogs, beef, mutton or dairy
products. Such products are easily
taken to the market, and the ma
nure, which may be returned to the
SOIL is almost equal in value to the
hay itself. Under all conditions, it
is better to feed alfalfa to live stock
than to sell it as a marketable prod
uct. 1t is advisable for the farmer to
sell his hay only when he has more
than enough to feed his live stock.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-03-27
WHITEWASHING Is
EXCELLENT HABIT
One of Old Time Customs Which
the Present Generation Might
ProfitabIy Follow.

The old-fashioned New England habit
of whitewashing everything. from the
front yard fence to the stable, at least
twice year, was most excellent one,
and is one of the old-time customs
which the present generation might
well adopt.
The following is the recipe for max
ing whitewash published by the United
States department of agriculture:
Stake half bushel of unslaked lime
with boiling water, keeping it covered
during the process. Strain it and add
a peck of salt, dissolved in warm wa
ter; three pounds of ground rice put
in boiling water and boiled to a thin
paste; half pound of Spanish whit
ing, and pound of clear glue, dis
solved In warm water. Mix these well
together, and let the mixture stand for
several days Keep the wash thus
prepared in a kettle or portable fur
mace, and when used put it on as hot
as possible with painters or white
wash brushes.