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parties, concerts and theatres with ter
rifle devotion for two months, only to
find that she was working han" IN
glove with the Fly Cams to beat our
man for the editorship of the college
annual? on my very first day in col
lege hadn't / been captured bodily by
two designing young women and hauled
over to the Shi Delt house to be pre-
scented to them with their compliments
"a dainty young thing in green?
1t was awful. had no stamina what
ever. Swiftly ! reviewed my six or
seven master passions II the year.
Every one of them was pretty face.
Whether the face concealed brain or
not I had never thought to wonder. A
peachblow complexion, a companion
able smile, a light foot in the dance
that was my conception OF lovely
woman. Bah!
When l thought about this for sew
eral days 1t began to have its effect.
became quiet and powerful within and
stern lines developed about my mouth.
I could see them in the glass quite
plainly. I was no longer a trusting
child to he sent toddling hither and
yon by womans voice. 1 was n grown
man with great purposes in life and /
had precious little room In 1t for women.
Acting on this impulse I broke n date
with Miss Willoughby with brutal di-
rectness, and declined my invitation to
the annual party of the Kappa Kap
Pajamas. | would ignore the sex en-
tirely during the rest of my college
course. Men had too much to do in col
lege to be bothered by the woman ques-
ton.
1t was quite pleasant plcturing my
self strong. Indifferent character about
whom all Browning Hall raved incffect-
ually. / thought Of the plans which
would be laid each fall by new and I'M
sophisticated girls To surround and cap
ture me and of the scorn of the older
girls as they informed them that was
unapproachablc and impregnable. 1t
would be great. | could hardly wait
for the senior year to come in order to
enjoy my reputation. No more girls for
me. The whole sex could take notice.
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But suddenly I had a better idea.
Other men had become soured and had
thrown down the girl question. But
could do something more. After all the
sex was not useless. There were fine
women and intelligent women--deight-
full companions and Intellectual COM
rades. ! would be large instead of
merely Indifferent.
would pick out the brightest girl in
my class and win her friendship. |
would show her attention and be her
best friend, no matter whether she was
merely plain or so homely that / would
thank her whenever she wore a veil.
This was n really splendid idea. II
was a lot bigger than the other. As
soon as l had conceived 1t I forgot all
about my crouch. There was nothing
left OF 1t but my stern resolve. AS a
matter Of fact the resolve was q little
weak in the back too. For as I con-
valesced the idea OF causing pain and
sorrow to all those beautiful and trust
ing young girls became intolerable and
! hastily recalled my regrets to the
Kappa Kap party.
7 had suffered severely, however. and
| was bound to give my idea "a trial.
needn't carry this intellectual friendship
business to extremes. But | could pick
out the girl--a plain one-and at least
go and call on her. That would show
my firmness Of mind and discriminating
character. Maybe I would even take
her to n party. of course the fellows
would ask me a lot of pointed and sup
posedly funny questions. but q strong
minded man would not mind that and
7 would get a reputation for indifference
to trihes out Of 1t too. So I began to
look over my class for possible candi-
dates for my high minded and intelli-
gent friendship.
I must say there were plenty of pos
slblities. / was surprised to discover
how many young ladies In the freshman
class had entirely escaped my notice.
AS I say. I had had a frivolous and
beauty hunting eye. But now that I
had started hunting for plain worth !
was overwhelmed with candidates. !
would look at two or three of them
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MI relling again. 1t is one Of oul
= chief diversions. Quarrellini
with Martha is more fun thar
agreeing with the boss when he want.
10 raise my salary.
When I think Of what my life might
have been without having her with me
to wade into me every night and as.
sault me with her entire large and well
chosen vocabulary while trying TO per.
suade me to revise my language and
squeeze the hot air out OF 1t or TO stop
holding Peter Etherbrldge Simmons, Jr.
up by one leg or to admit that am
entirely wrong in my claims concerning
the weight of Queen Anne, I hold up my
hands and bless Siwash College, which
gave her to me.
Quarrellng with Martha is more ex-
hiiarating than shooting the chutes. And
it's perfectly harmless pastime. I've
quarrelled with her for about eight
years now--three of them in Swash
and five more since then, and as far
as I remember we have never settled
a single quarrel or quarrclled over n
subject that was worth settling.
am very proud of our system.
Sometimes ! think we ought to patent
IL. No matter what | really want to
quarrel with her about. or no matter
what reason she has for locking up
the Hague tribunal and calling out
her reserves against me, we always
quarrel about English history.
It's bully idea. You can put all
the enthusiasm and tabasco you please
into the discussion. but you never get
anywhere-most especially you don't
get around to what you would really
like to quarrel about. That's why all
Of our quarrels together have never
PANIED out a drop of brine. IL | ever
made Martha cry l think l should go
out to Lincoln Park and feed myself
to the lions.
suppose we choose English history
to row about because 1t was English
history which first brought us to-
gether when was n howiing young
nuisance at Siwash and she was n COM
pendulum Of useful information with a
twinkle in her talk. l got acquainted
because Of English history-don't tell
me "A college education hasn't its ad-
vantages. And most OF our quarrels
end up with "A discussion as to when
I fell in love with her.
,iit tilttt IL tbOh tilitt yNpi =
Ct steady effort on her part to land
me. claim that II was n case of love
at first sight: that she won me by de-
clining to become acquainted with me,
and that long after 7 was her slave she
tried to give me away to n fat girl
who wore No. shoes. She always
shudders at this and so do /. 1t wasn't
n pleasant experience f'r me.
Martha and | went through college
practically hand in hand. and only
parted long enough afterward to enable
me to sandbag a Chicago bank into
paying me a living salary. But there
was a time-in my freshman year
when #
Oh well, for that matter the whole af-
fair is full of IFS. If 7 had gotten as
mad as I should have gotten at her in
dfference-if I hadn't taken up study
to amuse myself that spring; If ! hadn't
seen that Martha's hair would be beau
tiful IL she fuffed it up instead Of tying
1t in hard knot that pulled her eye
brows out of shape; and, most particu-
larly. IL hadn't gotten a tremendous
crouch in the spring Of my freshman
year, never would have gotten
Martha. It's fun to figure out all the
ifs. Think of winning wife by getting
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Ing rules Oh HtT
i i Once they read mo ciga-
rettes. no alcoholic beverages
and retire early"
Now they have a fourth regulation
written In capital letters and UNDER
lined Don't go lion hunting in Africa"
The Crimson coaches accidentally dis
covered that a varsity football end and
a hockey captain came near losing their
lives last summer when they spent their
vacation hunting man eating lions, IT,
gers, leopards and other ferocious ami
mails in British East Africa.
The football man was Duncan Dana,
son Of Paul Dana of New York. Young
Dana lost in the brush with lions thick
about him. fell into a hole and was bit
ten by snake. William Il. Willetts,
this years hockey captain, was the other
athlete in danger. He likewise fiirted
with death. Willetts is also a great
football player. being one of Coach
Haughtons best punters.
The Harvard coaches might have gone
on trying to put out successful teams
under the old training rules for some
years to come had mot group of Har-
ward hunters and travellers met for an
exchange Of their experiences few
days ago. At the camp fire the cat was
let out of the bag.
John T. Coolidge, Jr., Harvard II,
and scion of a famous old Boston
family, who has spent year in Africa.
where he took motion pictures of many
animals and secured self-snapped flash
lights of the most dangerous denizens
OF the jungles. was the man who tipped
off the coaches. Not realizing what
stir his remarks would cause in ath
letic circles, Coolidge started out some.
thing like this:
81 had some thrilling adventures in
Africa on my first trip in my summer
vacation OF 1910, but all the hairbreadth
escapes we had last summer would MI
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Above
Duncan Dana,

hunger the old lion makes a bold at
tack on some solitary man who has
strayed too far from camp and likely
enough lands him. From that moment
he is one Of the fearsome things Of
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r HARVARD has revised the train
- ing rules Of her athletes. i
Once they read mo ciga-
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Continued on Fifteenth Page.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08

Ey3 Z tyfN ~ s !. a. -sy.s
G. "A. Bergeson and family spent the
Fourth at Willmar. 5szSs:.s.
Miss Alma Lindgren spent Saturday
and Sunday in Willmar. .s." -
G. j. Kempf Is the harness maker
during Jenson's absence. IA.
Victor Nelson and Otto Christopher
son spent Sunday in Willmar.
A number from here attended the
chautauqua at Willmar Sunday. -
S. Carlberg and family enjoyed an
outing at Norway Lake Sunday. n
Miss Hazel Bergman left Saturday
for a few days visit In Willmar.
M. N. johnson and A. M. Greenfield
made trip to Spicer the fourth.
G. c. Haug shipped a car of stock
to South st. Paul last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Berglund spent
Saturday and Sunday in the cities.
Misses Clara and Blanche Jarrett
spent Saturday and Sunday at Green
Lake.
c. F. Akerson and family and c. G.
Akerson spent Sunday at Norway
Lake.
H. P. Jensen and family autoed to
Mankato Saturday where they will
visit a few days.
Julius E. Stiehm of Minneapolis
special agent for the International
Harvester Co., will be in the village
the last part of the week on business.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08

a sudden it loosened up, and. now ]
dOn't have any trouble"
and" says Miss Gordon, comment
ing on this girls experience, "of course
that little skull was stuck tight. II
you and had been put in a mill al
nine years of age and 'hea1d nothing
but the whirr of machinery and had no
opportunity to study or learn anything
our skulls would have been tight too
It took those three or four months OF
study to oil up that little brain so she
could begin to bring in better reports"
Mamie Is now working in good po-
sition in a department store, having
attended school for the time required
by the Louisiana law. ''She IL never
going to be brilliant woman" says
Miss Gordon, ''but she is going to be
a good, splendid, middle class work
tngwoman, getting fair wage, which
she would have had little opportunity
Of If it had not been for that little
scholarship fund which a few of Us
here in New Orleans assumed"
The national child labor committee
favors the granting of child labor
scholarships" to enable children to get
an education who should be in school,
but whose earnings are necessary at
home and 80 have to work. These
scholarships and the continuation
schools established In many states are
doing good deal to educate working
children.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
: Will AGE DEF ARTMENT

John Foshager spent Monday in
sWtllmar.
s. Mr.. and Mrs. julius Ostlund return
ed the first part Of the<week to their
home at Minneapolis.
A. O. Floren the new manager for
the Farmers Elevator Co., took
charge of his duties Monday.
81 Miss Olive Greenfield spent Satur.
day and Sunday at Willmar visiting
the Misses Fern and Mable Magnuson.
Mrs. Victor Samuelson and two
children arrived Saturday from st.
Paul and are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thorn T. Thompson.
3, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Lindgren re-
turned Monday from Stockholm, $.
OAK. Mr.. Lindgren's father, j. P.
ELindgren returned at the same. time.
Mrs. sabina Gustafson and children
returned Monday to St. Paul after q
three weeks visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Johnson north OF
town. .!
Mr.. and Mrs. Elkjer visited here
Sunday. They will. leave Friday for
their home at Webster, S. OAK, where
Mr.. .Elkjer is employed as assistant
postmaster.
A. NJ. Greenfield returned Monday
to his home at Fessenden, N. Oak
He was accompanied by his father-in.
law, Jens Larson who will visit at
that place for some time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
HER BRAIN NEEDED OILlNG.
Little Girl Taken From Mill Had Hard
Time With Lessons.

osSSs0 \Bts ~N0ss GVHS bDAo bD0Vo
Time With Lessons.
Little NAMES brain would not work
right when she first went to school. &C.
cording to the story told by Miss Jean
Gordon, the former factory inspector
of New Orleans, at the tenth annual
conference on child labor held in that
city recently. Mamie had been en-
ployed in a mill since she was nine,
but when Miss Gordon discovered her
she was twelve, and as fourteen is the
age limit for the employment of chill
dren in factories In Louisiana she was
removed from her work and sent to
school: Because her family was in
need Miss Gordon and some other la
dies in New Orleans paid NAMES
mother the $3.50 week the child was
earning in the mill on condition that
Mamie attend school regularly and
bring a report from her teacher to one
of the ladies every week:
NAMES attendance and department
were always perfect, but her lessons
were poor. Then after three months
one day the teacher sent note with
the report saying: Il wish you would
say something to Mamie. 1t is marvel
GUS how her lessons are improvingv'
The next week came another note of
the same sort. After three weeks they
said to Mamie one day. "Your reports
keep on getting better. Why is It'll
Are you just beginning to study?'' But
Mamie almost cried as she answered,
"Oh, you don't know how hard I stud
led right from the start. But, you
know, just couldn't get anything into
my skull. 1t stuck tight, and couldn't
get anything in at all. THEN just In
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
TRY TWILIGHT BASE BALL

Wllimar and Maynard Ball Teams to
Try Innovation Here Friday Eve
ming Of This Week. 5.
The Maynard and Wilmar base ball
teams will meet In this city on Fri
day evening of this week. The game
will be called at six fifteen and should
be completed before it gets too dark
to see. This idea of twilight base ball
Is new in this city, but 1t has been
worked successfully in other places
and the management of the local team
has decided to give it trial.
The Maynard team is fast this year,
as can be seen from the fact that they
beat Clara City by the same score as
Willmar did, 10 to 0. Week day
games have never been paying pro-
position in Willmar and management
is desirious of furnishing the fans
with more games, so will try this eve
ming ball and see how it works.
The admission will be twenty-five
cents, with no extra charge for grand
stand, as the expenses of the visiting
team are not very heavy. Ladies will
be admitted to the game free of
charge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08

II N MANY parts Of the Northwestern
states there IL promise Of IN abund-
ant crop Of straw. This means .
prolonged season Of .threshing. even
though the weather should prove IA
vorabls for such work. Should it
prove unfavorable the season IL pro-
portionately still further prolonged.
In such IN eventuality loss will fol-
low to . greater or less extent, a
It did in the autumn Of 1912. ID 1t
not the duty Of every farmer to pre-
pare for such . contingency3 How
can he do It? He can do It in part at
least by stacking part Of tho grain.
In the Northwestern states the
practice OF threshing from tho shock
10 almost universal. It IL the out:
come first of the dry character Of the
weather which usually occurs at har-
vest time and subsequently. and Sec
ond Of the less labor involved In the
handling Of the grain. But when the
growth Of straw il unusually abund-
ant, there 10 always some hazard in
CURED. ~ the threshing OF the grain
must in such q case cover . very long
period.
That such q result must follow can
be easily shown. Usually the number
Of threshing outfits is only sum.
cient to do the work in q normal sea-
son. That season only covers some
eight to ten weeks. This means. how
ever, that some Of the grain must
stand In the shock for many weeks
before 1t is threshed, and this is al
ways attended with more or less of
loss. A heavy crop Of straw will mean
that some Of the grain must remain
in tho shock for a much longer Pc
Rod. It will also mean that the loss
will be increased. And If the weather
proves bad 1t will be still further in
creased.
This hazard may be materially re-
duced by stacking part Of the crop,
even though it should prove impossi,
BILE to stack it all. The portion
stacked. II well stacked. is safe from
hazard. 1t may be threshed In the
late autumn even after the ground has
frozen. The land from which the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
ROSELAND.

Roseland, July 6-7Miss Anna Stra-
Zelda who is employed in St. Paul
came home hast Saturday for weeks
visit with her parents. -...
Mr.. Harry Fiefarek, who underwent
an operation for tonsilitis at the Will
mar hospital last week is improving
nicely. - .r
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Biltue and child
spent last Saturday with friends near
Svea. .,,..~. B..
Miss Mabel Mckenzie spent a few
days with her friend Wayne, Rasmus-
son of Willmar last week.
= Misses Ida and Anna Eastlund re.
turned home last week after a couple
of weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Dassel and other places.
Mr.. Ludwig Fiefarek who has been
employed at Monticello for some time
returned to his home last week.
c. v. Johnson of Willmar was seen
in this vicinity one day last week.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
|. r. Cramer Back.

I. T. Cramer returned last Friday
from Ethridge, Montana, and will
again locate in this city. He says the
prospects in Montana for a bumper
crop are better than ever before. It
is estimated that one million acres Of
land were broken up and put into
crop this year. Land is rapidly in
creasing in value and the whole coun-
try is progressing greatly. Mr.. Cramer
has reopened his barber shop on the
corner of Fourth street and Benson
avenue, where he served his custom
ers in that capacity before for twenty
five years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
GRUE.

GRUE.
Grue, July 6-Miss Vivian Halvor-
son of Willmar is visiting with her
parents here at present. e
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Larson and
family of Willmar and Mrs. Bertha
Larson and daughter Sylvia of Wahoo,
Neb., spent the Fourth at Risdall's.
Mrs. c. Kullberg and children of
Irving spent the Fourth at c. A. Hal
vorson's. -. -. -. 4. =;
The Mission festival and Fourth Of
July celebration held at p. w. Peter
sons in place of c.. A. Halyorson's
was we'll attended and everyone EN-
joyed being by the lake. 81
The Y. p. s. of the Eagle Lake
church will meet at the school house
Dist. 60 next Wednesday evening, July
18th.
Mr.. Bonnie Risdall of Veblen, s. D.
is visiting with relatives in this vic
Unity. - 81. 81
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shocks have been removed may 10
=plowed and thus made ready for the
next seasons crop. whereas II the
shocks still occupied the ground, e.
could not be 70 plowed.
Suppose 4 farmer has reaped his.
crop and yet he Is unable to get .
machine to thresh It What SHOULD
prevent him from beginning to stack
1t at once? What should hinder him
from continuing to stack until the
whole 70 completed. II he has still to
wait for the machine to come? Every.
stack that he builds means 10 much.
more of his grain rendered safe from
hazard. It means 30 much more OF
his ground put in . condition for bo.
ing plowed.
While It Is true that the stackinR
does add to the cost of handling the
crop al compared with threshing
from the shock. 1t does not add 10
much to the cost as many suppose.
The grain has to be drawn in any
event from the shock, whether
threshed ut once or stacked. It does
not involve much more labor to draw
to the stack than to draw to the ma.
chine directly. OF course there il
more labor in the extra handling OF
the sheaves. The saving of the crop.
however. Is the great matter. A Lit.
tie extra labor is not or should not
be allowed to stand In the way of the
safety Of . crop after it has beea
grown.
1t is well to consider this matter
In time. The lesson Of 1912 should
not be forgotten. The growth of
straw was very heavy that year. The
harvest was showery. The threshfnE
machines could not nearly handle the
crop In time. Much of the wheat 70
NAMED In the shock all winter and
much Of the max lay In the sheaf
form under the snow until the spring.
But little fall blowing was done In
many localities, to the great injury
OF the crop the following year. This
should not be allowed to occur again.
1t need not be so allowed. Ordinarily
II farmer loses a crop after 1t has
been reaped. it Is. at least measure
bly,, his own fault.