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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-20

pride In preparing the dinner with her
own hands. The young cousin leaves
all to the maids judgment. Cook. can
not be blamed too severely for serv-
ing dishes needing the least cooking
and not the most appetizing. The man
comes home to find dinner has Just
been started or has been ready an
hour or two before and is cold, dried
out, not edible. He Is told cousin
went to a card club early in the after
noon. He finds the window OF his
room open wide. papers blown about
in all directions. Household tabby,
never allowed upstairs, was doing
on his pillow in which long rents
had been clawed The room was strewn
with drifts of feathers. "@h
Men may suit themselves TO their
He who has had
happy home and finds 1t topsy.turvy
under new regime Is apt to grow
respondent. III he breaches the sub
ject to his cousin, like as not she
flares up and retorts angrily she Is
there to accommodate him.
Nine men would break up the home
and 60 to boarding. The tenth solves
the matter, concluding it's best-the
only way out Of ito marry. It's
not easy to ind a wife Just suited
to his needs. Two years that dragged
heavily by brought him indigestion.
sleepless nights, dread Of the morrow,
conviction there's no place worse than
home for a lone man. Women. God
bless them. were apt to read discour-
agement In his face. He asked per
mission to call on them, they put
forth home cheer to make him forget
his dreary life. Usually its the plain.
est home.like woman who strikes .
chord In his heart. q, She has 70 much
sympathy In her nature. = rs y 50
Cousin 10 having the time Of her
life. Her father. In his home, seldom
gave her q dollar. In the widower's
home cash for the weeks expenses
Is laid at her plate. Besides, there's
a tidy sum for herself. She has her
bank account, use Of horses and car
rage. She knows her cousin goes out
of the house evenings. She's not
troubling herself to make it pleasant
that he may stay at home.
Unexpectedly he brings home a
bride. Her value ends as wife steps
in. Once again home is as 1t was in
the other days His interest is studied
and his comfort cared for, and there's
no friction. A man is often driven
into matrimony. His friends and rela.
tives see after awhile that he took
a wise course for happiness. A man
has to live his life out. He yearns
for serenity, peace and comfort. He
who has been once welded realizes
the blessings of a wife's companion
ship to make his life complete.
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PERIL IN cLANpEsTiNE MEET.
lNGS.

Not that scared so far above
Myself as this great hope to dare; "isj
And yet ] half foresaw that love ~
Might hope where reason would despair
All the world loves lover, one OIL
the kind that steps boldly forward ana
seeks an Introduction, calls upon herl
and wins her In the regulation FASH
ion and aboveboard. But all tA4I
world detests q cur who marks out
a pretty, innocent young girl with .
sinister intention of making love tel
her by stealth, then leaving her to
awake from. broken love.dream ~
best she can. 4 Z ,Fs#
Nine times out of ten he manager
to pick up acquaintance with 4 'giril
in a way which does not arouse her
suspicion. contriving to meet her Eac-|
as she supposes. He Dnte
q thought in her innocent mind thatf
their meeting has been a .romanco
so sweet that no one else must share
their secret. He asks the girl to meet
him at certain place. II she ami
swers that she; is not certain, 90 tQl
whether she can come, she will have!
to ask mother. he begins serious MI
gument against her course, which,
fairly bewilders her. He assures hefl
that mother would forbid their friend1
ship and that would break bis heart !
The little demure maid takes the
first wrong step when she consents "a
make her way out Of her homo t1
meet him without any one knowing III
Girls should know that m honorable
man would not ask them TO keep any!
thing, no matter what It was. rom
their mother or close friends. who
are for their interests hrst, last and
at all times. .sas
The man who coaxes girl.t meet
him clandestinely Is her enemy, viii
usually dark past, which he COULD
successfully hide from an inexperi.I
,enced girl, but not from those mora,
worldly-wise than she. ... 81 3aa
She who consents to meet . man
clandestinely in a park or at some
street corner, restaurant, or dance
hall not only brings suspicion upon
herself, but keeps respectable mem
from her side. She is apt to be taken
for the kind OF girl that she Is not.l
The reputation would cling to her for
years, long after the faithless loveE
who had brought all this disgraco}
upon her ceased to care for her. Thel
man who insists upon meeting a girl
clandestinely thinks very little Of herr
II she consents to go. He is very apt
TO boast Of his conquest over the heart
of silly girl in saloons, among CONS
rades whom a girl would be terrified
to see, let alone to be brought In conf
tact with. II all this does not make
q girl pause who has such lover.
don't know what will. One can do MOI
more than warn people Of their dam
ger. ~.
Nice, pretty, attractive. modest
girls can have no fear Of going
through life loverless by discourasink
the worthless sutton. All In good
time the right kind of a man VIII
meet her, be charmed with her, ana
with the pleased approval Of her refa1
tives lead her to the altar, to be happy,
ever after, az the story book says.
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ceives 20 much praise N weli q her
penny that her mother hints they
must look out lest she add mlschief1
to labor by finding holes that shouldp'tj
be there. !. ..s IN. " Co.. "
The sweeping. busting. bread \
and bed-mate.ups come In for thSlr)
share OF reward. Little by little thSl
girls have acquired the rudiments ofi
knowledge OF housekeeping, S.,
The careful mother does not think
this Is all she needs to do. On some
particular occasion she surprises thSf
children with a typewriter, II hAdk
been long used, but It almost seemsdf
to be giving 1t away for that IS which
was the price she paid for II. What
fun for the little girls, In fort
night they had mastered its intricaE
cies; we're sending letters to everyI
little Friend they ever heard Of, An
old piano. purchased at auction, adrl
complishes like results. A mother mayl
accomplish the rearing of them, send
ing them to the public schools, BY tAeI
greatest Of economy. BY the time
they are about eighteen there's moth
ing a smart little family Of girls can't
turn their hands to-. They have del
ceived daddy completely. Boys would
have been married and gone. Thel
girls, are his stanch little band Of SUBJ
porters. It's due to the good judg-l
ment Of the mother that the family
is a credit to her. These are the.
girls who make sensible marriages.
Had they been boys, the motherI
couldn't have guided them as well.
perhaps. There's more heart and
promise with one little girl in the|
home than Of a bakers dozen Of lads.
What one man dislikes another mani
would 20 wild over. There you are!t
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ARE WOMEN DEcEIVERs7

With them they bring long lost scenes Of
the past
Back to our view:
Pictures Of friendships not destined to
Loves that grew weak meath adversities'
blast,
Painted anew.
When a poor man finds that in
gathering family about his knee they
all turn out to be girls there is not
one father in a hundred who does not
indulge in the despairing wish that
ut least half Of them might have
been boys.
He has always heard that girls are
expensive to raise: that more can be
spent upon a girls useless folderol In
dress in q year than would be re-
quired to rig out boy neat as pin
for five times that long.
He doesn't say anything to his wife
about his disappointment. He absolves
the good wife from all blame. Poor
soul, how could she help 1t that they
had turned out the wrong way, SKATER
Ing one air castle after another, Quite
as soon as the girls are old enough to
understand mother takes them into her
confidence, and thenceforth they be-
gin to plot and plan how they can
retrieve themselves in fathers esti-
nation.
The mother determines that daddy
shall be proud of them. They shall
not grow up encumbrances to him.
but aids. She knows the. girls may
have to earn their own living later
and paves the way for It from the
time they are knee high to grass
hopper. .u,%2 s@.st& ,es
She knows the, value Of the Red
Cross nursing. She fHstructs the chill
dren In its mysteries quite as seon AZ
they are able TO- comprehend. II one
gets hurt finger, one OF her sisters
is expected to give first aid. II it
IL done quickly and with dispatch .
shining penny is her reward. The
children are taught to watch for tears
and rips In tdaddy's clothes, and when
the rents are skillfully mended this
calls for more shining pennies and
fulsome praise from mamma. The
child who discovers q break in the
tablecloth or carpet and whose deft
fingers make It - good - new re-
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not IL lails equally interesting, but as q
whole 1t n = perfectly fascinating
book when properly used OF course
It will be dull II stupidity read and
seem dull II not read at all. II
we read our daily papers and maya
zines % many people read their b.
bles the newspapers and magazines
would be i,lsunerable. One Of the
lessons the current world needs to
learn 10 thai the Bible is above all
other things interesting.
1t ID an error also to suppose that
1t saves men from thinking by ex.
plicit direcuoas which one can follow
without thinking. It would be a poor
guide for human life II 1t did this
It is not q book Of rules and regula-
tions, detailed and elaborate, but a
book Of living principles and vital at.
mospheres. 1t does not guide men
who keep their eyes shut but those
who keep them opsn., It helps the
thoughtful who use their minds much
more than the thoughtless who do
not. ne% ~ a ~
It IL m error also to suppose that
It has no practical value. Ten square
yards of . morning paper cannot take
the place OF = few square inches Of
the Bible IN the dsily life OF man.
The greatest OF Ill errors Is that
therssis amp substitute for reading It
This doese not require an extensive
apparatus or large learning. 1t only
requires;resolution and a>steady habit.
And there IL no substitute for that.
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Mary Pickford Honered.

Mary Pickford's fame has Travelled
far and wide. Her admirers are 10
Gated in the remotest corners of tho
globe. Recently she had the unique
distinction Of being presented with
silver loving cup and an ALBUM con.
tanning the names OF thousands Of her
admirers in Australia. The al,um Is
reported to contain the Official sigma
lures of the lord mayor and the town
clerk of Sydney The presentation
was made at the Famous Players COM
pany studio by Willard Johnson Of the
Australian Film company Of Sydney,
who now Is visiting this country.
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SUGGEST Wireless for Farmers.

suggest Witches TOT TSVTneTs'
Wireless for farmers in the outly.
Ing districts Is the latest idea in Aus
tralia. . 1t is, suggested that the farm.
ers in the various localities should or.
ganize themselves into cooperative
body, subscribing to fund that would
provide a wireless station for each
member, and a central station at the
nearest town, where an operator would
be on duty. For the sum of 500 each
a body Of ten subscribers could pur'
chase Instruments, including a trans
mitter with a range Of ten miles.
The cost of the erection Of the mast
aerial and the assembling Of the In
struments would depend upon the abil'
ity OF the erector. d
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Marguerite cIayton's Fad.

Marguerite Clayton has new d.
version and one in which she Is. In
tensely Interested. It was by mere
accident that 1t became known the
other day. The pretty little woman
who has gained worldwide prominence
by her mannerisms on the screen,
while playing opposite Mr.. G. M. An
derson, in the Western Essanay
dramas, 1t is said. tells fortunes by
teacups.
Heretofore she has been known to
spend hours over books written by
the best authors. Her artistic bunga-
low at Niles Is lined with them. A
saddle horse is at her disposal and
she loves tennis and the fishing rod,
but of late all these things have been
temporarily laid aside to seek new
pleasures in the visions peering at
her, SO she says, from amid the tea
leaves
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1t is an error to suppose that the Bi.
Bile has any magical value or effect.

A Bible lying on
a parlor table or
a library shelf,
unopened and un.
read will have no
large effect upon
q household. The
presence of q
book In q house
is better than its
absence, but its
m re presence
may be like an
unlighted lamp or
uneaten food.
It 10 an error
also to suppose
that the Bible Is
q dull, an uninter-
esting volume. Its
vo r3n,1o ropta opo
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studies of the col.
lege. They con.
Germ man as .
being. economic.
political, civil, so
cial. They repre-
sent the founda-
lions Of govern
ment. Of politics.
Of commerce, Of
society. They are
history in the
m a king. THE
proper study Of
mankind Is man.
was never 10
closely followed
as it is : today.
The natural and
physical sciences
.
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Test Customs House..

The Lowell summer colony a.
Kennebunkport. Me-, will miss tho ola
customs house this summer-that TO-
miss it in it, onlcial capacity. After
III years OF service It has been aban.
doned and the port ohicially abolished
81 the government, and the building
viii not become public library
century ago there were shipyards at
the port, and many q stanch old yes"
'issl vas fitted out there for . cruise
Us distant lands. Customs duties IN
s1ea3 vsre collected to the amount OF
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Behavior Of Thunderstorm.

BendVTUT OF THuHUeT St0TIHU'
Rubber on ones heels as a protec'
ton against flash of lightning-com.
mended by the coroner at q recent
inquiry-gets no support from Flam'
marion, who has specialized on the be.
havior of tAunderstorms. Even an In
dia rubber suit he thinks childish. as
childish as silk umbrellas without iron
ribs. Among his rules for safety, not
generally recognized, is one forbiddine
US to run during storm, for running
causes movements Of the air. and light
ming is easily diverted along such
path. Don't ring bells, and avoid ami
mails and telegraph posts, are among
his hints.
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Mayor Was Taking No Chances.

Carl Louis Gregory, who is the un-
der-water photographer Of Thirty
Leagues Under the Sea-" is whipping
the 10000 feet OF film he took at Vel.
lowstone park for the Thanhcuser-
Mutual company into shape for early
release. Mr.. Gregory is the first mo-
ton picture photographer to receive q
permit from the government to take
the views. A Denver newspaper re-
Gently printed an article about Carl
getting the mayor to perform q
q movies marriage" Gregory asked
asked him to kiss the bride. but the
mayor refused. saying that bis wife
went to the movies.
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.sk 900 and for long time ,after
there: was = respectable amount OK
s s even in competition with
tns growing port Of Portland. But OF
late years not ? dollar has come 9. ~
an. and the port had literally died OF ola
90" .ae A few retired sea captains, snl!
,,1inp comfortably at Kennebunk' WIN
n .,,,s shake their heads all sum
mer + at an ungrateful government =;
h uI' thew belong to another ase-the
list ace Of proud and adventurous
American marine.-Lowell Courier
Citizen. 80 Wy
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roo SLOW with Lawn Mower.

Stella Razeto, leading woman OF
n,rector e. J. LIE Saints company, 10
tho champion lawn moweress of the
Pacific, film colony. At least the selig
star claims the title. she managed to
ID her own extensive lawn In less
thon week, but hubby found her IN
taars at the close Of the last day.
CO. found the grass, where she began.
had ali grown up again. 7
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his relatives and
friends begin to
worry about him.
II he has a sister,
aunt or distant
cousin, 9 h 9 is
quickly sent for.
T he household
reins, suddenly
d r.opped d, are
placed in h err
hands. A young
woman who has
little or no exper.
fence finds the
care Of q home
thrust upon her.
q trying ordeal.
No two keep
house alike. The
N
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romlmr,le,s Answer.

DO you remember the Bible par
ohio about the wise and foolish VIZ
eins?" asked the Sunday 'cnoo'
teacher.
yes, ma'am," replied Tommfe.
"What was it the foolish v'rsias
wanted?"
"The vote, ma'am!
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Peculiar Harvest Festival.

At the end of, the harvest season
in Malabar there takes place the
dance OF the drummers, q popular
function, in which the principal char
acter Is a weird figure supposed to
represent the sacred cow Of the gods,
Kamachenu. A small boy carries this
about while the other performefs'
decked out In primitive fashion with
painted bodices and hideous masks.
70 through weird dance, accompa
MED BY much drum-beating and sing
apv ~ t'.,f -. ats#1 . s.' '@s%f7..-rs'
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Film stars In New .MovIe."

Film StaF3 III NeW WoVIe.
Frances Nelson will play opposite
Ben Wilson. q recent addition to the
Victor company Of players. The first
screen productions in which these aim
stars will be seen under the new BAN
ner III now. lin. course Of completion.
4 II called ambition" 49,
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noo'ess Christians In the faes Of the
greatest hindrances to faith.
ane present time has been fruitful
:, schemes to make piety easy. But
q arrangements BY which men think
20 render duty the smoothest thing in
me world. and in which they, trust to
become saints while sitting still, viii
end IN moral defeat and disappoint.
nent' The religious life Is a struggle
not q stroll.
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In the book of the Judges we read that
in the tribe of Benjamin there were

8 Q v g n hundred
chosen men left.
handed; every one
could sling stones
at an hair breadth
and not miss"
Judges 20:16.)
These men had
acquired skill In
singing 8 ton q 8
n o t " / t b s t a nd
ing their physical
disability. II was
q triumph over
hindrances, like all
such triumphs, by
undiscouraged ef-
fort and constant
practise. M q n y
men would have
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First American Admiral. T. :

TITUt IWV1VS~" $3.50 - u, -, Al
Essex Hopkins was the hrst admiral
Of the American navy, being appoint
ed in ITS by the continental con9reeN
con,manderin.chief Of the navy. ghilSf
he at first achieved great stccassS
was removed ius1777 on the ground
Of incompetency. He died in 1sossAt:
Providence, r. l., where a monumene
has been erected to his memory. IA
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Military Scenes Popular.

George Kleine's six.part ~ subject,
FOR Napoleon and France" was ~
Gently produced at the Boston opera
house.. The military aspects Of tho
n,nt,,re are heavy drawing cards. !;
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Win Wants to Be an Eels

Who Wants to Be q" ECU
An eel kept in a tank at the zooloe'
,o.1 axneriment station at Rovigno:
1talv, has Just taken its hrst mea
since 1910. ..:.......,-,. ,,.,. !.
For some unknown reason 1t wen'
m a hunger strike four years ago.
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DEALING WITH THE OCCULT
Picture Fantasy, ~ Were Young
Again." Expected to Prove One
Of the Seasons Successes.

Released November 16. the Selig
company has a powerful reel In IT
were Young Again" The story Ia
much that Of Faust" In that 1t deals
with the wish, common among the old
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scene from ~ I Were Young Again. =

and the middle-aged. for q return OF
the days of their youth. The illustra-
ton shows the scene where Professor
Wige, the hero OF the play. discovers
the vial containing the magic thuid
which renews his youth. Pathos and
comedy intermingle in the various
other scenes Of the production.
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Old FavorIte still Popular.
George AIDES old play, 1.-THE County
Chairman" is proving the endurance
Of its reputation In the crowds 1t IT.
tracts. . &@.~
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No chanee.

He who blows his own horn neye1
leads the band, being . soloist.-Dl
seret News ..ys5 \, ... 3;
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Nn4hInn Too saered.

:, MORNING 90 SAcyS0' ~ y 50,
J. I am not prepared to admit thai
there is, or can be, properly speaking.
In the world anything that 10 too -
cred to be notwithstanding.
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aside from its being the inspired
WORD OF God. the Bible serves a most
important purpose In revealing to W,
through Its condensed history, every
Phase OF human nature both good and
o>d, thus setting up sign posts for pur-
poses Of warning and encouragement"
g. Frederick Wright. IL. D., f. @.
b. A., Geologist.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-11-20

intellect belongs to knotted nnse'''
rrace to smooth ones. T."
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1.-THE Bible Is the most thought-sug-
costing book in the world. No other
deals with such grand themes. DIR.
Herrick johnson.
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The social sciences have within re.
,ears become the most popular
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From the hour man is bereft Of his
mate, left alone In a desolate home,
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A LESSON FROM THE LEFT.
- - sHANDEp.

by WARREN A. GAMBLER, D. D., Ill.
D., Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.)
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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.

Wy CHARLES F. THWING, LII. D.,
PRESIDENT Of Western Reserve Univse~
sity. Cleveland - ;"
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Back to
| the Bible:
Applicaiiea q ths Scriptures 70
tks lWssld felay % Sees By Emil.
nssa Men h vaRisss walks II Lie
oCocyright. 1914. b. Joseph B. BowlsO
ERRoRs ABOUT THE BIBLE.
fBy WILLIAM FRASER MCDOWELL,
Bishop OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church.J

whenever have to make any de-
cision, ! ask myself what the Bible
would teach me to do in that particu-
lar case. The Bible ID to me the foun-
tain from which draw light and
strength. In hours of sorrow and de-
preston seek consolation therein
Emperor William Of Germany.
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LauraJeanLbbeu's
Talks on N
Heart Topics.
lcssviSha 1914. ~ ~ Mscsss Nswpsp~ sysSsasl
WHEN A NEW WIFE STEPS IN.

What Is there In the value Of life
Half so delightful MS wife,
When friendship, love and peace combine
To stamp the marriage bond divine?
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