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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Colonial Closets.
From the Atlantic.

In a quaint old colonial cottage arr
many closets. few If any of them 10
Gated according to modern notions OF
convenience. The clothes closet that
ought to be in the spare room upstairs
is downstairs in the library with the
spare room bureau; the upstairs closets
are under the caves OF the sloping root
the way to utilize them to the best
advantage is to entT on your hand
and knees, carrying an electric torch
between you teeth. Inside the closei
you turn on your back. Illuminate the
pendant garments with your torch
drag whatever you select down from
the hook, grasp 1t firmly with o
teeth, n go out again or you hand.
and knees. rolling the electric torch
gently before you. We see now why
in those good old days chests of draw.
ers we're popular-fortunately we have
one OF our own that some how has goi
up the stairway: and we see also, as
we begin to settle into 1t, what is per-
haps the secret of this humber CO.
onial architecture. The colonial JACK
who built this house wanted some
room round a chimney and a roof
that h snow would slide off, and 50
he built 1t; and wherever he found
a space he made u closet OF a cup
board. and because he had no othel
kind, he put in small paned windows,
and all he did "a substantial and
homeland beautiful, In it's humble
way. by accident.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12

can sweat little children for proft until
he stunts and blights the future manhood
and womanhood Of the commonwealth. he
can give an unchecked right OF way to the
home and the inalienable rights Of the
people.
When the alignment is clearly made 1t
will be found that the men who are but
tressing and sanctioning and condoning
the brutally m~aterialisatic attitude of
the republican ganization. as led by
pudiated all moral obligation for the well
fare of their brothers.; those who are
fighting with Brumbaugh for his distinctly
moral ard humanitarian platform are
tect wen the weakest OF their brothers
from being exploited by the stronger MEM
bers of the fraternity. Therefore, MIR.
Gribbel has done q great service to his fell
low men in stressinK the high moral ideal
OF modern life.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Man His "6rothsr's ksspsr?
From the Ailadelphta Iedrer

SO long ago that the incident cannot be
determined c~hronol0gically a man whose
hands were stained with blood, asked,
ethics and philosophy have been trying to
formulate affirmative reasons ever since,
Nov that John Gribbel has jumped the
subject out Of the spiritual into the com
mercial realm an entirely new era has
dawned. Phila nthropists in industry, like
Henry Ford. have been feeling their war
toward q moral creed for the business
world. but It has remained for Mr.. Crib
pei to sum up the commercial conscience
In q sentence.
At bottom. when all subterfuxes are
swept away. every economic and indus
trial problem is . moral question. Even
the tariff. which IL supposed to he monOt-
osnonsly and ex%clusively. statistical. ID real
~ nothing other Nj this: Are We going
to protect the wOrkmen Of American in
such = manner that they Will have q fair
chance OF realixing tho high domestic. so
cial a moral ideals upon which the past
Of this republic was built n upon which
Its future depends?
This 10 the battle now being Ought on
tour. fronts at Harrisburg. The new hous-
Ing bill. which puts poor tenants 1t the
mercy OF greedy rent lords, 10 . question
OF whether one man IL his brothers keep
Or. The compensation bill. the child labor
60l. the local option bill AL come to the
am bar for Judgment. e . man u not
HE brothers keeper. then he Il Ct liberty
70 mann bic employees with impunlty. hi
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
ROTARY.
BY Or. Frank Crane. Editor New
York Globe.
ROTARY.

or late there have sprung up in many
principal cities OF the United States, and
In some abroad, organizations known as
Rotary clubs.
The Rotary club Is composed of business
men. Its popularity is that it accepts
only one man from each kind Of business.
While it had It's origin in the strictly
unitarian motive of you-llelp-rnc-and-In-
help-you, 1t has outgrown that narrow
base and now aims to make its members
mutually helpful in every way.
1t is an outfiowing of the most useful
impulse IN mankind-the impulse to get
together.
Is SLOWLY learning is thai the betterment
of all is accomplished not By com petition
out by cooperation.
Civilization is at the bottom no more
aor less than getting together.
The more YOU know men. the better you
IKE them. the more business You can do
With them. and the more of a pleasure
business becomes.
Most of our getting together has been
BY classes and cllques. Churches are con-
;tfucted on sectarian principles: political
laFIles are exclusive and a~ntagonistic. so
that the only way we know how to serve
.he country is to fight each other for 1t:
ugh society operates in water tight com
oarfments, the boast of each set being
VIA u dotS nOt communicate WIN Lne
'thers. almost all social clubs are care
uiiy guarded behind impossible barriers:
I seems that We cannot have brotherhood
Except in little groups pledged to hate
everybody oIitSide-at least. to ignore
hem.
The Rotarfans have the in%tergroup idea.
N the Rotary club d man is not mingling
With members of his own trade, but with
hose of other trades.
He iS nnt "a yNptrt0r ,1,1 1-,~ H.,
goods merchant. railroad mamie is a
human being.
Tie Is constantly brought in touch with
the truth that the prosperity of the com
tnunlty does not mean the progress of his
own line OF business, but the success of
all forms of business activity.
The Rotary club ia the opposite. or,
"ather. the complement. the other side.
u the guild. the trade union. the bar
association. the minister's union. for IL
stands for one section OF the worlds work;
I is for the commonwealth.
III proadens men without decreasing their
individuality. Ii incites a man to improve
MS W affairs. vet constantly reminds
MIN that there are others"
II is the clearing house of all callings.
he %leveling OF all egotisms. the humaniz-
Ing of all competitions the equalizing of
diverse trends of activity. the hydrostatic
paradox of all business.
II ranks high among the civilizers.
Whatever breaks down hedges between
men Is a civilizer.
III promotes genuine good fellowship. 1t
establishes an esprit de corps that has no
less than humanity for it's foundation.
Under it's blows of fellowship. arrogance.
and selfshress OF men are battered
down.
Men cannot keep up hate IL they become
acquainted. Don't introduce me to that
man. said a wit. II feel it my political
duty to hate him. And you can't hate a
nan when you know him"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
South America Is no Place
for People Without Money.

free advice to all readers who care to visit
it's p~alatial quarters.
The parks of Buenos Aires. especially
appealed to me. Including the plazas Col
large public squares filled with trees anS
shrubs) there are IS OF these public gar
denS.
IT is true that our cities in the United
States are now developing large park sys'
TENS; hut are these not mostly for thu
wealthy? Are not our parks constructed
Tor the idle man with an automobile rath.
a baby carriage?
Let us henceforth copy the Latin Ameri
can cities by having these plazas every
people who cannot afford the time or
money to go out into the surrounding
country. where most OF our parks are
located.
'Buenos" means good" II you wish to
say good day in Spanish you would use
the words "buenos dias.' Aires means
air" Thus the name of this great city
Truly It is a city with good air. for
here there are few factories to make the
smoke or smells with which our cities in
everything else in Buenos Aires, ia very
high In price.
There are no iron mines nor rolling
t%erials, such as factories require, are pro
duced. Hence there are few industries
and factories in Argentina.
Ihis nor only makes Buenos Aires a
market for the manufacturers Of our
United States.
Buenos Aires is especially favored with
is not as hot az In st. Louis. while the
winters are much milder. There are very
few cities in the United States which have
an economic climate as Buenos Aires. Let
him who goes there. however. remelnber
that the Argentine farmer harvests his
crops in March and April, as the seasons
there are directly opposite to those Of
the United States.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Dawn In the Mountains.
THE Woman Homesteader." in the
Z Atla nfic

We were up and about the next
morning in the first faint gray light,
While the men fed grain to the horses
n saddled them. we prepared a hasty
breakfast. We were off before it was
more than light enough for US to see
the trail.
Dawn in the mountains-how I wish
could describe it to you! II I could
only make you feel the keen. bracinR
air, the celebrating climb: ii I could
only paint Its Beauties. what a picture
you should have! Here the colors are
very different from those. Of the desert.
l suppose the forest makes it so. The
shadows are mellow. like the colors in
an old picture-greenish amber light
and a blue-gray sky. Far ahead Of US
we could zee the red rim rock OF q
mountain above timber line. The first
rays OF the sun turned the jagged peaks
into golden points of q crown. In OK
lahoma. at that hour of the day. the
woods would be alive with song birds.
even at this season: but here there are
nc song birds. and only the swapping
Of twlgs. A. our horses climbed the
frosty trail. broke the silence.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
THE AMATEUR SPIRIT.
simeon strunsky. n the Atlanti

Simeon Strunsky, N the Atlantic.
BY the amateur spirit / mean
the spirit which places the Kame
above the victory: which takes
JOY. though 1t may be a subdued
JOY, In the perfect co-ordination
OF mind and muscle and nerve:
which plays to win because VIC
tory 10 the best available test
Of ability, but which is all the
time aware that life has other
interests than the standing Of
the clubs aud the golf commit
tees official handicap. I con-
tend that tho man who plays to
live Is q better amateur than the
man who lives to play. I am
not thinking now OF the actual
amount Of time one gives to the
game. though even then 1t
might be shown that Mr.. Walter
y. Travis devOtes moro hours ia
golf than Mr.. Mathewson de-
votes to baseball. I am think
Ing rather OF the adjustment OF
the game to the general scheme
OF lie. It Seems to be pretty
well established that when your
ordinary amateur takes up golf
ne deter4orateS a. q citiSou. q
husband and father: but / can
not imagine Mr.. Walter johns
son neglecting his family IN his
passion. Tor baseball. AZ he-
tween the two, where do you
nnd the true amateur SPIRIT
Ef rttffs ItItE4 LA.rN.rA
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
SMOKED GLASSES AND
EARLY ARC M
From the Electrical World.

A recent historical exhibit OF arc
lamps and electricity in Cleveland.
Ohio, has brought out a bit Of Inter-
esting history in connection with the
pioneer arc lamp system built by c..
+. Brush. The first demonstration OF
these lamps was made in the public
square OF Cleveland during the sum-
mer of 1876. and afterward in the fan
of the same year, the apparatus was
set up at the Continental exposition
at Philadelphia. The exhibit at Cleve-
land was extensively advertised i'm the
newspapers, and on the evening the
demonstration took place thousands OF
people assembled. most of whom car
ried pieces of smoked or colored glass
to protect their eyes from the arc
lamps rays, which We're expected to
rival those of the sun.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
BY Roger w. Babson.

BY Roger w. Babson.
Buenos Aires. .Argentina.-south Ameri-
ca Is no place for poor people. 1t is no
place for men without capital.
inns applies even more to Argentina
than to the other countries. 1t especially
nos Aires, the gayest city in the world.
truly this Is the most expensive city to
Nve IN that ever 1 have visited. Rooms
only IN the best hotels are from s. Il day
upwards. with meals correspondingly high.
me price Tor room and board in medium
hotels is IS to IS per day. Even boarding
houses charge 81 PEI. day. A little res
s pesos 81. 32) for afternoon tea.
VI course. after one becomes established
IN business In Buenos Aires it does not
make SO much difference what he pays,
as he can charge c~orrespondtngly. High
prices always cause high wages. and high
wage always result in high prices.
ad Eys1y tb traveller ell to Buenos Aires must
nigh price of admission. 1t is a beautiful
Guy. It's public buildings are equaled by
no city IN the world unless 1t be Paris.
the great Plaza de Mayo, on the sea, to
the capital, one mile inland, is superior
20 70, our r, X ennsylvanta avenue at Washing
unexcelled by those of London, New
York or Berlin.
OF course. the streets in the older see
buildings are built low to correspond.
Inis gives light. good air and u sense of
hiomelike luxury to even the places of
business.
In fact. the newspapers Of Buenos Aires
get such high advertising rates that they
have beautiful buildings. Instead of edi-
tors being compelled to work in dingy and
noisy rooms. which " the appearance
OF huge waste baskets. the writer's for
!Huenos Aires newspapers are found In
luxuriously furnished offices.
One Newspaper, / am told, has made so
much money that 1t employees lawyers,
doctors and other professional men to give
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Wages Of Crooked Politics.

FROM the Danv1lle Press Democrat.
POntical corruption Is an unpopular. sub
ject, but in view Of the temptations that
are now making overtures to some Of the
candidates for city offices. 1t seems to us
u, op~portune time to direct the attention
u such candidates to the fact that Mayor
Roberts and lis other political crooks Of
rerre Haute We're given penitentiary sem
fences Yesterday for doing just what has
Roberts was given a sentence Of six years
N the penitentiary for corrupting the hui
lot oox..a crime that has become 80 com
mon In Danville that II has ceased to be "a
crime and has become "A veneruted Gus
tom.
These Terre Haute election crooks had
oiled their criminal practices SO long and
With such uniform impunity that they had
some to view the law and the courts with
he utmost contempt. But. like the pitch
" that went to the we'll once too often.
nent fell upon them. Instead of now be-
ng the leading citizen and the highest CITY
official OF Ierre Haute, Mayor Roberts Is
wrecked life through iron bars. He and
MS actomplices are outlaws and outcasts.
With d~isgrace and shame hanging heavy
over their future and over their homes
and families.
And what did they expect to gain by II
all-what could they gain? The most that
success In politics could bring them was a
ne political plumber. 1t was small pay,
indeed, eve when honestly earned, Hut
when placed alongside the penalty exact
Cd: It was a haunting mockery Of their
oily. And y thing that adds nightly TO
the penalty 10 the fact that all right mind
I'd and honest men approve OF the punish
mont. ut served them right In the com.
. 1T most commonly heard.
say. you candidates. and you plug-uglies
Danville who have been making a prac-
'ioe of buying elections who are ex-
. ectfng to buy success at the polls next
tuesday. think 1t over. Your immunifv
from prosecution Is not Q perpetual license
TO commit crime. The privilege may be
revoked at any time. The good people OF
Danvtlle. will not always stand around like
StOughtOn bottles. II you continue your
:~ussedness. youth get whats coming to
you." Be honest once n sec II you don't
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Tho United state. /. Creditor Nation.

From the American Review of Reviews.
In August. the first month of the
European war. exports from the Uni
ted States were smaller than imports
by some $50. O00. 900, leaving his coun-
try in debt to foreigners by that
amount. Since August an exporting
movement has been In progress, slim
uiated by the unprecedented demand of
Europe for our foodstuffs, for cotton,
and for supplies and munitions of war.
that has brought about results unpre-
sedented in the history of our foreign
trade. and which, if continued in any-
tning like their present proportions,
VIII establish this country securely In
tne position OF a creditor nation. For
the four months following August. the
adverse balance Of trade was turned by
the rapidly arising volume of exports.
aided by he decrease in importations,
into q favorable balance of $3.50, OOO. 900
for the period. But the really stupen-
dous change has come in the last three
months. For December. January and
February. the excess Of exports over
imports in favor of the United States
reaches The record figures of SAIL, O0O.-
600. In the middle Of March there
seemed to be no signs of a falling off
IN this mighty export trade or Of the
net balance in favor of the United
states. This favorable balance was.
indeed. for the second week in March
no less than $47. 000, 900, establishing a
weeks record for the history Of the
nation: It is estimated by conservative
~financiers that in the calendar year we
may well send to foreign countries
goods OF a value more than $1,000. O0O.-
900 IN excess OF the value of the goods
they send to us.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
Parcel Post In the Country.

FROM the Parcel POSt News.
The benefits conferred by rural delivery
are best understood and appreciated by
hose who reside in isolated rural COM
.nunities. Besides the convenienccs which
II affords 10 rural residents In the daily
delivery of mail 10 them, and the facili-
ties for the prompt dispatch of mail. to-
sctficr with almost all other postal facili-
ties to be had at postoffices. the material
benefits which rural delivery has brought
20 the rural residents are incalculablc.
subscriptions to newspapers, both local
and metropolitan. have enormously in
creased. and farmers are thereby kept adj
viSed of daily market quotations, enabling
them to sell their products to the hest adj
vantage and to avail themselves OF the
pest prices for agricultural machinery,
clothing and other necessary commodities.
Farmers do not now have to abandon
their work and take their horses from
the plOws to go to the postoffice after the
nail. but can devote all their time during
the planting and harvesting seasons to
their occupations. and conduct c%orrespon-
icncc and secure supplies with certainty
and without loss of time.
Whenever a rural route is established on
4 road it means that. unless thai road is
maintained In condition to be Travelled
withdrawn therefrom. Generally speak
'ng, tn. highways of the United States are
poor: The fact does not seem to be APP
preciated that the building and mainten-
ance of good roads enables farmers to
market their produce with greater racil-
fly. greater regularity. and with less wear
aIu Tear Oh Wagons ana STOCK. since the
advent of rural delivery. there has been
nothing which has given greater impetus
to the good roads movement than the cx-
tension of this service.
The rural delivery service has been a
great boon to the rural population. Be
fore hts establishment there were days and
weeks when, because OF stress of work
on the farm. stormy weather or other
conditions. the farmer was unable to
make a trip to the postoffice. and had 10
10 without mail. which means that he
was without knowledge OF what was go
Ing on In the world.
The exchange of letters. receipt of
newspapers and other publications. the
transaction Of money order and registry
business and now the parcel post, all
through the rural carrier, has worked
wonders In making the farmers business
more profitable and country life more at
tractive. The saving to the rural resi-
dents through the operation Of the rural
delivery system, II 1t could be calculated.
would run into the hundreds of millions
Of dollars.
The rural delivery service now embraces
about $1,000 routes, covering over LOCO. 900
miles OF roads and serving approximately
0,0oo. geo persons. Through this great sys-
TEN the farmer receives and sends out his
letters. gets his newspapers and other pub
LEGATIONS, obtains money orders and regis
ters mail. and now. by parcel post. ex-
manages merchandise-all without a trip
20 the pOstofflce.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12
A Point Of Honor.

You say that I have wronged you 81.
You scourge me with your angry
ScOfn
because 1 loved a year ago.
And now my o is all outworn.
Think Of h wrong ! spared you-this:
Swiftly and silently / fled,
Nor fingered for one lying kiss,
After ! knew that love was dead.
Amelia Josephine Burr.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12

European Russia has the highest
birth rate OF any country In the world:
France. the lowest. $500
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12

Tunis Is now producing more than,
100000 900 gallons Of olive oil a year and
expects In a few years to double the
mount.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-12

mrs. Helen s Woodruff. blind for two years, during which she WI.
"''nout hope II recovery. has given the most of her. time since she rep.inad
mel slght through a remarkable operation to the aus Of the siuhtlass
~ va while N was bhnd that she wrote "The Lady Of the Lighthouse"
w"ch "oh hr lame. n as consented to have this tory shown in
~ movies and will give to the blind the money that she makes in this -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-26

president was visibly pleased and soon
Mrs. Calls intimate friends began TO
whisper: did you hear! Edith was
down TO the white house last night
for dinner"
More visits and dinners and auto.
mobile rides followed and in July
Mrs. Gait accepted an Invitation TO
visit at the summer white house at
Cornish, n. H.
! Little gossip leaked out, however,
and the only. signs of cosrtship were
the changes in the clothing OF the two
principals. Gradually little notes OF
color crept in the black and white OF
Mrs. Calls mourning wardrobe, which
she had worn since her husbands
death.
Gradually, too, the president doifed
his somher clothing and appeared in
gray and white suits-and finally he
appeared again In the glory OF col.
cred neckties.
And so the romance progressed, bul
few. however, really were the wiser
until, with the recent formal an.
rouncement OF the engagement made
from the white house, friends OF Mrs.
Cats received from her little notes
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-26

Stunning-there's the word that de-
scribes this. street costume in Hunt
er's green, and II you would know the
modes OF the moment notice the un.
evenly pointed coat. the short, flaring
skirt, the choker collar and the fur
trimmed sleeves which Nine. Allie
Bailey, OF the Fashion Art League
OF America, introduces in this frock
for street wear.
The skirt Is made with short yoke
from which falls tapering pleats which
ripple unevenly at the bottom; the
back is made in tunic effect to cores.
pond with the lines OF fthe coat. The
coat is of hand length, that is, 1t ex-
tends as far as the finger tips reach,
and Of course. II Is semi.fitted.
The gray fox fur cuffs and choker
collar make rich trimming for
this smart street suit.