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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-25

After re-acquiring Harry X. Thaw
If New York win only keep him the
punishment will fit the crime.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-25
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TO PAY THE
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Mamma Would Kiss Pastor.

When the new minister made his
first pastoral call at the Brownings
he took little Anna on his knee and
asked If she had kiss for him. But
the little girl refused to kiss or be
kissed. She squirmed loose and ran
into the next room, where her moth
er was putting few finishing touch
es to her adornment before going in
to the drawing room to greet the
clergyman.
Mamma" the little girl v1isper-
ed, the man in the drawing room
wanted me to kiss him.
WELL" replied mamma, why
didn't you let him? l would if / was
you"
Thereupon Anna ran back into the
drawing room, and the minister ask
ed
well, little lady, won't you kiss
me now?"
mo. l won't replied Anna,
promptly, but mamma says she
will"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
"That frinter of Udell's."

Another popular and widely read
novel has been dramatized on the
stage for public approval. 1t is
That Printer of Udells, Harold
Bell Wright which comes to the
Grand tomorrow night. This wide
ly read novel has been given care
full dramatization by the author him
self and Fishery w. Reynolds, and
is said to be even more enjoyable
as a play than as a book. Like the
novel, the play is clean cut in motive
and action, rings true in it's heart
interest and is cleverly constructed.
The characters are real men and
women who hold the spectator spell
bound in the powerful scenes, and
highly amused in the scenes of a
lighter nature. On the whole, THAT
Printer of Udell's" is said to make
one of the most enjoyable plays that
will be seen at the Grand for a long
time and will be highly appreciated
by those who enjoy the better class
Of drama.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
That Auto is a Dandy.

Old Mr.. Parr, he bought a car
and said: iii travel slowly; these
cranks for speed are fools indeed
their conduct is unholy. With car
he went nor cared a cent in frantic
speed to revel, and people said the
cid mans head was noticeably level
For quite week Old Parr was meek
and slow and mighty cautious, then
he said: Well put ahead a bit of
folks will josh us" But careful still
he ran down hill and courted no dis
aster for one week more and then he
tore along little faster. A month
was gone. So help me John Old
Parr was sadly drawing, Il don't
like speed don't indeed-but we
are merely crawling! / didn't get
this car to fret along like this, dod
CAST u.s. So let her rip along this
strip. the snails are whizzing past
u.s." He woke in bed with bandaged
head, and docs and nurses handy,
and ere he died he sweetly sighed,
That auto is a dandy.''-Walt Ma
son.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
-----U----
OUR RUNAWAY LANGUAGE.

The ordinarily intelligent man has
a sort of visiting acquaintance with,
say, 1000 words. He is on familiar
speaking terms with, say, 5000 of
these. The man with some preten-
sions as an educated person probably
speaks 5000 words, writes 1900
more, knows in all from 10000 to
$4,000. The scholar-if he is a very
thorOugh-going student-may meet
without embarrassment any one of
some 10000 words of the language.
Yet the latest of the big dictionaries
contains 100000 terms and its pub
fishers state that they have examin-
ed and rejected $4,000 terms in ad-
dition. Meanwhile, every science,
every art, every human activity is
busily padding the common speech
with newly invented words and
phrases. Literally, the language is
running away with us. Fanciful as it
may seem, this development doubt
less means that the time is coming
when language, taken as the means
wherewith to express thought, will
be divided into the language that is
spoken, sort of shorthand or dia-
lect, and that which is written, a far
more technical and exact species of
learning than we now know. In a
clumsy sort of way, the slang phrase
is already approximating this SYM
bolism of speech. AS the language
itself becomes cluttered with words,
thought itself will hunt its existence
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

products may fall, or at least not adj
vance further and be sold at ocean
ports in competition with importa-
tons from foreign countries. If SO,
rents may fall and profits fall, and
the producing value of our farms as
measured in dollars and cents fall
likewise.
Therefore, if present prices of land
are to be maintained, we must in the
first place, do better farming, and
thus increase the acre yield. We
must also do better marketing, in
order to increase the productive val
ue Of the land as measured in dol
lars. We can not go on growing an
acre yield of thirty-five bushels of
corn or sixteen bushels of wheat, or
ton and half of hay on an acre
of land that sells for 5000, or $50,
or even 500. We must double these
yields, or consent to see land, after
the speculative fever is over. fall to
about a 4 per cent basis. We must
strive rather to get a larger share
of the consumers dollar than we are
getting, or count ourselves poorer in
land than we do now. AS individual
farmers we have little to do with the
speculative prices of land, but we
have everything to do with prices as
measured by productive value.
There is a third element in land
prices-the social element-but that
subject is so new and vast and hith-
erto uneXplored, that we reserve it
for a future article.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
How to Brighton Your Furs.

In the February Woman's Home
Companion appears a department
called THE Exchange" in which
readers make various practical sug-
gestions of value to housewives. An
Oregon contributor makes the fol-
lowing suggestion about the care of
furs:
Many find that as they wear their
furs the fur is apt to become sodden-
looking and dull. A good way TO
remedy this is to hang them out in
the air, then take a whisk broom,
dip it into grain alcohol and brush
vigorously the wrong way of the fur.
Sometimes a comb helps to loosen up
the matted parts. Use plenty of al
cohol and brush until every inch has
been covered-always brushing the
wrong way of the fur. Let them
hang until they become thoroughly
dried, pounding them occasionally
with the fat side of the whisk
broom. When well aired, brush
with a stiff brush the right way"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
TRAINING FOR WORK.

In group of high school boys
the other day one said: Gee, bu
I'd like to get job SO l could worl
after school and earn nv own mo
ney. I've tried, but all l can find il
an odd job now and them
In school he was mulling ovel
latin and algebra and wondering o
what value they'd be in after life.
The boy was typical of Thousands
who want to work but can't; who
aren't yet wholly spoiled by oul
prevalent educational delusion thai
it isn't genteel to work, but much
more digniied to starve in the over
crowded white-shirt professions.
The chances are that a few years
hence he would be beyond the de
sire to do useful work with his
hands and would be among the horC
of college graduates on the alert fol-
opportunities to win living by
their wits.
What a pity that his schooling
instead of helping him to work, was
actually so arranged as to keep hin
out of the way of it.
He lived in a manufacturing com
munity where, at the very momen
he was bewailing his inability tc
find regular work without leaving
school there were large workshops
with a scarcity of workers anc
standing advertisements for ''Helr
Wanted.
The whole trouble was that the
school he attended wasn't in touch
with the life of its time. 1t was
trying to keep him in the musty ed
vocational atmosphere of fifty or one
hundred years ago, whereas he was
a live lad of the twentieth century
who yearned to be up-to-date.
If he had lived in Fitchburg
Mass.-to mention one of the ex-
amples of schooling which is get
ting a move on-he might have had
this experience.
The first year in the high school
he would have been kept to the So
called cultural studies-sciences
languages, figuring, but afterward,
during the remaining three years
he could have have worked every
other week in a shop and got paid
for it and it would have counted in
his school rating.
The first year he would have re-
ceived ten cents an hour, next year
eleven and the last year shilling,
so that, if he didn't soldier or miss,
he could graduate with all the hon
ors usual to sheepskin day, with
much practical skill which he could
at once turn to account in the battle
for a living, and with $3.50 of &C
tual earnings in his pocket.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Will Give Three Lectures,

Three lectures on socialism will
be given this week at the Baptist
church. The first will be on tomor-
row evening, Jan. 29th, by H. l.
Beard, of Portland, Oregon, Subject
why l Am Socialist" Friday
evening, Jan 30th, What Goes With
Your Money" Saturday evening
why You Should Be a Socialist; y
beauties of socialist government
explained. The admission is free.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
BUYS Farm Near Protiyin.

DR.. J. M. Smithel and wife of
Waucoma, were in DEBORAH last
Thursday and closed a deal for the
sale of a 100 acre farm near Proti-
vim, owned by Mrs. o. Egan, of Chi
cago. The farm was sold to Frank
Fenzl, of Protivin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Death of Mrs. Mary Swan.

Mrs. Mary Swan, a former resi-,
dent Of DEBORAH, Iowa, passed away
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs
Myrtle Emmens, of Muscatine, Ia
at five o'clock, the evening of Jan
22nd.
Death came to the sufferer, after
years Of illness, the last year and
half being confined to her bed
She endured patiently to the end,
Her faith in God was steadfast. In
her last days she expressed long
ing to go to Jesus and be at rest.
She was a faithful member of the
Lutheran church.
Mary Swan came to this country
in an early date, but returned to
Norway after Ler sister Mrs. Lena
Thomson, who accompanied her back
TO America.
She was married to Mr.. John
Wesley Swan who preceded her in
death some years before.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Myr-
tie Emmens of Muscatine: sisters,
Mrs. Lena Thomson of Chicago, and
Mrs. o. Pergerson and two brothers,
one in North Dakota and one in
Norway.
The funeral services were held
from the home of the daughter in
Muscatine, Iowa, Sunday Jan. %,
1914, Rev. IneX L. Bachelor, pas
tor OF the Friends church, officiating
-XXX
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Third Elks Dancing Party.

The third dancing party, given by
the Elks, in their new home, took
place last evening, and as usual,
proved a most delightful affair.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Notice.

The annual meeting of the Win
neshiek County Fair Association will
be held in the Court room at Decor
ah, Iowa, at 1870 p. m. Saturday
January 81, 1914.
G.. F. Baker, President.
l.. NJ Enger, Secy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

Two tons of cascara bark have
just been sold from the Siuslaw ma.
tional forest, Oregon, at one cent a
pound
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

There are 36,5O0,000 young trees
in the governments forest nurser-
les.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11

Here is one Of the latest variations of the
skirt in tunic effect. 1t is really just two
piece skirt with circular ruffles arranged
over it but there is quite an effect Of a
tunic and there is the fare and fullness
that make the latest demand of fashion.
AS matter of course, the ruff1es can be
Of different material if combinations
are liked and a great many gowns and
suits are showing trimming of taffeta
while the foundation material is wool or
cotton. Cotton crepe of the better grade
is much in demand for skirts of the kind
and taffeta trimming makes good effect.
In the picture, striped Silks used through
out. The finish can be made at either the
high or the natural waist line.
For the medium size, the skirt 8273 will
require 3as yds. of material Fl, 25s yds. sc,
~ or 81 in. wide, with e yds. any width
for the founces. The width of the skirt
at the lower edge is ~ yds.
The pattern 1878 is cut in sizes from
~ to 81 inches waist measure. 1t will be
mailed to any address by the Fashion De-
partment Of this paper, on receipt of ten
cents.
Bowinan's sell May sManton Patterns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
M,ROMen tsg!& sgS nreReS rs
WHY Man Ducks the Wedding Ring

disinclination to marry may be largely
accounted for by the freedom of COM
sexes. In the olden times when the
only way a man could enjoy a woman s
society was by marrying her, he was
in rush to hustle with her to the
altar.
But when custom permits him
to monopolize woman's evenings;
gether gaf 'rs an the % Soif i links: @ when 9 they
may ATTEND theaters and parties to-
gethes and tea and dine in company
unchaaeroned in restaurants, the man
is in no hurry to wed He has as
much of the lady's society as he de-
sires without the necessity of assum-
ing her bills, or giving her right to
lecture him.
The long engagement is a modern
invention of mans, not woman's, and
it is handicap that our granddmothers
status, of woman has brought her is
so delightful as platonic friendship with
! man, but we. get nothing in this world
without paying for 1t. and the price
that women pay for comradeship with
men is too often sp!aSterhood. When
it was case of ei.a>r lover or moth
ing. it was generally lover.
Another reason why men are less
eager about marrying now than they
, used to be is that women are too
willing. Many things, change but hu-
man nature never changes, and the
primitive instinct in man is for the
| chase. The harder a thing is to. get
tHt lloTt he WdHtS II. w oHlt1l nave
forgotten this masculine popularity,
and instead of permitting themselves
to be pursued. they have turned around
and run after the men with the re-
suit that they seldom catch them
for woman, alas, was not built for the
chase.
Probably our grandmothers were just
, as anxious to ge; married as any girl
is now, but they nal the gumption to
affect coy and reluctant attitude. and
because man believed that it was
difficult to capture the citadel of a
maidens affection, he wooed her with
fire, and passion. and energy.
Then He Woocd with Fire. but How
Is 1t with the Modern Girl.
Because she appeared Indifferent to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11

his visits. he kept the path TO her door
not with footsteps. Because the most
tha that she he M hoped pc 70 win from her hand in
OF sweet, copy book, maideniy reply to
MS numerous missives. he weighted
ters.
How is 1t nowe The modern girl
has left him in no doubt as to the
s,a5e snd ,S Of her affections. She'll say yes,
her. so he feels that any ii old love re maxi aa
ing will do, If he doesn't come to see
her' she calls up on the phone and so
amusing in prospect. AS for letters.
Sne write any way, so what's the
us use in In bothering to keep up his end
story of the overripe peach that no
one wants to gather
Our grandmothers also had another
advantage that we lack-our great
the unattainable. Thev didn't throw
their daughters at eligible young mems
heads heads. They built fences around them.
the entire family didn't take to the
kitchen to give him a chance
on the contrary. the stern parents
$1,000 sio guard over a girl. and put him to
hand. e'
Sometimes the. willy father even went
{. 10 the extent of locking a girl up in
and then the man, who very likely
couldn't have been driven in at the
front door, risked his neck climbing q
up to the window to steal her.
He Can Have Woman's Society ad ib.,
So Why Marrys
In word. they made courtship ro
mantle and difficult, and in conseouence
mere were many elopements Now.
however, because we have made court
snip too easy, there is little of II. II
is because nowadays "a man may have
any, responsibilities that he ducks the
wedding ring. If women want to pro-
mote matrimony, they have got. in
gambier phrase. to make men either
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
Lodge of PENNSYLVANIA, Independent

Lodge of Pennsylvania, Independent
Order of odd Fellows, a memorial
service was held Tuesday evening by
Mechanicsburg Lodge, No. 215, with
exercises appropriate to the OCCASION
giving expression of the enduring
memories of the departed members.
The death roll for the past year is as
follows: Fred Brakemaker died jan
uary 5, a member of the order thirty
five years; Christian Swartz, died April
Z, member sixty three years; Samuel
n. Miller, died April 2, member twen-
ty-two years: John NJ. Rupp, died from
effects of revolver shot on May 81, a
member two years: e. Rankin Huston,
died May 26, member forty-siX years.
An address was made by the chaplain
of the lodge, the Rev. f. c. B. Castle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Special to The Telegraph

New Bloomfield, Pa, June 11.-On
Tuesday the board of managers of the
farmers institute of Perry county, rep
resentatives of the Perry County Fruit
Growers Association and Pomona
Grange. No. 1915, met here and ar
ranged to hold a farmers institute
December 9, 10, IL and 10, and the
Perry County Fruit Growers Asso-
citation will also hold it's annual fruit,
vegetable, corn and cereal exhibition
The place selected is Newport for this
year and the indications are that it
will be one of the largest exhibitions
of the Fruit Growers Association ever
held in Perry county
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11

matter. People don't marry because
comradeship has been substituted for
love between men and women, and
they are contented to be friends in
stead of husbands and wives.
Women were never as attractive and
desirable as they are to-day. Not even
among the ancient Greeks was the per-
centage of female pulchritude so high
as ii is now. The cult of the body has
become almost religion among
women So If man seeks for beauty
in fe he may shut his eyes, and
make a grab in the dark in any group
of girls, and be sure of getting one who
in his grandmother time would have
had all the poets writing sonnets to
her eyebrows, and all the beauX fight
ing duels for her smiles.
Women are also more intelligent than
they ever were before, more versatile,
more sympathetic, better fitted to be
wives and helpmates to men; syet with
all of her attractions and accomplish
ments the modern girl lacks one art
in which her grandmother excelled-
the art of catching a husband.
The Secret Is to Make Courtship
Difficult, Not Easy. Now.
And the secret of this art was the
art of allure-of tolling a man along
i'm a word. of making courtship diff
ficult of too easy as 1t is now.
The chief reason that men show a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
Swatting Days Are Here
So Get Busy Folks

The swat-the-hy crusade is now on
in full blast in the city The Civic
Club announces that the measuring
day for the first campaign, which
closes July 81, will be some time dur
ing the latter part of that month.
The place where the flies may be
brought will be announced later. AS
usual, five cents a quart will be paid
for dead flies, while for both cam
paigns, the second of which will open
in August. six money prizes will be
awarded, two of So each, two of $3.50
each and two of 81 each.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
PAxTANG pOPUIAR

The large crowds that fill the Pax
tang Park Theater each night are a
pretty good indica tion that the theater-
going public of Harrisburg are aware
of the fact that the park theater is an
ideal place of amusement during the
summer months. And then the shows
at the park compare favorably with the
best of the standard winter attractions.
The bill for this week is one that 1t
would be hard to beat anywhere Pal
frey, Barton and Brown, the feature
attraction, present what is undoubtedly
the best novelty act that has ever play
ed the town. This trio does little bit
of everything pertaining to vaudeville
and seem to be almost perfect in what
ever they attempt. In fact they may
be said to be doing two or three acts
in one.
Another act on the park bill deserv
ing of special mention for novelty and
originality, is Frank and Addington.
These two young ladies do a refined
singing and talking act, during which
one of the team treats the audience to
very clever exhibition of fancy bag
punching. This unique combination
makes big hit with the park audience,
who are not slow In expressing their
appreciation. The rest of the show con-
sists of four well-chosen acts that
round out very pleasing performance.
advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
Rely Hose Plan Festival
For Convention Money

The Reilly Hose Company. No. 10,
will conduct a festival on their lawn
at Fourth and Dauphin streets on June
26 and 81. when the usual refresh
ments will be purveyed and music will
be furnished by the Goldsboro Band.
The receipts from this entertain
ment will be used to entertain the
visiting firemen who are guests of the
Kelley during commencement week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
TO ATTEND CONVENTION

The annual State convention of the
Sons of Veterans will be held next
Wednesday and Thursday, June Z and
is, at Sunbury. Representatives from
all the branches of the Sons of Vet
Grams from all parts of the State will
attend. Those from this city that
will attend are: Karl Stewart, Ray
Stewart, C. F. Neely, C. Day Rudy, D.
w. Cotterel, w. S. Steele and d. D.
Hammelbaugh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
BY DOROTHY DIX.

In a recent inter-
view in a Paris pa
per Madame Bern :
hardt explained what
Silas Wegg would
call the decline and
fail of matrimony."
She said:
IF the customs of
my youth were now
prevalent and the
young people of to-
day were not allowed
to mingle so much
without hindrance,
the marriage returns
would rapidly in
crease"
Same here. The
divine Sarah - the
wise Sarah-has put
her finger on the
prily of the whole
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
CHURCH CORNERSTONE LAID

Penryn, June 11.-With Impressive
ceremonies the cornerstone of the
new Jerusalem Reformed Church was
laid to-day, before more than a thou
sand people. The Rev. George B. Rae
zer, of Lititz. had charge and the Rev.
A. o. Bartholomew, of Mannheim.
preached the sermon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-11
/. o. o. r. MEMORIAL SERVICE

Special TO The Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa, June 11.-Ac-
cording to the request of the Grand