davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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was: For native whites of native
parentage, 1874 per cent; for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
| 70.4 per cent; for foreign born white,
SS.3 per cent: and for negroes, SSS
per cent.
OF the 29,o46 gainfully occupied fe-
males in 1910, 1913 We're native
whites of native parentage, 1894 ma
tive whites of foreign or mixed par
entase, $3.50 foreign born whites. Sc
negroes, and SS other colored The
proportion which the gainfully occu-
pied females formed of ali the fe-
| males 10 years of age and over in
each principal class of the popula-
tion was: For native whites of native
parentase, l5:2 per cent: for native
whites OF foreign or mixed parentage.
ia per cent. and for negroes, 43.4
per cent.
The gainfully occupied males in
1910 were distributed. according to
age periods as follows: o to 13 years.
2,294; II to / 5 years, 1855; l6 to 20
years 21.S12: q to A years, and age
unknown. 12l.01l: and As years and
over. $500. The proportion which
the gainfully occupied males formed
Of all males iii each age period was:
For those 10 to 3 years of age, "a
per cent: for those Ia to i 5 years of
| age. 31.9 per cent: for those 16 to 20
years of age, 7o.5 per cent; for those
21 to "A years Of age, $40 per cent
that is. all but men in every 100
had gainful occupations; and for those
AS years Of age and over S5.5 per cent.
The gainfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according to
age periods. as follows: 10 to 13 years
562: II to Is years, SCI; 16 to 20
years, 1879: 81 to "a years, and age
unknown. 16.4S5; and AS years and
over. 3,25a. The proportion which
the eainfully occupied females form
| ed Of all females in each age period
was: For those 10 to 13 years Of age,
"a per cent; for those 16 to 20 years
of age. 2S.6 per cent; for those 81 to
a. years Of age. 1872 per cent: and
for those As years of age and over,
1912 per cent.
In North Dakota in 1910 there were
5.929 males and 1,423 females 10 to
ID years Of age engaged in gainful
occupations: or, stated otherwise, 1875
per cent Of the males and AZ per cent
Of the females Is to As years of age
were 1926 males and 1,019 females
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4 n 4 4 = 4 = . = + 4
LAUGH WITH US 4.
x X X X X X X X X X

a y y X * X Y -
Miss vane-"He was talking to you
about me, wasn't he?"
! Miss Speitz-"Well, yes"
Miss Vane-"I thought heard him
remark that I had a thick head Of
hair"
Miss speitz-"Partly correct. He
didn't mention your hair, however"
Owing to the shallowness of a GER
tain harbor the ships trading to and
from it have to be built with a light
draft. Commenting on this fact one
day. facetious individual remarked
to the skipper of steamer:
II reckon, captain. you would think
nothing Of running your ship across a
meadow on dewy night?"
Nothing at ALL" came the reply;
though, to make sure, might send
a man ahead with a watering can"
Debutante-He said he would go
through raging flood just to look
into my eyes.
Debutante-No; last night he
'phoned that it was raining too hard
for him to call-Judge.
Exe-What ridiculous, impossible
things these fashion plates are!
Mrs. Exe-I know they used to be.
but today many Of them are 'engrav-
ed from photographs.
Exe-Well, this one can't be. Here
are two women going in opposite di-
rections, both with new gowns on and
neither looking back at the other.
Two Marylanders. who were visiting
the national museum at Washington,
were standing in front Of an Egyp-
tian mummy, over which hung a plac-
ard bearing the inscription "B. G.
1887"
Both visitors were much mystified
thereby. Said one:
What do you make Of that. Billy?
"Well," said Bill, "I dunno, but
maybe it was the number of the mo-
tor car that killed him."
While conversing with a friend of
not long standing a few days ago q
certain millionaire was seen to smile
in his characteristic way.
Il understand you began life as
newsboy." observed the friend admir-
ingly.
No. replied the millionaire.
Some one has been fooling you. I
began life as an infant. nt."-Lippincott's
The great John Philpott Curran
was once addressing a jury in an Inn
portant case. Dung his speech he
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-16
Worse to Conc.
EyFarren

worse 10 NOluC.
The regular trombone player of a
Scottish orchestra was laid up with q
cold, and the conductor reluctantly ac-
cepted the services Of a brass band
amateur. He was a little doubtful,
however, as to the suitability of his
substitute.
After the first performance the new
player asked the conductor how he
had done.
The conductor replied that he had
done pretty fairly but that perhaps he
would do better next night.
The newcomer, eyeing him grateful
ly, answered:
tae me the nicht, and I'm no just
shair OF vet, but you wait tae the
morn's nicht an yell no hear ane O.
thae fiddles at az .t,
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BLEsr BE THE MEEK.

When DR.. Creighton was bishop O.
London" said the present bishop u
London. "he rode on a train one day
with small, meek curate. DR.
Creighton, an ardent lover of tobacco
soon took out his cigar case and, witt
a smile, said:
You don't mind my smoking,
suppose?'
The meek curate bowed and an.
swered humbly, Not II your lordshil
doesn't mind my being sick.''
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observed that the Judge shook his
head. Fearing the gesture should
have an adverse influence on the jury,
Curran warmed up for the moment
and said:
Il see, gentlemen, the motion OF his
lordship's head. but, believe me, If
you remain here many days you will
see that when his lordship shakes his
head there's nothing in It."
"Is dem you-all's chickens?''
Cohee dey my-alps chickens
Whose chickens did you s'pose dey
was?"
Il wash s'posin' nuffln, about 'em.
But will say dat it's mighty lucky
dat chicken won come a-runnin' an
a-waggin' its tail when its regular
owner whistles, same as A. dog"
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wood in a marble fireplace sounds ro-
mantle: II is. because. curiously enough.
inconvenience always attends romance.
No, the coal man does not sell wood
and you have to go of on an entirely
new scent Everybody who has n few
olive trees sells wood. They do not do
anything so expensive and thorough as
- cut down a tree and cord II up; they
simply shave OF the roots which have
a convenient way OF growing up out OF
the ground.
Some days after the word was sent
out that We required wood n woman
appeared. sturdy and putting. with what
looked to be about quarter Of a cord
of wood of a knotty kind in huge
basket which she carried on her head
and weighed out and charged us for at
so much a pound. Olive tree roots
wound lovingly around big stones the
size of cobble, which had grown up
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No middleman here to account for
eggs at S cents each.
A nerve racking struggle for food.

with them, even at a cent a pound, did
not by any means furnish us with a
cheap fuel. especially when most of its
smouldering heat was absorbed by the
chilly hearth or went smokily up the
chimney,
We turned to coal at twice the
American price. something like $12 a
ton for what was called anthracite. but
which bore little resemblance to that
whose praises were sung by Phoebe
Snow. 1t looked and burned like shale.
but the mistral had already begun to
blow through the mimosa trees of our
garden. Gould we get ton Of the
stuff?" Every one looked dubious and
suspected that We We're endeavoring to
introduce some cornering trust custom
from America.
After much negotiation n cheerful
native arrived with a donkey and a
basket Of coal. The donkey and q
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basket is the conventional Mediter-
ranean method of land transport. You
pay for your coal by the basket, but
also by weight. and the basket is
weighed in; you also pay extra for
each flight OF stairs up which II liz car
red II you live in an apartment. There
is no more reason for giving the man a
tip than the donkey, but you dot is
the habit Of the country.
Heat In Italy Is also full OF romance.
There you carry your fire around with
you. q "scaldini," or brazier. full OF hot
Goals. which you move about from room
to room. II you copy the Italian you
confine yourself to one and selfishly
gather 1t under your skirts. which is
possible even with the present fashion,
for one wears outdoor wraps in the
house. II you are American in your
feelings you collect number in circle,
take the services Of an extra servant to
keep them going and sit in the middle
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Arabs market eggs at 80
cents, quite muSty.

perienced eye. We calculated that the
wood for q Spanish winter might
amount to as much as $500. and decided
that a friend Of ours was right who
said that the time to visit warm coun-
tries was in summer
There is by the way, an ingenious
method OF doubling up laundry charges
here in the south by charging for wash
ing and ironing separately. They are
supposed to be two distinct accomplish
ments, employing two separate sets Of
workers. There Is also another delicate
distinction between ironing with water"
and ironing with starch" and any way
it is explained turns OF course in the
laundress's favor.
The staple articles of food harbor the
biggest price surprises one will meet
along the enchanted southern coast. A
lack OF green grass permits the popula-
ton to throw of all responsibility of
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at rentals which on the surface seem
not at all expensive. Thus you fall
under their enchantment. But you
will have to work good deal harder at
your housekeeping than you do at
home.
recall our first Mediterranean villa
eight rooms, palms, flowers. charming
outlook, a veritable dream of a place,
and oh, So cheap-until We got in. Our
landlady was hurt first Of all over our
request for electric lighting. Electricity,
which is harnessed to every noun
tain stream, should be plentiful and
cheap on this mountain fringed coast.
But electricity is very bad for your
eyes" she demurred; gas Is much
better" Was there gas? Yes, there
was; one jet each in the dining room
and kitchen" But in the other rooms :?
"Oh, but you had much better use a
candle" she ingratiatingly smiled.
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Further South You Go in Europe the Higher the Cost of
Living-Most Progressive Scale of Prices the
Continent Found Around Mediterranean

Candles at ! cents each cost consid-
erably more than gas. though We
finally came to using them after all.
when. after paying dear ourselves for
the electric installation and electricity
at double Manhattan prices. We found
that whenever that peculiar north wind
Of the Mediterranean blew our electric
lamps fickered like irregular batting
or went out for hours at a time And
our landlady ultimately raised the rent
because We had improved her property
by installing electricity.
II was the burning question of heat
that next occupied us. \ fire of olive
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60 cents a pound. All butter along the
Mediterranean comes from the north Of
France or the north of Italy. and for
two consecutive winters We paid SO
cents a pound.
Ones greatest ingenuity is brought
into play when searching for that cor
ncrstone Of the cuisine. the daily egg.
Keep a hen warm and comfortable and
she will gratefully cackle over a daily
egg thus properly encouraged. Is she
encouraged here? Not when she is
housed in a treetop and given an icy
cellar for a run.
One Of the peculiarities of the food
question in this region is that you must
look for II in unlikely places. My hunt
for eggs in minor Riviera resort led
me to the local florist, who hung out a
sign reading: "Gufs du Jour" This
by Mediterranean standards meant an
egg which could I've made to cover a week
or even ten days since its birth-and the
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Of them. In which case II costs more
than would steam heat Of the most ex-
pensive variety. and besides you run
the risk Of being asphyxiated from the
charcoal fumes which emanate from
them.
In Spain We were advised that oak
wood. though more expensive than olive
wood, was better value. This was the
point Of view Of the people who sold 1t.
not ours. Our Spanish oak firewood
came down from the mountains OF Cas-
tile In paniers slung across the back of
a gayly caparisoned mule, led by a
naughty senior who drove him up to
our door with an air OF comforting a
favor upon US.
a certain sized stick cost four cents.
a larger one ten cents and SO on by a
delicately graduated scale Of prices,
which so far as the size Of the sticks
went could only be detected by an ex-
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We kept it to impress our American friends.

the "marchande de quatre saisons.
Pears may cost 20 cents a pound and
peaches double. and the latter are all
descendants of the Amsden peach
brought back from the Philadelphia
Centennial in 1876 by a Mediterranean
fruit grower. Ordinary grapes Of the
hillside cost 10 cents a pound.
Oranges can be as high as cents
in sight OF their home trees Rugged
apples of Spain command 8 and cents
each and extra big French ones as high
as 20 cents apiece, which rather
breaks the New York city record and
H. not doing badly in n commercial
way for a little Mediterranean winter
resort of population of not more
than n couple of thousand.
Ordinary bread in the country. and
the towns too. may be had. discreetly
reinforced with chalk in it's makeup.
for five cents "A pound. or perhaps 1t
will be half chestnut flour. which is
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imagine: they are simply loath To
bestir themselves and disturb their
routine more than can possibly he
avoided.
The moment you cut loose from the
protection Of a hotel and strike out
for yourself anywhere in sight of this
turquoise sea you get succession of
shocks. You dream Of a villa by the
Mediterranean: magic words Of ro-
nance which have lured many away
from the security Of comfortable
hotel.
There are plenty Of villas on all
hands. villas buried in sweet scented
gardens brushed by palm fronds. pic
turesque. shining white. with quaint
tiled roofs and rose powered terraces
amid orange and lemon groves. There
are palace villas Of Italy, pseudo
Moorish villas of Spain and Riviera
villas combining the beauties Of ALL and
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not so bad; something that gives weight
is usually added, II only an excess OF
water. Fancy bread small bread, pain
lie luxe" rises in price according to the
distinction Of the neighborhood and its
clientele. Three cents for "A tiny break
fast roll is not unusual.
Investigate the matter of fresh fish.
You are living on the shores of the
Mediterranean, full of excellent and
bountiful supplies OF fish. but fish is
not only luxury but "A rarity. and
when it can DE bought at all it's price
Is often greatly in excess of what you
would pay for the same thing in the
markets of London. Paris and Berlin.
This is not for the usual reason that the
fish is shipped away from where it is
caught. but from the fact that the
fisher people will not go out and catch
an adequate supply OF the fish that
are swimming about before their front
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Even the Turk finds time TO grow
eggs profitably at 3 cents.

price cents apiece. Turkish eggs
were fosted Off on me, a dubious pre-
served variety with the content of their
shells dwindled to nearly half their
original bulk. If the Turk, in the midst
of the Infatuated Balkans, finds time to
grow eggs and ship them Ave days
across the waters Of the Mediterranean,
tn be sold at cents each, why cannot
the peasants of the peaceful Riviera
background?
Eggs. quite musty three days over
from North Africa, were offered at 3h
cents the egg. II Arab hens can pick
up livelihood in the sand hills OF the
desert why cannot French and Italian
chickens be all the year round pro-
ducers with greener opportunities.
Meat has trebled In price all over
southern Europe In the last dozen years.
Casting up the average price OF beef
it comes to IS or more cents a
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played at their feet as they waded in
the Mediterranean and some ropes Of
macaroni.
History repeats itself. Down swooped
northern hordes driven before wintry
blasts and rudely disturbed them from
their blissful. slumberous existence,
from sitting on the sunny or the shady
side of a wall according to season, arous-
ing them to the tiresome and distasteful
duty Of providing for stream Of
strangers who were also coming to take
their places in the sun. Being socia-
bic race they would not have minded
the company so much had 1t not been so
exigent.
Living In Mediterranean countries
meansegOing without. 1t has taken the
native population some time to adjust
this simple phase OF economics to tho
bewiidering standard of foreign bred
clientele who will go without nothing
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that money will buy. who demand COM
forts that southern Europe regards as
fairy tale luXuries and who are con-
tinually prodding the unwilling SOUTH
ron to wake up and minister to their
needs.
The simple chldlke dweller by the
Mediterranean IL meeting the situation
with an unsupported business -acumen
by raising prices instead of supplies
1t is not that these people are trying to
stick the stranger who is invading
their places in the sun: they are not
really practising any get rich quick
schemes on the tourist, as many
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You find you have engaged
the Imperial Suite"

him to set out on another buccaneer.nr
expedition.
Tobacco in all its forms and matches
both being Government monopolies, ar"
conveniently found in the same shop.
The most ordinary tobacco costs be-
tween SO and 81 kilO and you can
take your choice OF box of forty
matches at one cent-fiendishly tipp"i
with brimstone-or "a box of sixty a,
two cents; in either case not more than
30 per cent. Of them can be cour'cl
upon to light.
Italy adds salt to the same elias f.
cation. for it Is sold by the tobacco -.
who weighs IL out to the housck, per
as previously as gold dusty the
ounce il you insist upon the best. IT,,
makes that of France seem cheap 80
cents pound. though for ccr-
tain we'll advertised brand you may pay
as much at 20 cents.
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one day you may get dcspera'' %
order some home delicaCics from r
don or Paris, where some cntorpr.- q.
grocer keeps them in stock for -
such as you. Then when your sup
reach the local railway station yuu ...
nave the local town tax or octru. . ..
to pay. No matter how insigntirnr
dlminutive the French town. thpI.
always tax at the barrier To- Zoe ..
on all provender brought in. the Gus r
belt Is buckled tight around every .
munity. Competition is not allow,t '
have anything to do with the adiu~
OF prices.
How can this high McdI,crrru.
cost OF living be rcduccd?"
There Is just one way" | hogan
"Of course" interrupted Ru,l..
Live in a first class hotel and you g..
still have cheap haircuts and ,a.,
flowers to even up the budget with
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Wood by the pound.

cheaper than anywhere else in sight Of
blue water" answered Richard thought
fully.
You can also buy the cheapest priced
flowers in the world almost anywhere
along its spectacular coastline." | re-
torted, but why should most things
between a BARRIERS shop and a bouquet
he more costly in southern Europe than
elsewhere"
1t Is barely twenty-five years since
the Riviera has become the winter re-
sort of cosmopolitan society with en-
pensive and fashionable tastes. Before
that time the easygoing. unworking
natives Of these southern shores were
quite content to live heatless. ligh;less
and waterless in houses designed some
centuries back, to live on a little olive
oil from few olive trees in their back
yards, some red wine from tiny Vine
yard on terraced hillside, fish that
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pound, and even so the best NUT .
ton is infinitely higher-perhaps 40
to As cents. while veal the staple
meat of the Mediterranean coun-
tries. is about the same. Italian
beefsteak is as tasteless and costly
az a French chicken.
one does not realize how heavy po-
tatoes are until you buy them at from
4 to 6 cents pound. Most smooth
vegetables are sold by weight. as Is
nearly all fruit. which mitigates against
uniform quality in an order and per-
mits extraordinary feats of legerde-
main with the hand scales in use by
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Your Dream of a Villa by the Inland Sea of Blue
Rudely Awakened When You Discover That
Living Means Going Without
Your

producing milk and butter. Milk often
comes from what is indefinitely called
up in the mountains" which may mean
any part of the French or Italian Alps
from the Mediterranean to Lake Leman
and from the upper Rhone Valley to
the Adriatic.
You can get a haircut for 10 cents
in Spain and shave for T." reiter-
ated Richard; "you don't call that dear?''
But milk that is brought to your
door in a tin pail at Is cents a quart
certainly is
Butter in Spain Is chiefly brought
from France and costs something like
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doors until it occurs to them that they
need little pocket money. Then They
put on the market Holsters az a
$125 a kilo, say as cents pound
and this Is not as they are served u It
Broadway restaurant. but squirm ~.
around in state OF nature pn
the Quayside of "A littel f>D ng
town of eight hundred souls.
Once having parted you from your
money the guileless fisherman. pc.
turesquely attired in "A blue jersey with
a red phrygian cap on his head. retire.
to his favorite cafe or plays boules with
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ny BLANCHE McMANus.

~ PTIMISTS who are still look
ing for that fairy pot Of
~ gold at the end of the rain
bow which stretches across
the Atlantic and Is labelled Cheap
Living Abroad will find 1t faded out at
Its Mediterranean end" remarked as
We sat on the rose powered terrace of a
villa on a winters day overlooking the
turquoise sea which has been RESPONSE
BILE for more poetry. romance and flc-
titious cheapness of living than any
other portion Of the touristable world.
still you can get haircut here
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-12

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II ths Neth
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Q appcintmd
the felsow'i1
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Doors

100 Doors go 90 I-S No. ..SI.5I
80 Doors 2-8 6-8 l I-8 No. :. 1856
100 Doors 2-Io Clio XII SO No. 2
Ks Cross Pannell -. =. ....... 2.26
We have over 300 Doors in all that go
along with the above.
We can give you glass doors from $3.2s
up. To convince you that you are getting
them at cost you are at liberty to see the
bill