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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

Everything there glttcrs, but the
peoples eyes are made so they can
stand any amount of light, and their
bodies are so that they can stand any
amount Of heat.
Their ewes are black and set fur
Their in their heads than ours are. and
they have eyelashes an inch long that
cncircle their eyes. They have tiny
holes where our noses are and their
lips are black.
They never get old, but always look
about eighteen years. There is never
woe and never sickness or sorrow.
They do nothing but sing and race
and dance and swim and play.
The ground is white and like snow.
1t is soft. but your feet do not sink
in it. The water is always ripping
and murmuring. 1t is like our water
except that it is gold in color
The trees are very queer. for they
have gold trunks and feecy white
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

phoned to father and he had secured
the sick sweeper's address for her.
mother and Dolly drove down to very
poor looking street. where they found
the sick street cleaner in a small room
in a lodging house. He wasn't sick
after all, but had sprained his ankle.
His little room was just as clean as the
street he swept, and after mother had
given him some nice things to eat he
thanked them, and said he thought he
would be back again in a few DAYS to
sweep the dust away from the little
girls house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

was rather funny, and while he was
getting the pepper he began to sneeze
awfully. Betty began to sneeze, too.
Then he gave her the ounce Of cheese,
and it was so small it wasn't much
bigger than a yeast cake. Then Betty
went home, and | think her mistress
was very much surprised when she saw
what had happened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Nv RAYMOND CoMsToCK.

TALLY AND TOM came out Of the
n cottage and went down by the
stable. 1t was their first day on
Adventure Island, and the two lads had
made up their minds TO explore the
island and see what adventures they
could find there.
Don't 20 near the wind-piper,"
warned Jed, the hired man, as they
passed the stable door.
"The who? What?" asked both boys,
interested.
"The wind-piper. He's queer old
man that lives over on the other side
Of the island. They do say he has
panther for q pet, and that he's been
turrible man in his time" Jed shook
his head ominously.
What would he do to us?' queried
Billy, fascinated.
"Ain't no telling" declared the hired
man, waggling his head mysteriousiy'
"He might just spank ye both with
hic pine board, and then again he
roipbtl"- Here Jed opened and
shut his laws with a chopping sound
that sent shivers up and down the lads
backs.
eve won't go near where he lives"
thew promised willingly-and away
they went to explore Adventure Island
Not until dusk fell did Billy and Tom
take thought for the passing time. Then
thew suddenly looked about them.
Gee! It's night, Billy" exclaimed
Tom in dismay. Lets go home" He
looked about. Which way is it we go ??
Billy looked blankly at the shadowy
trees which surrounded them.
81 don't know" he said. 81 thought
you knew the way"
They stared at each other. We're
.ost!" they both exclaimed.
Hurriedly they ran this way and that
while the darkness of night settled over
the island and rapidly hid the trails
beyond all finding. They were lost on
Adventure Island, and-one fear was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Puzzle SOlVers

Those who found the deer in q
picture puzzle Of July 4 are Aal'
Nay Murphy, Benjamin simon, ~
trude /. Depew, Carol Phyi5
Schmid, Teddy Ehrsam, Jane bs-
Harry Bull, Alice Griffin, Iva CocE.
Moss ". Ives, IIllda Wimpfhemer, ~
A. Wetherel, EleanOra Babcock, ing :
Griswold, Lawrence Sayarese, Lust
Blackmore, Mortimer II. Lyons, CHn
Estabrook, Margaret Fuller, fIsS
Zimmerman, Angela Warde. Cyn'h,5 .
Adee, Do othy Gallagher, William As
rift, Mildred Cooper, Gordon b. Ross
Robert Lowe, Armande De Sou.Is
Walter Nelson, Elizabeth A.
quist, Evelyn Nicholson, Esms
Sturdevant, Charles Hunt, Aois'i
Shepard, Ruth Yarnell, Mary :,
Shaughness, Henry Masseur, Jonn .
McKenna, Frances Wing, lnsS
Hickok, Zoila Balarezo, ). Gan ~
don, jr., John NJ Hughes. Gersle.,i
Johnson, Gladys NJ. Gulllau' Ee'f
Rounds, Sara Coakley. Francs
Epper, John Ehrentree, Gens s.9.'
Caven, Jack Benjamin, Rache. - ~.
man, Bernice Alexander, hS,.u
Hamill. Esther Rosenteld, Fred o1 ~.
Betty Ballard, Hortense Meyer, '. "a
cent O'Connor, Marjorie Strannsass.
Victor Ruler, Charity Croeker' We w..
II. Hall, Ruth c. Perry, Frames IL
linger, Cicely Bucknall, Lillian ,.,5ss
strange, +. Teldentee, Emily ShV'
and Veronica Curry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
NJ ary' s Birth q a y
Party.
By EDITH FERNBACH, Age 7

Once upon time there was little
girl and her name was Mary. She was
very good little girl and it was the
night before her birthday. Her mother
always allowed her to stay up until her
father came home. Then she kissed
him good night and went to bed. The
next morning when she swoke it was
her birthday. Her mother and father
gave her big doll. in the afternoon
they had q big party. Her little
friends came, and they played with
Mfry's doll and ate ice cream and
cake. Then they all went home. and
this is the end of my story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
By GAME T. X. NORTON.

BY GAME T. X. NORTON.
"HIS is babytime of the year
at the New York Zoo.
Il There are all manner Of
d. queer looking, awkward lit
tie animals and birds trying to fly
or walk around, or just lying still
waiting to gain strength, and de-
pending upon their fur or feather
coated mothers and fathers to care
for them. 1t is a sight to be seen
but once year, and every boy and
girl who loves the out-of-d doors and
who lives near New York should
take trip to the Zoo and see these
strange little newcomers.
Perhaps TIE funniest, and certain
ly the most unusual, sight is the
baby penguin, the only one of his
kind in captivity. He is but few
months old, is covered with soft,
mouse-colored feathers, and is very
wild. The baby swins almost as
we'll as his father and mother. The
old birds guard him carefully, and
plainly show how much they love
him when a stranger enters the in
closure. These birds are found only
in the Antarctic regions. They are
too oily to be used generally for
food, though explorers at times
have been forced to eat them. They
can swim like the duck and the sea
lion, too, either high or low in the
water or under water altogether.
1t is very funny to watch their an
tics as they solemnly stalk around
on their short legs on the rocks.
Their call to each other is just like
the braying of donkey.
Another very interesting baby is
the little American elk. Unlike
many other little animals, this baby
is able to walk around when less
than day old. He is covered with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

PROGRESSIVE ENIGMA.

/. If you must 1894 that 5-6-7S
lad, 9-1O-11-12 you please wait till the
notwithstanding has begun his
evening song?
,. Do you want to know why 1924
5-6-7 not join the party! She was
hunting for the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 she heard
in the grass.
3. Wha. 1884 he has got into for
a boy of his 5-6-7l Let me read you
his mothers 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 about it,
(. They gathered about the town
1924, all those who were kith and
5-6-7 to me, and listened to the story
o. Cinderella and her l-2-3-i-56-7
coach.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

a rough brown coat, dotted with
white spots. which soon disappear.
His legs are big jointed and lit
tie unsteady, and his large, soft eyes
have the saddest expression in the
world. His mother is always near
him, and she guards him well.
There are several baby deer that
are lust as interesting as their cous-
ms. the elks, whom they resemble
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
HIDDEN SWEETS.

The name of a candy filling or flavor
ing is concealed in each of these SEN
fences:
1. For this soup you need pepper;
mint, too, is excellent for favoring
2.Iwas very sorry to find Donovan
i'll and very weak.
s.Icall my dog Choco. Later will
explain why.
4. A subject of which ] am very fond'
anthropology, keeps me busy.
s. II yol need piano. U. Gates has
them for sale.
s. Had Marius and CHINA money
when phey ruled Rome?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Betty's Blunder.
By JOHN n. BUCE, Age 3.

Betty was told by her mistress to
60 to the grocery store and get a
pound Of cheese and an ounce of pep
per. So Betty went off in great glee.
singing to herself. But when she
reached the grocers she had gotten a
little mixed about what she was to get.
so she said to the grocer: 81 want
pound of pepper and an ounce of
cheese" The poor grocer thought that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
On Another Planet
BY HELEN FINCH (Age 49,.

| will tell YOU what | think a planet
nearer the sun than we are is like and
what kind of people live on il.
The people have a very dark COM
plexion. Their hair is black and
reaches below their waists. They all
dress alike. in gold-colored garments
that. glitter so you could not look at
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
DOLLY AND THE STREET CLEANER

mother, looking up at the little tear
stained face.
why, my sweeper. the man in white;
he's sick!" cried Dolly, and the tears
began to roll down her cheeks. Mother
put her arms around her little girl and
kissed the tear-stained CHEEKS.
After luncheon, when she had tele-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

closely. At this time of the year
all the young bucks have their new
antlers, larger than the ones they
cast off, but they are still soft and
covered with velvet" fuzz that
wears off as they grow hard. While
they are I'm velvet they are harm
less and easy to manage, but when
the antlers are hard, look OUT
a thrush family has chosen a
most unusual place to build nest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
Mother.
BY CECILIA c. HURD, Age 10.

by NEIILIA [. HUKU, Age TO.
Mother, how cherished the word is!
think of it otter when I'm alone.
| wonder if my mother ever thinks
TIT | love her and my home.
may not show my love
! the way she wants me to;
But yet D.. love her dearly.
Yes, do. 10. DO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

1t is in a low, forked branch not
four feet above the ground, less
than six feet ON the public path
and very near the reptile house. At
any time of day you can see mother
thrush sitting on the nest or on
the branch beside it; there are FIVE
babies in the nest, and they keep
father ard mother thrush busy
gathering worms enough to fill
their ever-open little bills. Very
soon, however, their flying lessons
will begin, and before you know it
they will be on the wing themselves
and the nest will be "for rent"
Papa thrush has difficulty in keep
'ng the saucy little chipmunks away
from his home; sometimes they get
quite close before he discovers
them; then he will fly to the ground
and squawk and jump around until
the intruder makes for the bushes.
Altogether, he is very busy thrush.
The chipmunks are more numer-
Gus this year in the park than they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

ever have been before.
The little black striped,
brown bodies are dart
ing around the bushes
constantly, an d we
know there must be
lots of babies in the
underground n e S I S,
even though we don't
get a chance to see
them.
If you will take some
peanuts with you when
you visit the Zoo, the
big peacocks will fol-
low you about and take
Them right from your
hands-that is, if you
shell them first, for
these birds are very par
ticular as to how their
food is served TO them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
By DAVID CORY.

-HE man in white who kept the
street so clean was a great
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05
OUTLINE A SYSTEM.

y good plank in the platform of 6
candidate for governor is the pledge
OF business administration: but il
is not platform Moreover ii is ar
indefinite statement. \ business pro.
position brought before committee OF
any commercial club in the state re-
requires statement Of purpose and
! an outline Of the system of manage
ment in order to gain the attention OF
such committee. Whoever the can
didate may be who rests his case on
the indefinite statement that he is a
! business man and proposes a business
I administration he should meet the
voters with an outlined system as he
would meet the committee of a COM
nercial club We're he seeking TO or
ganize a new business enterprise by
their help or a board of directors were
he seeking contract as manager
This is complicated business"
that Of chief manager for the state of
Iowa. 1t includes many things and
meets many angles. Checking up the
daily items of expenditure and income
scarcely suffice as to mana cement.
The rules 81 the corporation must be
observed and maintained Order must
be kept The house" must seek high
er standing. Il must progress and
grow not only financially but in good
repute as corporation giving service
OF the highest character.
Most OF the candidates who are be-
ing given particular consideration are
capa bic Of carrying on the routine Of
q careful expenditure OF state funds
and accounting for the state income.
The history Of state administrations in
Iowa is comparatively free from graft
and Of later years no breath Of scandal
has breataed against & governor or
other important state official.
But the state Is asking not only for
a fairly good business man and ac-
countant but for management that
viii not only count the money but
carry on the whole business of the
state. II is asking for an outline Of
the system of management each can
didate proposes. Not one OF them but
viii promise business administration.
All, unless one will announce them
selves as favorable TO the enforcement
of existing laws. But this job of man
agement requires more 1t should and
does require an outline Of how and
what and when.
The stockholders in the state Of
Iowa have right to ask SO much.
They are asking. What does a bust
ness management mean, what does Law
enforcement mean in the mind OF the
candidate?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05

high school, B.. c. r. & N. shops and
the Allison hotel; Track No. 2. A-l-l
A-b-o-o-a-alrd.' yelled Milt Camp
bell and the old timers hoped Into the
five coaches No. was pulling. as nim-
bly, as they We're wont to do in the
days gone by.
The special was in charge Of Con-
ductor FAM Martin, one Of the old
guards who helped to build the line
between Cedar Rapids and Shellsburg.
He Is now Pullman conductor, and
he came here from Chicago to attend
the reunion and especially to run the
B.. c. r. & N. special. which was by
long odds the most admired train that
pulled out OF the union station Satur-
day.
Exercising the traditional rights and
# conductor. Martin
hired his own brakeman. First he
..eu DlI Ryan. but later turned
him In" He hired Bill Francis, next
but afterwards said he didn't know
as he had made much by the change.
His eagle eye was Pat Lynott, who
had Cor his "tallow pot" Alex Nc.
Ke-zie. Pat said that "the ovid pilot
could no make her stame." So Pat
stalled" at First avenue ana |histled
out fagman. So far as any of the
boys know the flagman is going south
yet. for Pat never recalled him.
Tallow Pot Mckenzie did better
after that and all went we'll until
they came back from the shops. fol-
lowed by big Mike with orders to
help out No. in case she stalled again
BUT at the First avenue crossing Big
Mike himself was stalled and there
was hot argument between the engi-
neer and the flagman. The latter final
~ lost patience He had old No. un-
coupled from the special and coupled
her 20 the big mogul. She gave two
snorts and her two little drivers
started whirling. But the big Mike
moved and went towards the shops
while the crowd roared with delight.
They visited all the places On the
time card. except Epley. which had
been carded as maybe" And that
was about the last of the reunion. for
the regular B., c. r.. & N. weather
ended in a smart shower which mar
red the auto sightseeing trip and pre-
vented the farewell love feast which
had been scheduled for o'clock in
Greene square.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05
BUT FOLKS ARE FOLKS

The Louisville Courier Journal COM
menting upon the appearance g
woman on the streets dressed in a
pantalette skirt says. Imagine the
shock that would he felt by those who
are now nervous about the pantalstte
skirt If they should awaken tomorrow
10 ind all the women going about
with rufled drawers four inches longer
than their skirts Then il recurs to
a period when women OF the greatest
respecta bility went so attired IN
ashamed and unremarked, in the days
between 1890 and 1850
L some of US would dig up all the
old photograph albums and daguerro-
types in the ramiiy and 50 Ger the
different and differing periods Of
woman's dress changes which startle
now would shock US less. If We Of the
older generation were to hunt up all
our own photographs ard display them
among our acquaintance the laughter
would be loud and more or less en-
oarrassing TO ourselves. For a funnier
thing than We were then compared TO
the way folks dress nowadays" would
be hard to and outside of good car
too5..
Any man Of fifty or better who
hunts up the pictures that his folks
had took" of him with his waist to
which trousers that hung to his heels
We're buttoned will smile If he doesn t
weep. And mothers picture az little
girl, grandmother daguerrotype taken
with grandfather perhaps just after
the wedding is historical matter Of
/ dress and hair dressing.
They'll wear them, pantalettes, OF
pinbacks or sheath gowns or any other
adoption of dress materials to the
human form divine that appeals to
the period. And one is about as funny
to the next generation as the other
The belle of today will bring smiles
and giggles from her grandchildren
when they see the picture she had
|
ance yesterday.
But people are much the same in
essentials now as then and will be Their
as now. Folks are folks whether the.
perch tiny hat on the apex Of tnei,
heads or sprea1 a merry widow acros!
a yard OF ground whether they veal
hoops and look like a balloon or weal
sheath gowns and look like a 2-year
old pickerel. We are working alon,
and keeping our, families as the!
worked for US and as ours shall worl
for theirs and love and happiness an,
sorrow and hatred and hope and dis
appointment are as busy under tn
latest model coat as they were unde
a "dolman."
Let's let it go at that. Let's believ
that the heart Of the world beats tru
whatever clothes cover it. Let e1
wear panta1ette skirts if they -desir
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05
THE DELIVERY DRIVER.

( When the autoists gathered to-
gether relate each his hair raising eX-
perience with the delivery driver who
cut in ahead or crossed the wrong
/ side; when the humane person draws
/ attention to the way the tired horses
are urged along the street and says
that something ought to be done
about it." just remember that the de-
livery man and the delivery business
begins with us and depends on us and
that We also are pushing the tired
horses and the tired man who drives
them OVERHEARD. Give the delivery man
a chance. The pressure is behind him.
The system of purchase that requires
four chances to buy and have delivered
articles of necessity four or five times
daily begins or is at least maintained
by the homes We are responsible for
it. And it's a most lively business
when il is considered that the town
must be covered every street and every
block four or FIVE times a day. II is
when We are being humane let's con-
slider that humane includes men as
we'll as animals. OF course the man
isn't harnessed TO wagon but he is
pretty tightly hitched 10 his job. He
needs il and &c hold it he has to hurry
and the horses have to hurry whether
~ oil
is that we are at home asking over the
phone WHY those eggs do not come,
having ordered them for the 4 o'clock
delivery and absolutely dependent upon
them for SUPPER. and the grocer is
Jumping the delivery management and
the management is seeking over town
by telephone 10 hound on the delivery
man. In the ultimate the delivery
man and MS team bear the brunt Of
he whole fuss. They are supposed to
get tnere.
So with the telephone girl. She says
;he line IS busy ard we try again
{ Still busy. And then some of US be-
gin 70 fume. We mentally accuse the
whole race CT telephone girls of mon
dacity and lack of desire to serve. Most
Of US CO not know that the girl could
make the connection If the line wasn't
in use easier than she can inform US
that It is busy. But impatience and
the telephone girl are right with US
and we fuss over the service while
Mrs. Some body holds the line while she
and Mrs Somebody else hold a halt
hour conversation over the merits Of
different receipts for the construction
Of piccaliIy and the dement's of their
washerwomen. Remember
the telephone girl along with the de-
livery man.
The fact is that we have so many
nowadays that we insist
On instantaneous service. And SO in
sisting we grow callous to the weari-
ness and difficulties of those who serve
ls. There is very wide field for hui
name development among humans as
we'll as animals. We need a society
for the prevention Of cruelty TO folks,
: SORT Of s P. C. E. almost as much
as an S. p. C. A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-05

in preference to either repeating the
prohihitory law or attempting state
wide enforcement by means Of state
officers
Really the public as whole is to be
charged with res possibility for the fail
ure of prohibition. There was no fixed
conviction of its practicability. There
was no determined majority demand
for enforcement as state wide propo-
sition. This was shown by the easy
acceptance OF the legislatures refusal
to provide adequate enforcement ma
chinery during the early years Of the
experiment. That there has been a
great change in the public attitude
IS shown by the improved conditions
under which the new experiment ID to
be essayed. Now, in advance OF the
return to state wide prohibition, the
legislature has provided by law for
every means of enforcement holding
out promise of effectiveness. The state
constabulary, which was the bogy of
old. has been provided. In the absence
of state enforcement machinery, local
officers could decide during the former
experiment whether or not the law was
to be enforced Trhhay could dacide to
ignore it, and there was no way OF
Furnishing them so long as home senti-
ment supported them. Now any local
officer who refuses or fails to enforce
the law can be ousted from office at
the initiative of the attorney general.
In the old days bootlegging was mis-
demeanor. more commonly regarded as
a joke. Now it is penitentiary Of
Tense. No attention was paid to the
transportation OF liquor in the first
trial. Now federal and state laws
combine to make transportation for il
legal purposes difficult If not impos-
sible. Back of all this elaborate ma
chinery apparently there will be found
a real majority sentiment in favor of as
strict a policy of law enforcement as
may prove humanity possible.
The change in conditions makes
it certain at the outset that nowhere
again will there be such defiant and
fragrant violation of law as was toler-
ated in many communities in the late
sos and early Cos. With strict en-
forcement, prohibition will be given
chance to demonstrate its merits ss
temperance MEASURE chance
which it was denied during the expert
ment which ended in a confession Of
failure shortly after the second cleo
ton OF Governor Boies.