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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-23
GETTING READY
BREEZY STORY ABOUT PREPAR-
ING AND DELIVERING
ELECTION BALLOTS.

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: The
ballot boxes and supplies for use in
the general election to be held Nov.
3 were delivered to Sheriff Kelley and
are being distributed by that official
to the forty-six voting precincts OF the
county. 1t was perhaps a record for
early delivery of election supplies in
this county. BY law, ballot boxes
must be delivered to the sheriff at
least ten days prior TO election and
the sheriff must in turn deliver them
to the superintendent of election at
least three days before election. This
veal the sheriff will have extra time
II which to distribute the boxes and
with the prevailing good weather the
task will not be difficult. If the
weather should change to rain or
snow, Mr.. Kelley ma imagine him
self a section of the commissary
department along the river Meuse
lin the western theater of action"
The sheriff is said to have troubles,
along with the rest OF mankind, in de-
livering ballot boxes. 1t requires
about ten minutes of explanation to
the wife of the absent superintendent
of election that she is signing a re-
ceipt for the ballot boxes and not a
promissory note. After driving ten
minutes, the sheriff suddenly remem-
to the boxes. Once rid OF the sus-
picious visitor, the lady of the house
pays no heed to his unwelcome return
to her door and shuns him as she
would a book agent or the measles.
The job of properly supplying and
packing the election supplies is no
task for a person suffering from any
of those peculiar American maladies
such as hook worm or brain storm.
The official who has this work in
charge should be at once a lawyer, a
proofreader, an athlete capable of go
ing the Marathon route and a diplo-
mat, if he hopes to put this task
across with neatness and dispatch.
The ballot boxes must be sufficiently
supplied with four kinds of official
and sample ballots; there must be
pens, ink. stamp pad, poll book, en-
velopes, unofficial returns, statements
by ballot clerks and other important
human beings, instruction cards in
several languages, election laws, ex-
pense bills, affidavits for persons I'M
able to walk, talk, make marks on
paper, or otherwise intelligently ex-
ercise the franchise of the great
American voter, affidavits of persons
who have declared an intention of be-
coming citizens of South Dakota in
stead of San Salvador, together with
other blanks and supplies too numer-
Gus and foolish to mention. Can 1t
be possible, in the event that woman
suffrage prevails, that added duties
of the auditor will cause him to in
clude with the election supplies such
things as massage cream, cans of tai
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-23
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files

Mrs. Herbert Downs ana TWO chill
dren departed today for California.
The sample and official ballots for
Lake county were printed at The
Daily Leader office today and are
formidable looking missives. Their
silent, but effective work, however,
will tell a tale after election.
Rev. ]. T. Evans, superintendent of
the American Bible society for this
district, spent the night in the city
looking over the affairs of the local
auxiliary. The depository will soon
be placed in charge OF c. III. Wood,
about $50 worth of new bibles have
been ordered and a call will soon be
made for a new election of local Of
icers.
Deputy Clerk of Courts Hugh Muir
ray today issued a license to wed to
Corliss S. Wing, 81, and Hattie l..
Royce, II, both of Ramona. Yester-
day the young man sought the license
himself, but was refused on account
of the tender years of the would be
bride, but today returned with the
father of the young lady, whose con-
sent he had, and so went away happy.
The republican rally at the Waskey
schoolhouse in Franklin last night
was largely attended by voters of all
parties. Mr.. Farmer had the opening
speech and invited questions for in
formation which was perhaps a little
premature as he was hardly launched
in his address when the pops began
to fire questions at him from all di-
-aAt.-r~ G1@--1 ~~1k III 4l.At- -..--t-
promptly for about two hours when
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-23

tainment and other means of secur-
ing funds are being resorted to. They
expect to raise $500 of the 81. goo
in Sioux Falls. AS this ship is a
worldwide charity, it is DESTROYS that
each state do as much as possible
toward loading it with presents and
good cheer. The ship will sail in the
early part of November, not later
than November 3, and those who
have any toys or presents to furnish
should communicate with Miss Fox at
once, or ship the offerings direct,
without preliminary correspondence.
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the cross firing subsidized, the enemy
apparently having u out of ammu-
milton, when he proceeded with his
address. DR.. A. Il. Clough followed
in a few timely remarks and though
anything but smooth the meeting was
not without profit, to the populists
at least.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

tars, what | believed to be love songs,
Tor I had begun to learn Italian.
ooh bella Napoli. oh suol beato
Onde soir dere VOLTA il create"
1t was late when Sister Angela
came back, and then she was breath.
ing hard, as if she had been running.
| asked if Father Giovannis sickness
was worse. and she said no, it was
better, and was TO say nothing
about it, But she could not rest and
at last she said:
Didn't we forget to say our
prayers, Nary"
So ! got up again and Sister An
gela said one of the beautiful prayers
out Of our prayer book. But her voice
was very low, and when she came to
the words:
80 Father of all mankind, forgive
all sinners who repent of their sins, "
she broke down altogether,
| thought she was i'll, but she said
ii was only cold she had caught in
crossing the garden. and | was to 60
to sleep like a good girl and think no
more about her
But in the middle of the night
aWoSe, and Sister Angela was crying.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

Angela sat together under the tree,
and afterwards walked to and fro
in the avenue between the stone
pines and the wall, until they came
to his cell in the corner, where she
craned her neck at the open door as
if she would have liked to go in and
make things more tidy and comfort
able.
On Christmas Day we had currant
cake in honor OF the feast, and Sis.er
Angela asked Father Giovanni to
come to tea, and he came, and was
quite cheerful, so that when the sister,
who was also very happy, signaled
to me to take some mistletoe from
the bottom of a picture | held it over
his head and kissed him from behind.
Then he snatched me up in his arms
and kissed me back. and we had a.
great romp round the chairs and the
tables
But the Ave Maria began to ring
from the churches, and Father Gil
ovanni according to the rule of our
convent) having to go. he kissed ne
again. and then | said
why don't YOU kiss Sister Angela,
too%'
At that they only looked at each
other and laughed. but after a mo-
ment he kissed her hand, and then she
went downstairs to see him out into
the garden
When she came back. her eyes were
sparkling and her cheeks We're
flushed, and that night, when she
took away her black and white whim.
PIE and gorget on going to bed she
stood before a looking glass and
wound her beautiful light hair round
her finger and curled it over her fore
head in the way 1t was worn by the
ladies we saw in the streets.
think it was two nights later that
she told me ! was TO go to bed early
because Father Giovanni was not well
and she would have to go over to see
him.
She went, and | got into bed, but ]
could not sleep, and while lay walt
ing for Sister Angela | listened to
some men who AS they crossed the
piaZZa. were singing, in tremulOus
voices, TO their mandolins and gui-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

speak to me like that, or you'll pay
for your presumption"
Pay? Presumption? You insolent
thing, you are corrupting the whole
school and are an utter disgrace to IL.
| warned you that | would tell the
Reverend Mother what you are, and
now I've a great mind to do it,"
do H. / dare you to do 1t. DO it
tonight, and tomorrow morning
will do something"
What viii you do, you brazen hus-
sy?' said Sister Angela, but | could
see that her lip was trembling
Never mind what. If I'm a hussy,
I'm not hypocrite, and as for cor
rupting the school and being a dis
grace to 1t, I'll leave the Reverend
Mother to say who is doing that"
Low as the light was, ] could sec
that Sister Angela was deadly pale.
There was a moment of silence In
which ! thought she glanced in my
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
| little Bobbie' S
Pa
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK.

ETY teecher gaiv eech of us sub
MI ieck to rite about for essay e
1FI brought my subjeck hoam to
show Pa & Ma last mite. The naim of
INV subjeck was The Gratest Hero in
History. l was going to rite it about
Leoni-das, the Spartan Teller wich held
a mass aggenst a whole army with only
a few men behind him & died with his
boots on.
No. my deer boy, sed Pa, not Leon
jdas. Leonidas was a singer men. He
wasent married.
What differents does that maik?I
asked Pa
A lot of differents. Pa sed to me- l
think if he had been married man ne
mite have been the gratest hero in his
torv. but remember, Robbie. sed Pa,
braiv married man is braiver than a
braiv singel man. He is moar of hero,
sed Pa.
Then how about Horashus at the
Bridge? | asked Pa. He wasent mar
ried, eether, sed Pa. At least. history
doesent say anything about him beeing
a married man. Wen you stop to think,
is hero, you will understand what
meen wen l want you to pick mar
ried man for the subjeck of this essay.
So | went & rote the essay about
George Washington. sed in the essay
that Washington was the gratest hero
OF all time bekaus he fought against
over whelming odds, wen his soljers
dident have enuff to eet & any shoes to
ware on thare feet at Valley Forge.
toald how Washington was planned
aggenst G. skeemed aggenst rite in his
own country as well as by his foes, &
how one of his braivest generals turned
traitor G. nearly broak Washington's
hart. toald how Washington>made a
crate reepubick & then refused to be
king. thought it was a pritty good es-
say, & l had littel poem in it, too witch
made up myself. 1t sed:
The gratest and the braivest one
That ever lived & died
Was General George Washington,
He is our Nashun's pride.
He fought the English long & well
G. won a glorus fite;
In all our hearts his naim does dwell
Wich is no moar than rite.
I think that is a vary good essay,
Bobbie. sed Ma. wen l had red it to Pa
& her.
doant think 1 cud have did much
better myself sed Pa. as far as riteing
the essay is concerned, but it seems to
me that Bobbie made a mistaik in call
ing Washington the greatest hero of all
time.
But Washington was a married man,
| toad Pa.
Yes sed Pa, but he only had one
wife. l think RELY CRATE hero, sed
Pa, was sum man like King David or
King Solomon, witch had about a thou
sand wives apeece. Think of what
sublime courage it takes to walk the
aisle to the altar a thousand times &
say II Do till you git a soar throte.
That is what l call reel hero, Pa
sed.
Doant mind any of pure fathers fool
ish talk, Bobbie, sed Ma, l will bet
yure teacher gives you the first prize
for yure essay"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
FIFTEENTH CHAPTER.

NToST Of the girls were depressed
MI when they returned to school,
but Alma was in high spirits,
and on the first night OF the term she
crept over to my bed and asked what
we had been doing during the holt
days
Not a thing, eh?'
answered that we had done lots OF
things and been very happy.
Happy? In this gloomy old con-
vent? You and Sister Angela alone?"
| told her We had two lay-sisters
and then there was Father Giovanni.
Father Giovanni? That serious
old cross bonesH
! said he was not always serious,
and that on Christmas Day he had
come to tea and kissed me under the
mlstletoe.
Kissed you under the mistletoe %
said Alma, and then she whispered
eagerly;
"He didn't kiss Sister Angela. did
he?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

direction, and then, stammering
something which / did not hear, she
left the dormitory.
It was long before she returned, and
when she did so | saw her creep into
her cubicle and sit there for quite a
great time before going to bed. My
heart was humping hard, for l had a
vague feeling that | had been partly
to blame for what had occurred, but
after while | fell asleep and remem-
bered no more until | was awakened
In the middle of the night by some
body kissing me in my sleep
To Be Continued To. morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Fourteenth Chapter-Continued

Next day the Reverend Mother
went off to her cottage at Nemi, and
the other nuns and novices to their
friends in the country, and then Sis
ter Angela and l were alone in the
big, empty, echoing convent--save for
two elderly lay sisters, who cooked
and cleaned for us, and the chaplain,
who lived by himself in a little white
hut like cell which stood at the
farthest corner of the garden.
We moved cur quarters to a room
in the front of the house, so as to
look out over the city and down Into
the plaza, which was full Of traffic,
and after a while we had many cheer
full hours together
During the days before Christmas
we spent our mornings in visiting
the little illuminated basilicas where
there were little Illuminated models of
the Nativity, with the Virgin and the
Infant Jesus in the stable among the
straw. The afternoons we spent at
home in the garden. where the chap
lain, in his black soutane and BIZ
retta, was always sitting under the
old tree, reading his breviary,
The Chaplain.
His name was Father Giovanni and
he was tall young man with long,
thin, pale face. and when Sister An
gela first took me up to him she
said:
This is our Margaret Mary"
Then his sad face broke into warm
sunshine, and he stroked my head,
and sent me away to skip with my
skipping rope, while he and Sister
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
Seeking a Illus
band
BY CONSTANCE CLARKE.

DO-DAY was my birthday. And /
think things are so very strange
in this big, wonderful world.
Dick sent me gift, actually sent me
something I had been wanting for ages
too. and / debated such a long time
about keeping it after the way l had
treated him.
You see, Dick didn't know how he
was acting at the time. A man is such
funny thing and Dick has been
brought up to regard women as inferior
He has always treated his mother and
sisters as though they could never de-
eide things for themselves, and l sup
pose his wife will have the same thing
to look forward 10. But I'm not going
to be his wife, although I did keep the
pink coral set. I had it on when the
bell rang about 5 o'clock and | was
curled up in mothers room on the couch
with a bad headache when Mary came
up and told me Dick was here. | start
ed up and my head throbbed warningly
and then I flew over to the mirror to
see II l looked well enough to go down.
My cheeks were very pink, and my
eyes looked dark, due to the headache,
JUL Va COURSE no "oiu newer hHoW
that. pulled the PINK coral earrings
down little lower, fuffed up my hair.
ana then went down to the library as
calmly as though Jack had run in to
call. Jack had sent me five pounds OF
canded fruits and l think they had
something to do with my headache
Dick was in one of the big leather
chairs and l came in so softly he didn't
hear me- Then ! said, Hello, Dick
Morris; weren't you nice to come and
see me on my birthdav?"
~,
WEy' you nave grown a mustache,
| gasped, as he jumped up and turned
around "Just think how long ir il
since I'VE seen o YOU ,,l'N DID DC" Won ,u"1 have =
nice trip abroad"
yes, but l got home for your birth
day. Peggy. and | hoped Won would
ro.,,,,o ,,ao 20 t,o,,,.,.. a..
ioI give ihe IL ploushI the corais.
They're adorable" conceded, but,
Dick, we never quarreled. so there's
rsaI,,, notbirs - sor.1,,o 80 60.
'eehS io'hihe W ioisiFe' Lets lorset
aoou' - anu "o 'eii ipe WHERE you sot
them.
There's a story attached to them y
h. Gotta orirnirrr rr,,o 49,. -.
9"u' incest 'hins
ABOUT DICK is his grin; there is some
thing so sheeplsh about it, like a little
-, oa,,ot,. ,tooI,,,, -. -, 80.
Wy eaus"' seeaiiits Jam VIII insist
that men are all grown-up boys, and
the more boyish they are the more I
like them
what kind of a. story?" I asked
eagerly. conscious of the fact that I
could see myself to advantage in the
mirror opposite and wondering II Dick
noticed how the pink of the corals
around my throat and the tiny mink
drops in my ears brought out the faint
flush in my cheeks,
81 bought them in vanice y be said
stov,I,y s!and ~ baloneraS salu
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eTueahC

l suppose / was fattered by her
interest, and this loosened my tongue,
for l anwsered;
He kissed her hand, though
Kissed her hand? Myl OF
course, she was very angry g.
Wasn't she angry"
/ answered no, and in my simplic-
ity | proceeded to prove this by eX-
planning that Sister Angela had taken
Father Giovanni down to the door,
and when he was i'll she had nursed
him.
"Nursed him? In his own house,
you mean"
Yes. at night, too, and she stayed
until he was better, and caught a
cold coming back"
well, ! never!" said Alma, and l
remember that ! was very pleased
with myself during this interview, for
by the moonlight whicA was then
shining into the room | could see that
Alma's eyes were sparkling.
The next night we recommended
our conferences in bed when Alma
told us all about her holiday, which
she had spent way up in st. Moritz "
among deep snow and thick ice. skat-
ing, bobbng. Juggling and above all
riding astride. and dragging a man or
skis behind her
Such lots Of fun she said And
the best of it was az night when
there were dances and fancy dress
balls with company which included
all the smart people in Europe ana
men who gave girl such a good
time if she happened to be pretty
and was likely to have a dot
Il Don t Blame You. "
Alma had talked so eagerly and the
girls had listen 50 intently that mo-
body was aware that Sister Angela
had returned to the room until she
stepped forward ana said
Alma Ller, I'm ashamed of you
Go back to your bed, miss, this very
minute"
The other girls crept away, and
half covered my face with my bed
clothes, hut Alma stood up to Sister
Angela and answered. her back
Go to bed yourself, ana don't
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
The Narrative of Mary
O'NeiU
FIRST PART.
My Girlhood

Copyright. 1912, by Hearsts Magazine.
Copyright, 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright.
1918 by J. B Lippincott Company,
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And the lovers who him their the
pond look anobs whisper He'd
stand!"
But wouldn't they his white
little wrath GIRdts the flames of the hearth and the
white
hair still gold after all these dead her chin softly
ribbon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

IRISH Barrister addressing the
bench)-Your honor. | shall first alb
Soiutely prove to the Jury that the
prisoner could not have committed
me crime with which he Is charged.
II mat does not convince the jury, |
snail show that he was insane when
ne committed. If that fails, shall
prove an alibi"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

winds the his
in the Old said
How they know when smiles that
wound faster and faster denied?
again
and tender mouth have fallen
Ahhh. WOULDN'T he understand VEIL BRINKLEY
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

.ttle girl had sent back her plate
for chicken two or three times, and
had been helped bountifully to all the
other rich things that go to make
good dinner. Finally she was OBJ
served looking rather disconsolately
al her unfinished plate of pudding.
WHATS the matter. Dora ?" asked
Uncle John. You look mournful"
That's just the matter" said Dora.
I All more'n full"
Then she wondered why everybody
laughed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
Up-to-Date Jokes

The Vicar of Leeds, DR.. Bicker-
steth, tells of a clergyman who rang
him up on the telephone to ask if he
would consent to his taking a mar
riagc service in which the word
obey" was left out He replied that
ne was not the bishop, but was toll
erably certain that the bishop would
not allow him to omit the word.
But who is the lady going to
marry" he inquired.
The answer was, She is going to
marry a doctor"
He then asked: Would she mind
II YOU put in the word consult in
stes6?'
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slippers that flip when he walks his a the
like
wrnkled his
nder his hin smile and nods sheadg
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To Be Continued To- morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

HO-DAY was my birthday. And I
think things are so very strange
in this big, wonderful world.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-12-26
BIG AUTOMOBILE
CRASHES INTO
TROLLEY CAR

A crowd Of Christmas shoppers on
Jersey Central Traction car were
shaken up about 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon when big Rubsam a.
Horrmann auto truck skidded down
the grade In Smith street leading t.
the Staten Island ferry, and crashed
into the trolley at Smith and Water
streets. The car being one of the
new steel and wood type and Of
heavy design, it is said. prevented
the truck from smashing the sides
and injuring a number of passengers.
The truck, loaded with empty
beer barrels, was returning to Stat
en- Island The chauffeur seeing the
car cross the street at the terminal
tried to prevent collision by shut
ting off the gas and throwing on
the brakes The truck had a good
start, and aided by the snow-cover-
ed pavement, slid down the grade
headlong into the side of the new
car. The impact stopped the mach
inc, though the radiator and front
Of the truck was damaged. The
trolley was only scratched. If the
car had been one of the old green
type, 1t is declared the truck may
have crashed through the car and
caused the injury of a number oi
passengers.