Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-24

The FOREST CITY PRESS
e. P. THoRNE.
FOREST c.pM. SOUTH DAKOTA
Simple fare is quite the rule now
both at Buckingham palace and at
Sandringham, and this will continue as
long as the wal Is on. Meals In the
royal household have eve been SO
elaborate during the present reign as
they were in King Edwards time. King
George Is not nearly so much of an
eptcure as his father was. He has to he
exceedingly careful what he eats, and
he avoids rich foods both for preference
and of necessity, for he occasionally
suffers from gastritis. Both the king
and queen prefer boiled fish. and meat
cooked quite plainly, without an album
which delight the heart of a clever
French chef. A recent dinner menu at
the palace consisted mainly OF boiled
turbot, a dish OF outlets. q fruit salad.
and "a savory. Champagne is rarely
drunk except on special occasions, II
when it is the bottle is not placed in Il
silver holder or covered with a napkin.
But the label and everything which
might signify the brand is removed.
New York city is trying the expert
ment of closing certain highways to
traffic daily and letting the youngsters
romp IN them. Huge signs are placed
across these thoroughfares reading:
street closed for play" Miss Ruth Rob-
inson. chief play organizer, says: 1T
brings an ache to the heart to see how
reluctant some OF the babies are to cut
loose and play in the open street. Play
seems inextricably associated in their
little minds with guilt. No one, after
watching for an hour or two the
healthy spirit that grows among the
children in these allotted play streets
can doubt their benefit to the little peo-
PIE of New York" Play Is the best
constructive factor in child growth.
Even kittens n puppies will not
thrive unless permitted to play. Play
is the most skilful of physical trainers
and moral teachers.
Judge Robert O. Harris tells OF a
rather embarrassing Introduction which
former Ambassador Curtis Guild once
received when he went to speak at q
republican rally in the western part OF
Massachusetts. According to Judge
Harris 1T went something after this
fashion: 1.-The voters decided h the
town committee ought to have a rally
with the best speaker it o get. We
couldn't get Governor Robinson, wa
couldn't get Senator HOar, nor Tom
Reed, but we did The best we could, and
I now. have the honor of introducing
Mr.. Curtis Guild. Of Boston,"
Charles Hoffbauer. the artist, who
While n student in Paris won a second
medal at h Salon with his first pic
ture, a feat never before or since du-
plicated. Is now at the front with his
regiment in france. For two years prior
TO the war breaking out he was engaged
IN making some elaborate decorative
work Tor the Richmond confederate me-
moral. He is. perhaps, best remem-
Dereo by his famous painting in the
dead soldier. in a woodland. OH a white
horse.
Kenneth w. Tinker. age 8. son Of
Harry Tinker. who is the owner Of an
Independent telephone largely
OF rural subscribers. at Clio. Mich. is
one OF the Youngest telephone opera
tors IN Michigan, IL not in the United
states. Without any assistance he has
mastered the switchboard with such a
negree or proficiency that 1t is no longer
necessary to a a more experienced
operator near by to take the more Diff
hcult local calls. There are 215 sub
scrloers to the system on % party lines.
The italian earthquake. coming in
AAC 6ACdI VIII, CCallS one
curious effect OF a seismic shock In
1888. The cables. connecting Australia
with the outer world, were suddenly
proken by a distant earthuuake. and
the government. under the impression
mat an enemy had cut the lines. mo-
oilized the naval and military forces in
readiness to repel attack.
a dust-laying compound, the basis of
s,,, is molasses: has been success.
FULLY made use OF In the South African
mines. The preparation, which con-
tains q small quantity Of some disin-
!ectant, forms a thick coating on the
Underground walk and surfaces anc
closely covers all dangerous noxious
matter.
"A Cairo correspondent write. tn the
Guardian that. owing to the
!alinE OF the Nile, Egypt will have to
import nearly all her rice this wear.
Ine Nile not been 80 low for nearly
100 years. n the facilities for water
etorage ave been Insufficient to relieve
the distress.
Princess Shak ovskaya II the on,,
m aviator in the great war. She l.
said 70 be In active service at the 'front.'
e east Prussia At first her aDpllca-
ton was rejected because of her aex.
cut n demonstrated thai she ,ouii
manage q flying machine as well ma n
man and. was finally accepted.
The United States Of America 4. hy
az the sreatest steel producing coun-,
Try on earth. Germany Gomez NEXT.
Witn Great Britain third. The figures
TOT 1910 (the latest at hand for the
moment) show this country to 3be en,,al
~ steel prOduct to both Germany and