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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
ALL AMERICANS

In the school in house Bellville,
Wisconsin, few evenings ago
upon motion of the Catholic priest the
Methodist minister was elected presi-
dent of the communitys social center
Tor the coming year.
Then three basketball teams were
formed, including the priest, the minis
ter, the blacksmith, the editor, a farm
er, the keeper of the village restaurant,
a. dentist, clothier, teamster, a drug
gist, a garage owner, the banker, the
saloon keeper, hardware merchant
and house painter.
They differed in religion, in poll
tics in income, and in social status
about as widely as men may differ
But in the common school building
in the free democracy of the social
center they agreed to lay aside their
differences for the novel purpose OF
discovering how much good fellowship
there was in meeting together, now and
then as equals, as brothers.
In the democracy of play, in the
democracy of frank, fair discussion
of public questions they are finding out
these differing men of Belleville, that
as human beings they're amazingly
alike, once you get below the surface
And out of this agreeable discovery
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

We are unalterably opposed to the
spirit which gives to any individual
absolute power to render decision
from which there is no appeal. This
autocratic spirit has again and again
manifested itself in the injunctions
shat are aimed against labor organi-
zations. A nationwide protest has
frightened Privilege into abandoning
shis particular form Of usurpation how
ever, and it is now proposed by bills
pending in Congress to give Postmasters
power to exclude newspapers from the
mails for certain offenses. This is
most vicious legislature because it
suspends the right of trial by jury and
places in the hands of department
official absolutely the power of punish
ment. To permit a postal official at
Washington to bar any newspaper
from mailing privileges-which means
TO destroy it's to place publishers
at the entire mercy of the Postmaster
General. Upon the charges OF an UNI
known accuser, that official may gather
evidence with his own detectives and
condemn the accused without fear of
an overruling by a higher court, thus
denying both the trial by jury, and the
hight to be tried where the offense
IS committed. Since the Supreme
Court has held that the rulings of the
post office department are in the nature
Of army and navy rulings and as such
not subject to revision by the courts,
it behooves us to be careful about
charging the powers of an Individual
who is easily swayed by political, re-
igious, or economic bias. 1t would be
much better to curtail some of the auth
GRITTY that the Postmaster General
already has, rather than to increase it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

Cranks are somtimes very useful.
A case in point is old Fieldmarshal,
Paul Won Beckendorf und Won linden
burg, the defender of Eastern, Prussia.
During his active military career, and
even after his retirement from the
army, the general was a crank on the
stragetic value of the Mazurian lakes,
a chain of low-lying, marshy ponds
in East Prussia. He commended that
by proper maneuvering around those
lakes the Russian bear could be made
to do sommersaults backward into
Poland. He talked Mazurian lakes
everywhere, and carried bundles of
maps and plans with him to prove his
points, until all the younger set voted
him a bore and nuisance. The younger
generation of military men were
of the opinion that the lakes were of
no military value, and in fact, would
be of great disadvantage. Won Hin
denburg was OF different mind, and
when it was proposed in the reichstag
to drain the lakes, the general took
the first train to Berlin, with his maps
under his arm, and went straight to
the kaiser. He talked Mazurian lakes
for whole hour, until the kaiser final
ly rose up hastily, exclaiming, "Gott
in Himmel, keep your lakes. I'll
not drain them" When the war broke
out Won Hindenburg was in retirement,
being old, fat and equity, and having
had tiff with the kaiser. He wanted
command in East Prussia, near his
beloved lakes; but younger and more
up-to-date men were given the COM
mand. The Russian invasion rolled
on, and seemed likely to overwhelm
Silesia. About that time the kaiser
bethought himself of equity old Paul
and his lakes. He sent for the general,
who came to Berlin with his maps
under his ARM, and from there he went
by automobile to the front, study
ing his maps on the road to ascertain
the location of the different divisions.
He did not need to study the country
he knew that by heart, having made
minute study of it for twenty years.
Upon his arrival things began to take
different turn. The great Russian
armies were crumpled up and rolled
back, and they have been pretty much
kept out of Prussia ever since. equity,
cranky, tiresome old General Paul
and his everlasting Mazurian lakes
saved Germany from frightful dis
aster. A year or two ago the old gen.
eral was voted bore, and the younger
set avoided him. Now he is a great
national hero, and everybody talks
Mazurian lakes, just as if they had
always known old Paul to be right Elk
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

If you don't hit the mark the first
time, don't consider yourself failure.
Many of us have done this very thing,
in spite of the fact that we see about
us others who are not at all discouraged
at failures in achieving some ambi-
ton. We are too willing to use the
excuse that because we did not achieve
our aim at first trial we are disquali-
fled for further trials. This weak
kneed attitude is sure to align us to
a life of constant failure discard.
No try for a goal worth while or arrow
of achievement aimed at success is
wasted, that has failed in expected
results at the first try, for the reason
that every added trial to achieve will
strengthen the will to achieve, again
and again for, as the continued dripp-
ing Of water will wear away the hardest
stone so will our undiscouraged attempts
to attain wear away all obstacles to sue
cess. The Prison Mirror.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
WEDDINGS NEW AND OLD.

More of the older people than the
young are getting married these days II
one is to believe the records for there
were two silver weddings the past week
and only one new couple took upon
themselves the bonds Of matrimony.
Thursday, February 18th, was the 18th
anniversary of the wedding day of Miss
Ernestina Scar and August Backer who
were joined in wedlock by Rev. Albrecht
at the Lutheran Church in this city a
quarter of a century ago. The worthy
young people settled down to life of
serious, earnest purpose and have won a
place for themselves as one OF the pro-
minent families in Milford where they
have made their home ever since their
marriage. Relatives to the number of
about thirty made it point to gather
at the Backer home in the afternoon to
help the esteemed couple celebrate the
anniversary in proper fashion. Supper
was served by the hostess from table gay
with pink carnations and frightened by
the gift of silver tea service which show
ed the spirit of good will towards Mr.. and
Mrs. Backer. The evening was spent in
pleasant social intercourse and many
good wishes were extended for the years
to come as the guests departed for their
homes after midnight struck.
More than sixty neighbors and rela-
tives congregated at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Schnobrich of the Town of
Cottonwood last Wednesday evening for
the purpose of assisting this worthy cou-
pie in celebrating their 25th wedding an
niversary. Quite a number of those pres
ent were from New Ulm and all voted it
one of the most enjoyable functions of the
kind they had ever attended. Many use
full and valuable presents were given the
jubilarians as tokens of remembrance for
the festive occasion. The guests were
well entertained and splendid supper
was served during the course of the even
ing.
Mr.. Schnobrich was born in the Town
of Cottonwood, Feb. 18th, 1868, and
with the exception of six or seven years
that he lived in New Uln, he has always
made his home there. His wife whose
maiden name was Frances Sturm was
born in Germany March 18th, 1866, and
came to America with her parents when
she was small child. February 10th
1890 the two were united in the holy bond
of matrimony and have since that time
gone down the path of life together like
two good comrades. They worked hare
and have now reached the point where
they can take life somewhat easier
Six children were born to them o.
whom the following five are alive anc
are still under the parental roof: Ed
ward, Jeanette, Emil, Adelia and Alma
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

Nearly every state is suffering from
1rube'' legislation. Every vestige Of
home rule is being gradually eliminated.
Laws are being enacted at every session
Of the various Legislatures of the country
which subject the larger cities to the
same kind of government that is given
sowns and villages. These lawmakers
seem to lose sight of the fact that con-
ditions in large centers of population
are vastly different from those in rural
communities and that laws which may
prove highly satisfactory in one place
are more than irksome to others. How
tong will the people stand for this sort
of foolishness? Conditions have be-
come so bad in the State of Missouri
that William Marion Reedy of the
mirror" is seriously advising St.
Louis to secede from Missouri and be
annexed to Illinois.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
LEGISLATIVE LETTER.

County option occupies nearly all
legislative minds this week to the practi-
cal exclusion of everything else. The
House will take up the question Thursday
in all probability and end the suspense.
A public hearing was held by the tenn
perance forces last Thursday evening
and big crowd was in attendance.
Former Governor John Lind spoke in
favor of county option.
Therefore there is at least fair chance
that county option will be acted upon
in the house, and it's fate declared to the
world, by the end of this week and there
seems very little chance at all that the
verdict will be delayed.
What is going to happen to the bill in
the house nobody knows. All but nine
members OF the house know just how they
are going to vote, and maybe the whole
100 know. But there are nine whose
votes nobody seems entirely certain
about.
Outcome More Doubtful.
Before the bill passed the senate, it
was generally assumed that it would be
beaten in the house by narrow majority.
Since the bill somewhat unexpectedly
passed the senate, the outcome in the
house has become more doubtful, solely
because it comes to the house trif1e
stronger by reason of it's victory in the
senate than it would have been without
that victory. If the liberal forces can
hold their strength, they have it beaten.
If some OF their supporters are weak
kneed and succumb to the pressure that
will be brought against them, the bill may
win it's way through the house.
The fact that the, fate of the bill was
doubtful in the senate until the last
minute, and then was decided by votes
from districts where county option sentl-
ment has taken no positive shape, and the
fact that the outcome in the house is in
doubt today, disposes of any claim that
the issue was decided at the polls IN No.
vember. 1t was not decided there, and
the question whether or not majority
of the people of Minnesota wish to enlarge
the option of license control from the
community to the county is as much
mystery as it was before election.
There is some speculation about what
Governor Hammond will do if the bill
squeezes through the house and goes to
him for his signature. While he has never
him for his signature. While ne has
never said in so many words that he will
sign the bill if it passes, the conclusion
that he will sign it has been quite general
ly drawn from his statements during the
campaign that he would not veto any
measure that has been clearly drawn
issue before the people and has been de-
cided by the people. This statement he
repeated, together with the statement
that personally he does not believe in the
county option plan, on the day following
the passage of the bill in the senate.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17

will come, for Belleville, more tolerance,
more kindliness Of feeling, more give
and take than it had ever known be-
fore. Even when they shall differ
again-as of course they shalt will
not be with such bitterness, as much
bigotry, as much mean hate as of yore
1t is wonderfully solvent, is brother.
hood.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
BIG PRIZES OFFERED FOR CORN

The annual convention and corn show
OF the Southern Minnesota Better De
velopment League will be held at Man
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OBITUARY
Observation-Disclosures
JOSEPH LANDsTEINER

JOSEPH LANDsTEINER
Joseph I.andsteiner died at the Loretto
Hospital Sunday morning shortly before
five o'clock aged nearly 70 years. Death
was due to softening of the brain with
which he became afflicted some time
before Christmas.
The deceased was born in Cienolten,
Bohemia, Austria, March 8, 1845. While
still in the old country he learned the
blacksmith's trade. In 1874 he came to
America and for two years made his home
in Baltimore. He then came to Brown
County and made his home with his
brother Franz on a farm in the Town OF
Cottonwood and later in the Town Of
Milford where he has resided for the past
FL years. He never married.
Mr.. Landsteiner is survived by one
brother, Carl Landsteiner of St. James
and two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Grathwohl
and Mrs. Julia Zupfer Of New Ulm. The
funeral was held Tuesday morning at
$50 from the Catholic church, Rev.
Schlinkert officiating. Interment was
made in the Catholic cemetery.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
w|AkElMAAn MUSIC HALL

did you turn over new leaf?.
Eyes, but the draft from .n,;,
ing cafe door blew it back"
Tramp-"It is needless to ask the I
! want "n"s
Lady"Yes, know what vo,, ,,.,,+
badly but I've only one bar Of SOAP Il
IN the house. and the servant i using
It. Come again some other time"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
J. P.HAGBERG

j. +. dAGBEhO
]. P. Hagberg died quite suddenly at
the village Of Lafayette Saturday, death
being due to arterio sclerosis with which
he had been afflicted for nearly 8 months.
He fell from load of hay about year
ago and struck on his head and shoulders
and since that time he has been in feeble
health. Mr.. Hagberg was a retired
farmer, having given up active work
about z years ago. He is survived by
his widow and three sons and three
daughters. The funeral will be held to-
day wednesday,.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-17
k|eana|I SuitatorjuI1l
PHONE e7e
Our System Of Piano Selling

Our system of piano selling has been
developed with one fundamental guild
ing principle that is, absolute salts
faction to the purchaser. If, by anv
chance, you buy piano here and #
does not please you, we will exchange
it for you instantly. Furthermore if
we sell piano and after months or
even years it should develop some
thing wrong, you have only to tell us
and we will make everything right.
Persons who are about to buy pianos
are referred by us to anyone who has
ever bought here. In business where
there is considerable risk involved
and where large sum Of money is in
vested, buyers should look we'll into
the reputation OF the house with whom
they deal.
Evening star., 1915-02-07

aim is to entertain those performing it. 1t must be
sonably easily learned and of character to be accept
ably performed without the aid of extraordinary skill
But dancing the art with which here
cerned comedies little nothing to convenience of the
performer. The work of Genee, the great Russians
and thousand little luninaries of their respective
Schools is designed for the delight of the spectator and
directed at the gateway of his Imagination. Not
that its message need be heavy: Schumann and
Tschakovsky built the vehicles of light dreams and
merriment; but their compositions not for
trained hands So with the compositions silent music
that have from the minds of the great masters of
the ballet They difficult: if performed by medi-
ocrty, they become wines glass filled with tepd water
Evening star., 1915-02-07

= ASE is the quality that impresses first and most
IL forcibly. In the performance of great artist of
dancing, other qualities commented upon,
naturally and properly. Indeed the art of dancing is
called silent music, because it induces all the emotional
states that accustomed to from orchestra
or song Connosseurs argue over points OF techn1c and
Interpretation; but the observation most frequently
overheard the crowd out of the theaer
of performance Movements almost too swift for
the eye to follow leaps and in the air that you
probably, and certainly could not by any possibility
accomplis-these Pavlowa effects with the precision
of geometry, and the apparent of signing ones
initials. Enviousy, joyouSly curouSly, everyone
marks the and it is worth thinking about Is the
dancer of different clay, tell us, he
not tells us? If he is not, by what
of science he enabled his body of weight
all? How does he destroy the evidence of momentum
and inertia?
If explanation of the dancers magic marred its po-
tency, should have no hand in such explanation But
it does On the contrary, the knows about
great dancing, the fully he enjoys its great pres
entations. Without acquaintance with the
meaning of various steps and the mechanical theories
of their production WELL dance-poem is poem in
unfamiliar language. And if a dancers morning
practice reveals that he-or usually she-is not
of different clay from the rest of then much the
greater respect to her art and herself. To present.
day eyes Olympian demigoddess would be curl
osty but mortal who by thought and labor raises
herself to O1ympian command the forces of
beauty is to command modern respect, for she
knows few others the inward meaning of the word
av0rk.
WoRK-Self-dedca to work it is every time that
distinguishes the dancer whose performance most de-
lights us by its ease Measured in terms of work. the
of five minutes dancing entertainment sufficient
to check any but the superlavey energetic, and the
hard thnking,-the hard thinking since the dancers
work is by means limited to patient repetition of
mere muscle building exercise. Rather it is like the
daily practice of musician who cultvates endlessly
the fine gradations of touch that give control of shades
of tonal sentiment and color. Dancing less than
music has its light and shade. its moods pathetic
savage, its veiness and severity. The expression of
nuberless sentiments be under the easy control
of the dancer who would express those emotions that lie
below the surface.
Ballroom dancing, of course, like folk dancing, inn
poses such obligations upon devoees Its primary
Evening star., 1915-02-07

Work is not the only item of cost Of dancing per-
formance. Money comes into it, and other deterrent
factors. But the great factor in the dancers magic is
work. to gain control of varied and sometimes contra
dictory qualities.
On line of division the requirements of the art
may be classified brilance and suavity. Both classes
of subject the last degrees of precision
and must at the time conform to the highest stand
ards of grace Both must at all times conform abso-
lutey to a dominating rhythm. The slower and more
extended steps, in particular require development of
equilibrium its highest pitch All steps, without blur
ring of their individual forms, flow together with
out hitch interruption Everything, with exceptions
for the sake of contrast be invested with the il
Evening star., 1915-02-07

lusion OF hghtness; and, when all
else is said and done, any semblance
of effort must be so emphatically
denied that the work seems an in
dulgence in play.
Brilliance and suavity have each
their special exercises, designed
for the cultivation of their con-
trasting qualities. Exercises for
the development of pose, sweep, in
short the type of action that in
terprets the sentiment of nobility,
are collectively known as adagio
movements. The allegro exercises,
on the contrary, aim at the utmost
development of all that expresses
laughter, sparkle, vivacity. There
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-09
LET US HAVE PEACE

LET US HAVE PEACE.-The cam
paign is over. The people have voted.
Both sides-an sides Shave had their
fling. Much was said on both sides
that might better have been left un-
said. But men get heated up in po-
itical fight. They get crazy to win.
Often they don't win anything when
they win. Often men pick their
choice in a political or man race,
just as they take their choice in a
horse race or dog fight. Then they
pull for all there is in them for their
champion to win. l didn't vote for
Thompson, but I'm not sore. l have
had some good, restful sleep since
the night of election. The world
looks brighter to me today than it
did on "Wednesday. / find Pm not
sore at Republicans, Soeialists-no,
not even at Prohibitionistss We are
all people, after all So, say, let's
forget it. I'm glad it's over. I'm not
a jobholder. Never held one in my
life. But somehow 1 like the political
game. I'd rather back man than
horse or dog.
You were right in one thing The
religious issue was innthe fight
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-09

conciseness, compacted con1pre-
hensibleness, coalescent consistency
and concatenated cogency.
Eschew all conglomerations of fiat
ulent garrulity, jejune babblement,
asinine Alterations. Let your extern
poraneous discantings and unpre-
meditated expatiations have intelh-
gibility and veracious vivacity with
out rhodomontade or thrashonical
bombast. Sedulously avoid all poly
syllabilic profundity, pompous pro-
ixity, psittaceous yacuity, ventrilo-
quill verbosity and vaniloquent vapid-
ity. Shun double ententes, purient jo-
costly and pestiferous profanity, OBJ
scurant or apparent
In other words, talk plainly,
briefly, naturally, sensibly, purely
and truthfully, keep from slang, do
not put on airs, say what you mean,
mean what you say, and don't use
big words, and in time you will have
a great paper.-WiIliam Greene.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-09
RIGHT AND WRoNG.-If

RIGHT AND WRoNG.-If there is !,
no true meaning to the words right +,
and wrong then why do we use them?
l understand they mean justice and
injustice, but darned if know what )
the words justice and injustice mean
unless they mean right and wrong.
If l snatched a purse from some ,
poor woman the public would call it :
cowardly and wrong, but the very
ones who howl the loudest would r.
not hesitate a minute to rob that !,
woman in different manner and call !
it right. To be sure that's right.
know the difference between right !,
and wrong, also know that no indi- >
Hidual can do perfectly right, but I :
also know that if we all lived up to :,
the golden rule most of the trials and
uibulations of this old world would
be settled in a jiffy. We could all
have what we are fighting for if we
were intelligent enough to quit fight
ing as to whether it's right or wrong.
If it's wrong to give everybody a
chance to earn their living, then give
me wrong; if it's right, then give me
right.
l never boosted of my supreme
righteousness, neither of my extreme
intelligence l never shall. But L
would like to have and see others
have chance to lead a respectable
life. a
/ don't like to speak i'll of the dead
and deem it wrong to do so, but I
wish to say that Jay Gould and other
great financiers who have passed
away left behind the wealth they
loved and which caused great an
guish to millions of people who
worked away their lives and the lives
Of their children to produce it all.
Where they are now We cannot ten,