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Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Informal Party at
Miss Winters Home.


Miss Winters Home.
Last Saturday evening Miss Ruin
Winters entertained a few friends at
her home, 1853 Seventh Street, About
twelve guests assembled and danced
away the merry hours, For those who
did not dance games were provided,
and as the evening grew old all aban
doned the floor and Joined In the
milder amusement. Miss Winters
guests were: Misses Helen Kelly. Ma
donna Hogan, Margaret Gross, Heller
Cunningham, Louise Cunningham
Madeline Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. H. r
Hoke. Messrs. Ralph Rohrer Dor
Hart, William H. Springer, H. W. Ge
hiring and Cecil PAIGE.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Third Party of
Delightful Series

Mrs. Charles Tamme and heI
daughter, Miss Emma, were hostesscs
this afternoon at their third Satur
day afternoon party at their home on
North Sixth street. Six handed euchre
was played and a dainty luncheon
was served. The guests were Mrs.
Chris Wiegand, Mrs. A. T. Rogers,
---, .----~5. ". DVnavIOi, va ., ".
e. Kaser, Mrs. Herman Ilfeld Mrs. R.
Prentice, Mrs. H. J. Ryan, Mrs. X. d.
Goodall, Mrs. H. S. Van Petten, Mrs.
w J. Lucas, Mrs. B. T. Mills, Mrs. D.
T. Hoskins, Mrs. R. G. Head, Mrs. H.
p. Browne, Mrs. A. F. Morrissette,
Mrs. F. A. Manzanares, Mrs. r. j.
Taupert, Mrs Johanna Vollmer, Mrs.
Charles Greenclay, Mrs. William Ros-
enthal Mrs. Charles Rosenthal, Mrs.
c. H. Baily, Mrs. Mary Bearinger,
Mrs. w. p, Southard, Mrs. Cecilio
Rosenwald, Mrs. G. H. Schirmer, Mrs.
Colbert c. Root, Mrs. Ludwig Ilfeld
Mrs. Stephen Powers, Mrs. F. L.
Myers, Mrs. Penny, Mrs. Jose Baca,
Mrs. Bert Adams, Mrs. Charles Spiess
Mrs. E. w. Hart, Mrs. d. G.. Leahy
Miss Mary Davis, Mrs. Erie Hoke
Mrs. Ben Strickfaden, Mrs. A. H
Whitmore, Miss Eta Head, Mrs. d
Rosenwald, Mrs. Ed Lewis, Mrs. e
L. Hammond, Mrs. E e. Johnson
Mrs. j, s. Duncan, Jr., Mrs. Harriet
Van Petten and Mrs. w. E. Gortner.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Mrs. Morrison Gives
Five Hundred Party

Mrs. George E. Morrison entertained
few of her friends yesterday after
noon at Five Hundred. Delicious re-
freshments were served, following a
most enjoyable session at cards.
Among those present were Mrs. Cliff
ford Plew, Mrs. ]. Baker, Mrs. L. e.
Bell, Mrs. ]. ], Laubach. Mrs. Num-,
Mrs. T. ]. haywood and Mrs. b. F.
MCGUIRE.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Hdyride Party
70 Romeroville

Wednesday the members of the La
dies Aid society of the First Method
ist church were given hay ride pic
mic to Romeroville by Mrs. G. E. Suhr.
Tho picnic grounds were reached about
noon and the ladies proceeded forth
with to do full justice to the contents
OF the well-filled baskets. During the
afternoon many of those present who
had taken their "fancywork" along sat
about sewing and chatting, while 9th
ers went camera hunting or padded
in the stream. Mrs. Suhrs guests
we're Mrs. A. H. Speicher, Mrs. John
Arbuckle, Mrs. Charles Carscallen,
Mrs. George Laemmle, Mrs. G. P.
Sears, Mrs. P. p Mackel, Mrs. G. v.
Hedgcock, Mrs. Herman Kroner, Mrs.
l.. L. Bryson, Mrs. G. w. Perry, Mrs.
F, E. Yoakum Mrs. C. E. Hagelburg.
and Miss L. NJ. Perry.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Sorosis Holds
interesting Meeting

oOfOSfS AiSfNS
interesting Meeting
On Monday afternoon Sorosis met
with Mrs. Larllin on Twelfth street.
The program was profitable as well
as highly enjoyable. Proverbs" was
the studied subject. Mrs. A. D. Hig-
gins led the meeting and gave an in
teresting paper on 'Poetical Prov
cribs" A paper written by Mrs. VIII
Iiams was also read by the leader.
A discussion of the Psalms was given
by Miss Adlon.
The meeting closed with the round
table in which each member present
was called upon for her favoritt
proverbial sonnet.
= q =
st. Pauls Guild will not hold a reg
ular meeting next week, on account
of the entertainment to be given b.
the organization Tuesday evening.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-19
Try calduI. Your druggist sells It.

B1r5fs 10 Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn, for sterfal
N@sfyNefioNf on y1ur case and 64-paga book Home
Treatment Ter Wamsn. ln plain wrapper. NO. lel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

1F1 WINE AMI NAbLE
Kansas City-John G. Gustafsonr
head of local Burns detective agency
arrested on warrant charging him
with being in conspiracy to attempt tc
bride county commissioner Of Doug.
las county, Nebraska.
Rancocas, N. J.-ChFistian Stem.
mer, u, suicided by drowning.
Yonkers, N. Y.-Keeping promise
she made before accident rendered
her fiance hopeless cripple, Hilda
Dahlgren married Oscar Fried, who
has bot hlegs paralyzed and both
arms amputated.
New York.-Fund of $4,000 for
Irish national volunteers aim OF
movement launched by United Irish
League of America and Irish National
Volunteers fund committee.
New York.-Mrs. Lucy S. Open
helm granted divorce from James OPP
penheim, author.
ConneIlsViIIe, Pa.-BeIieVed fear OF
contracting hydrophobia caused
death of Frank Bell, bitten by dog.
New York.-"You'Ve got me right"
boastfully. said Juliano Daliano, 8,
when arrested at Coney Island in the
act of picking woman's pocket.
New Orleans.-2 more cases of bu-
bonic plague reported making 13.
Auckland, N. Z.-Protection of
husbands against wives urged by
mayor who claims many men are in
danger of their lives at wives hands.
Buffalo, persons injured, 2 prob
ably fatally, when street car rammed
motor truck carrying 13 passengers.
Racine, Wis. John Sorenson,
prisoner in county jail, found to have
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

Kane, Pd.-John Horseback and
John Cardense rocked rowboat. Both
drowned.
Observation-Disclosures increased
lumber rates from Kentucky and Ten
nessee points to Nashville, Tenn, de-
clared unreasonable and ordered can
celed by interstate commerce COM
mission.
Murphysboro, III.-McKinIey Min
kins, negro, who killed Louis Brad
ley when trainmen tried to force ne
groes from car, captured. Two COM
panions also held.
Paris.-Lieut. VaIIensi, French aVi-
ator corps, killed when monoplane fell
500 feet at Juvisy.
Bear Creek, Wis.-WiIIiam Worth,
Is, and William and Reynold Krause
drowned in Embarrass river. Worth
sank and Krause brothers tried to
rescue him. Dragged both under.
MiIwaukee.-25,o0 members Or
der of Moose here for convention.
Valparaiso, Ind.-Bids asked for
construction of Calumet ditch, drain
age project whic hwil change course
of Little Calumet river and reclaim
$4,000 acres of swamp in Northern |
Indiana.
Sterling, III.-Engineer Louis Van |
Vlack, Chicago, dropped dead in loco
motive cab. Discovered when Over |
land limited passed through Sterling |
at so miles an hour without Stacking |
speed. Fireman shut off engine.
Il
stein, noted dramatist, intends to
write play based on tragic situations
in connection with Caillaux trial.
Hammondsport, N. Y.-Lt. Porte
will postpone transatlantic flight I'M
til after Oct. 1.
Akron, O.-AndreW Pucini admit
ted in juvenile court he had agreed
to sell 16-year-old daughter to 60
year-old admirer for sixty city lots.
Sale off.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27
SENATE TO GET BoALT STORY

Washington, July 27.-SecretarY of
the Navy Daniels will send to the SEN
ate tomorrow the testimony in the
investigation of Ensign William Rich
ardson charged by Correspondent
Fred L. Boalt with applying the law
of flight to Mexicans at Vera Cruz.
At the same time he will make this
public.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
~

Copyright. 1914, by w. Werner.)
1t was Saturday morning at the big
store, and a rainy Saturday morning
at that. Vida Page always felt that
Saturday and rain combined made for
wretchedness. If anything disagree
able eve happened in the store, if the
manager we're cranky or the cashier
faultfinding. it was on a rainy Satur-
day of all days She had gone to the
store prepared for the worst.
Vida Page worked at the dress
goods counter. She had never worked
anywhere else since that day four
years before when she had oecn taken
on as all extra" to help out during
the holiday trade and had pleased so
we'll that there had been no sparing
her thereafter. But she had hnd to
work hard for her knowledge Of
weaves inc prices and harder.for her
knowledge of people. for she had not
the least idea of either from Il COM
mercial standpoint when she entered
the business world for the first time.
She had been brought up on Pink
street, Westmore. Pink street holds
something of the same position that
Fifth avenue does In New York.
Westmorians speak of the street"
just as the metropolitan speaks of
Z" the avenue" The Page house was
not the biggest and best on Pink
street, but its responsibility was as
old as the Oldest. Vida had been
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
REFUTTNG THE MILITARIsTs.

1t is the favorite argument Of the
militarists that a people. in order to
preserve its courage and its fighting
edge, should take part in a war every
now and then. But little Belgium's
heroic defense against the Germans
constitutes an overwhelming refuta-
ton of that idea. Ever since 1880,
when the Belgians won their indie
pendence from the Dutch and were
neutralized by the powers, they have
pursued a peaceful, industrial career,
while the nations of Europe were war
ring all around them. But one fails
to note among them any lack of the
manly virtues, of military prowess, as
a result of then prolonged peace.
Rather it Gems to be true that their
long respite from war has given them
a freshness and a courage which Is
not equaled. and certainly not exceed
ed, by any Of the warning peoples.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13

reared as a home girl, She had been
taught to play the fiddle and wear
pretty frocks gracefully. It was not
her fault, of course, that her fathers
business wen to pieces suddenly and
left him without a plank to float on,
SO to speak. But some people there
We're who held his failure gainst her.
She had no mother to teach her what
to spend and what not to spend, and
her Aunt Jennie was not 'smart'-a
good soul truly, but terribly lack
ing"
The failure killed Mr.. Page within
a month. The wreck and the death
We're old stories,' and Vida n her
aunt were living in rented rooms with
a little necessary household truck
about them. There was not a dollar
left to live on, and all poor old Aunt
Jennie could do was to walk about
dabbing at her fearful cheeks with a
handkerchief.
Vida braced herself to shoulder the
whole problem of their future living.
She had her fiddle, and she hoped to
give lessons. But a thorough can
vass and much advertising only re-
suited in two pupils. There came a
day when she put her fiddle sorrow
fully back into it's case and turned
the key on it. 1t had failed her as a
tool whereby she could earn bread.
That Christmas she went into Lam
bert's store and stayed. It was hard
at first. The women whom she had
found SO pleasant just a short time
before were ~noticeably naughty when
they came to buy dress goods of her.
She accepted the new standard they
set for her and drew back, until
among the other store people she
came to be known as 1.-The unfriendly
girl" Her one dear friend was Aunt
Jennie, and they took a good deal of
quiet comfort together.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
THURSDAY. AUGUST 10, 1914.
THE BATTIESHIP AND THE
SUBMARINE.

me discussion of the effectiveness
of submarines against battleships has
been going or among the experts for
some time. The latest echo is an ar
ticle in the London Nation, published
a few days before the outbreak of
general hostilities,
THE experience gained in the last
~naneuvers," the article states. rs
supposed to he a secret of the en-
perts: but though the details are con
cealed, it Is generally known thai the
submarines succeeded III putting a
large proportion of the capital ships
opposed to them out Of action. And
since this result in every instance fol
lowed an actual hit, it Is hard to see
where the conditions were unreal"
The writer who is evidently a
strong hacker Of the submarine. de-
clares that, given favorable conditions,
the conclusion would seem to be that
the battleship can only be the passive
prey Of the submarine, and that ut is
no substantial comfort to know that
on"a dark and stormy night a battle
ship might he fairly safe in mid
ocean,
Unfortunately from one standpoint,
fortunately from the expert point of
view. the test is apparently at hand
for these opposing theories. 1t may
chow that the nations have been
wasting their money m b%attleships or
that the submarine, like the torpedo
boat, does not demonstrate sufficient
effectiveness to render the battle
ships useless.
AS between the battleships and sub
marines and torpedo boats, however,
1t is reasonably safe to make this dis
tinction: The human element will
have a larger play in the smaller than
in the larger craft. That nations
submarines and torpedo boats will do
the most damage, which has the
hardest, alertest, boldest and most
desperate men to run them.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13

whispered excitedly. II guess that
in after all. Hurrah for Bright
Spot"
1t had ceased raining when Vida
She was very tired. Aunt Jennie had
tea ready, and Vida sat down to it
feeling that it vas hardly worth while
to go out again to dinner she did not
care for. And yet she was afraid not
to go. It might be that Paul Morton
would feel offense If she stayed away.
The telephone bell rang before h
had finished her first cup of tea. An
swering it Vida heard Mrs. Lambert's
voice: you're coming to my broth
er's dinner party, Of course, Miss
Page. And won't you bring your vio-
lin? There may be a wait for din
ner, it being impromptu, and I think
it would be nice to fill in the delay
wit hmusic. I'm going to sing and
Miss Archer will play"
Vida said she would. She had kept
up her music in spite of her work.
1t seemed now that she must go. And
she went to find something to wear
In four years she had not had any,
thing new other than black skirts and
shirtwaists and an occasional hat.
She thought of appearing in her store
uniform. But this idea Mortified Aunt
Jennie, who was rummaging franti-
cally amidst their old finery. Pres
emily she, brought forth a Powered
silk organdy dress. The skirt was too
full, of course, but otherwise it could
be made to do.
Bring me the scissors and thread
an iron on to heat" commanded Aunt
Jennie.
1t was nearly s o'clock when Vida
entered the parlor of the Fuller house.
The was full. Miss Archer was
playing something on the piano. Vi
da's entrance silenced the music and
the low-toned chatter. Paul Morton,
In evening dress. with a white flower
in his buttonhole, stepped forward to
greet her. Their eyes met. 1t came
to Vida that he really was seeing her
for. the first time.
No wonder. She was well worth
seeing. Tall, straight; with her black
hair loose about her flushed face, and
done in quite a different way; her
pretty throat bare, her arms bare, too,
and all her youth and loneliness en-
hanced by the pink Aim Of her dress,
and that old lace Of Aunt Jennie's,
which concealed the fact hat the
shoulder seams were too short and
lIloS AC WCAS wv q PhSAC1S AL
the bodice.
It was Louise Spencer who told her
the truth when she kissed her. "You
look grand, Vida. But anybody
who'd know you in the store wouldn't
know you now, fixed up like you are"
she said.
Vida had brought her violin and she
played of. course. There was Just time
for that before dinner was announced.
She sat at Paul's right hand. his sis
ter at his left. The Fuller house
had, done its best in the way Of lights
and flowers and viands, and the effect
was. a surprise, There were toasts.
and then Paul. wearing the new fob,
rose and thanked them all for 1t.
And his brother-in-law, rising after
him, presented him as the new part
ner.
It was all a great success and a
great happiness. Afterward. Paul
walked home with Vida. The sky
was full Of stars. They walked slowly
and had q great deaito say. And Paul
carried the violin.
Tomorrow afternoon he said,
"I'm coming to call on your Aunt
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13

visiting the barns and passing cont
pliments on the condition of the sta
bles.
The particular man in question
during the last summer was alwats
certain of compliments and his stable
left nothing to be desired in the way
OF cleanliness. One day as the Ia
specior was taking a last look at the
premises, which seemed spotlessiJ
neat and clean. he frowned.
His eye CHANGED to fall on a cob
web in a dim corner of one of tire
stalls The horse lover saw the in
spector's face change and also the
cause of It. He spoke up quickly:
II keep that there web. inspec-
tor he said. ito catch the flies. The
way they torment that mare is some
thin terrible"
A group of Boston physicians
gathered together for Harvard COM
msncement week festivities were
swapping stories.
An unfortunate man." said one,
was seized suddenly on the street
with cramps. He was hurried de-
spite his protests to a hospital. The
physicians there looked him over,
poked him and said:
I'VE may as we'll remove your ap-
pc dix
lis it necessarily asked the trem-
bling victim.
Its not necessary said. one ply
sltan. but 1t Is customary"
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
SOME T.

Friday has a long list to Its debit
as a day for crises in the money mar
ket and unhappy vents Of history.
The original Black Friday was De-
cember g.. 1745, with a run on the
Bank Of England. caused by the pro-
gress of the Pretender.
Black Friday. May II. 1866, was the
day overund, Quincy & Co. failed in
London; one OF the worst up to that
time.
Black Friday, Sept. "a. 1869, a dis
a%strous day for the United States,
caused by the efforts to corner gold,
called the Gold Conspiracy" and re-
ferred to as the most extraordinary
day in Wall street history.
Black Friday, Sept. 10, 1873, the
great financial crash which was fol-
lowed by a widespread panic.
Friday. July 81, 1914, Germany pro-
claims a STATE Of war and the New
York Stock Exchange remains closed
to avert disaster.
There is a vein Of superstition in
nearly every m Of us, and while the
absurdity Of laying the blame for any
calamity upon some particular day Of
the week is apparent, at the same
time we have come to watch Friday
with a somewhat suspicious eye, and
the habit of earlier times with asso-
ciating Friday with unhappy events,
past or to come, has followed us and
probably is the direct result of i'm
pressions left on our ancestors by
BLACK Friday To be fair with Fri
day, some are inclined to look with
a friendly attitude upon this day of
the week, II II history was delved
into there is little doubt but that hap
pier events in world epochs have oc-
Cured on the day as we'll as any 9TH
err of the week, Again. it is in CLOSE
communication with the week end.
and we all look forward to Saturday
and the Sabbath with restful antici-
patton. offering as they do a relaxa-
ton from the cares and toll of daily
life, and We should not be too hard
on the next door neighbor in the
"GohS 'diciludI, SNeE"Il custom ana
a summing up of the gloomy spots in
our, existence has given it a black eve
and placed 1T under general suspic-
ion.
Life is much as we take it and as
we make it. 1t can be made up of not
only BLACK Fridays" but the other
days of the week may be set aside in
which to hold open court for the
gloonas. The sun shines and the rain
falls; the seasons come and 20, and
mere man has little to dc with it all.
He a make each day a black or a
bright one, regardless of superstition,
and it is not for the betterment of
himself as an individual or the HUI
man race in general. to put too much
stress upon the days which have been
dark and gloomy" The "Song of the
Brook" kindles in the human heart an
ambition to know and appreciate the
good in life fully as much as does
the forlorn and depressing poetic wall,
The Raven Dark Fridays or dark
Mondays are much the creature of an
imagination which has come to seek
them out, in morbid preference to the
bright days Of an existence, which at
best must be brief and Of little ac-
count We're it not for the hope beyond.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
THE Trail Of the Lonesome Pine"
as it has been dramatized by Eugene
Walter. is a true and thrilling story
OF the mountains of Virginia, present
ed in the purity of it's sentiment, the
uplift of its moral and the poetry Of
its romance, as the million and odd
eaders of John Fox's delightful sto-
ry, remember June and her primitive
ways. The story of romantic love is
not exaggerated, neither does Isa-
nelle Lowe, who p~ortrays the role of
the delightful mountain character.
accentuate 1t unnecessarily, but pre-
sents rather the beautiful, rustic SIM
pliclty of the mountaineer's daughter.
as she sits beneath the lonely pine
awed by the sobs and signs that come
from Its branches as they yibrate in
the mountain breeze and being arous-
ca to the verge of passion only when
sne realizes that the dense Ignorance
or her kinfolk has attributed baser
MOVIES to the tremendous love she
pears Jack Hale. Eugene Waiter
never wrote a better play; it is pre-
sented by a most capable company
ana is an unusually fine production.
Inc play m to the Metropolitan
on Monday, Aug. IL.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
Fatty Beuowess Mother Sent Him Down With HlsF Fathers Collars and Two

fond OF is boys. Fatty excaiped & sed
he woant go back thare agen.
Andy also says that Chimes eat
dogs. & all the fellers are keeping
thares locked up, but we are going
to show h Chinee WHARF Old Griggs
Heaps his dog, the 1 that watches his
mellun patch.
Milo Higgins sed thay ct rats -moar
than anything else. SO this afternoon
we are going up to Boil .Haynes's
fathers barn WHARF thay are 100Os
Of them & ketch some. Probly the
Chinee will be so glad to get them
he will not try to etc amy feller's
deg
YOU OUGHT TO SEAN STEVE.
Steve Hardy got sweat n Lilac
Grimes & she sed she would marry
him oanly he dident look ,oald enuff.
30 steve went hoam & got a shert q
collier OF his farthers & put them on.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
COST IN HUMAN LIFE.

New York Herald: OF particular
of killed n wounded in the recent
European wars-'little s%quabbles in
the Balkans they are sometimes de-
scribed. Prof. Octave Laurent has
summed up these losses of human life
In the account of his eleven months
experience as a surgeon with the Bull
sarian troops, which has Just been
published in Paris. He writes for his
surgical colleagues, not to produce a
sensation.
Bulgaria. with 4,3oo, 900 inhabitants,
put 100000 soldiers in the field. OF
these $4,000 were wounded and 10000
killed in the first war and Is, 900 killed
and $4,000 wounded in the second.
Altogether 10000 killed and wound
ed-one-third Of the effective force of
the army and three per cent of the
population. There was one death out
of every four injured, a very high
figure.
In the last Balkan wal 10000 men
on both sides were killed or wounded
on the field in a single month. Eighty
thousand Of these fell on the banks of
the Bregnalitza in the six days from
June 80 to July s, 1913.
Prof. Laurent. quotes an authorlta-
tive prophecy to the effect that a zero
added to these figures would give the
losses In a European war which
would line UP two armies of the great
powers There would be not less thar
l.e60,000 wounded and killed in a
month. once the forces We're fully in
the field. The figures may be exag-
Eerated, but they come approved by
3 professional expert who has Just had
the latest possible experience.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-13
THE GROWTH OF THE DRUG
HABIT.

Evidences accumulate that the drug
habit lis srowins at an appalling rate
In this country.
y u claimed that this country uses
more opium than China, and that 1t
has become the chief market OF the
worid for this deadly drug. There is
not h~abit-forming drug which has
not 10 Thousands Of victims In this
country. and recon statistics show q
TERRIBLE spread Of these habits which
deetsoy soul and body.
IheSS drugs Kill more people than