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think of others-O, so many others!-who are fighting the same dreadful disease. I believe they are doing the same things. wonder are they thinking the same things. What are they reading ?.Would it not be a pleasure and a. comfort to ex- change thoughts and feelings?
 II am sure the Corner reaches both men and women who belong to the Fresh Air club, and would be glad to hear from either. M G.
 Are there some of these shut-outs-" who would care to get Into touch with the writer of this letter? I am sure thers must be those who have points of interest in common with her and it might do much to cheer and encourage her if they would write to her. I cannot think of anything more depressing to an active person than "rest cure,'' and my sympathy and good will go out to M. G.
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She's a "Shut-out."

I" have hesitated to make my wants known to you for fear you might inform me you were not carrying on correspond. ence bureau. but reading in the Corner of one kind woman's offer to correspond with a shut-in has encouraged me.
 q am what you might call shut-out- a young woman in the prime of life who has to take the rest cure.
 People are kind to me. and Thavs many friends. Most of the time can keep myself happy. There are 90 many pleasant things to think about and so much to read. But there are a few days when am lonely and despondent. and I
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About Printing Addresses.

!" I wonder if the following recipe will be new to you: Lay a slice of smoked ham one inch thick in baking dish and slice three or four raw potatoes upon it.
 Cover with milk, and bake as long as you would scalloped potatoes. No sea- sonng is necessary. Is 1t not possible to print the addresses of persons making requests in the Helping Hand depart ment? So often I would respond if I could send at once, but busy business woman is prone to put off until night to write for the address and is then perhaps too tired to do so. L. ""
 The recipe you send is novel to me and welcome. It will give me pleasure to try it myself. l have said often before that this matter of printing the addresses is beyond my control. A higher power than myself sees fit not to publish them. It is one thing to make an appeal to stran- gers through the printed page and quite another to see your name affixed to such requests to be read by the neighbors and acquaintances from whom one would fain conceal ones needs Taking 1t alto
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tons ahead of those of women who were similarly fortunate it is bec2Ese old men are usually thought of as less lucky In these lines.
 !" An old lady can always make herself useful about tho house." said some one to me only the other day She can help about the work and do the mending and look after the children, but what in tho
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tons genius lay in depicting the life of tho peasants, among whom he was born. His birthplace was Corrieres. France. He was born in 1927 and died in 1906. The picture is in the Chicago Art institute, room 8S. MRS. J. s. C."
 The Song of the Lark was exhibited at the Worlds Columbian exposition in 1893. If Interested Reader has never seen the painting. have a copy of it. card size. which would gladly give her.
 '' MRS. G. E. s.
 This friendly offer comes from a cor respondent in Los Angeles, and I regret that Interested Reader |" did not give her address that I might put her in com munication with Mrs. G. E. S. Should she see this paragraph and write for the ad- dress. I will gladly send 1t. ~
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Wants Old Music.

' see in the Corner that Mrs. E. E. s. has music for beginners. would like to have some for our four boys. If she has any old pieces. not popular, such as
 Meditation. Star of the Sea- Silver Threads Among the Gold Robins Re- turn would be very glad to get them, and am more than willing to pay parcel post. belong to the working class and everything counts. A"
 am sorry that the music offered by Mrs. E. E. S. had been given away before this letter arrived. Surely. however. there must be others of the constituency who have such music. shall keep A. A name on file. and hope to have appli- cation for it ct an early day.
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be cheered You cannot guess how hard the winter has been for me, as have tried to tide over those of my family who could not get work MRS. A. M. T."
 As I have already written to this corre- spondent, we cannot ask for paid employ ment through the Corner. but it may be that some of the constituency have unfin- ished pieces of crocheting they could turn over to her to complete, or that they would be willing to give her on the chance of her finding market for them when they are done. It is hard to be in such position as hers. l know our sympathy goes to her freely. and I hope there may be let ters es we'll as other methods employed for encouraging her. She deserves all we can do for her.
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She Needs Work.

II am a shut-in and need work. can do any kind of crochet work. It occurs to me that there must be number of inter- ested people who would be glad to help shut-in. I have rheumatism and it is hard work to get about, but am willing to do what work I can. How many pieces of silk have received through the kindness of the Cornerites! When cares come. I turn to the many bright pieces and try to
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 ~ from buttermilk. We think 1t makes a finer cheese than that
 made from sour milk.
 Let the buttermilk get sour; heat 1t very slowly some little time. to separate curds and whey. Then drain off the whey and hang the remainder in a bag until it is dry. Season with salt, pepper, and paprika. To make it a little nicer. caraway seeds may be added. Roll the cheese into small pats or rolls.
 Pimento may also be used to make it more attractive. It will have to stand twenty-four hours or so to dry out, as this cheese is more moist when first made than that made from the sour milk; but it is also much finer grained and rich. think if C. will try this way she can use every bit of her milk but the whey.
 E. P. B. am sure '' c" will be glad and grate- full to receive this recipe. Old house. keeper that I am, it is new to me, and can magine the qualification it will bring to thrifty housewives who have felt that if buttermilk could not be drunk by the members of the family it was of no serv- ice except to fatten pigs on the farm. hope some of our Cornerites will try the recipe and report if they agree with E. P. B. in finding this cheese superior to that made with ordinary sour milk.
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your columns to whom to writer

This letter comes from Chicago, and I do not know enough about dramatic con- ditions in that city to answer it help fully In New York there is at least one good school of acting. Can any one tell me if there is one in Chicago? As the correspondent gave no name or address l cannot put her in personal communica- ton with those who might help her. do know. however, that mere desire to act cannot give one chance on the boards In this day. Long. hard training Is quired to fit the beginner to enter this exacting. difficult, and often bitterly dis appointing profession
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She Still Corresponds.

II sent music to Mrs. F. E. B. and received grateful acknowledgment. l am still corresponding with the lame daughter of Mrs c. E. S. who says she enjoys letters immensely. receive much good from the Corner. I. A. Y.'
 This is part of letter asking for the addresses of several others to whom the correspondent feels she can be of service. She says that she receives much good from the Corner, and l have a strong impression that she is one of those who give fully as much as they receive. am glad to know there are many others like her.
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Would Be an Actress.

Can you give me any information as to how to become stock actress? am young and at present employed in an of
 flee, but just love to act It seems to me to be the only work am really fitted for. know no one who is player, soany information you can give me 4s to where to apply for position or whether one must have dramatic training would be greatly appreciated. If you are unable to tell me this will you kindly tell me through
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ANo Loon oM WHcH otE MeAyE5 ctApMAe PllLoW covER5

added comfortably to their ipcome and mace them feel they were of some practi- cal value in the world--an agreeable ssn- sation for any one. old or young, and ot especial service to those who have ceaseo to belong to the regular army corps or laborars.
 If have put out the instances of elderly men who have found interesting occupa-
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the interest opened up lines of reading and study which occupied many hours and effectually saved him anything like ennul
 Besides these I have known men who made a speciality of raising chickens and pigeons and found employment in 1t which not only kept them out of doors and gave them an object in life, but also
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Thdnkful for Address.

My husband wishes me to thank you for the address of B. D. At her request he has sent her quite a variety of stamps
 MRS. J. U. H." Another illustration of the kindly work performed by our faithful Cornerites.
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FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

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were slender the little extra sums were welcome.
 to his flowers. He could not afford an expensive conservatory but a small greenhouse was within his means, and it was astonishing the results he achieved with his modest outfit Not only actual work among his plants engaged him, but
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gether, think that more harm thansood would be done by printing names.
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n LETTER signed e." requests a
 A recipe for making Dutch cheese ~ from buttermilk. We think 1t ! makes a finer cheese than that
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
$4,000 men KILLED IN
ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR
Statistics Show That 100000
Workmen Are Hurt Annually.

Washing tOn.-"The number Of fatal
industrial accidents among American
wage earners, including both sexes"
says statement issued by the depart
ment of labor, may be conseryatively
estimated at $4,000 a year and the
number of injuries involving a disabil-
ity of more than four weeks, using the
proximately 100000. These numbers,
impressive as they are, fail to indicate
fully the number of Industrial acct
dents, for such studies as have already
been made show that of the accidents
involving disa bilities of one day and
over at least three-fourths terminate
during the first four weeks
''The industries which contribute the
greatest number of fatal accidents are
railroad employments and agricultural
pursuits, each group being responsible
for approximately 1920 fatalities each
year. Coal mining contributes more
than 1900 and building and construc-
ton work nearly 1900. General man
ufacturing, while employing large num-
bers, produces only about 1880 fatal
accidents. ~ ." W. ~
when the fatality rates are consid-
cred metal mining ranks as most haz-
ardous, with a2rate of per 1000, coal
mining coming next with rate Of 3.5,
and fisheries and navigation following
with rate Of per 1000. Manufac-
turing industries, as whole, rank low
est, with rate Of % per 1000. But
| the fact should not be overlooked that
this low average rate covers manufac-
turing groups varying widely In haz-
ard, including on the one hand boiler
making and the various departments
Of the iron and steel industry. in some
Of which fatality rates as high as those
in metal and coal mining have prevail
ed, and on the other hand the textile
and clothing industries, in some of
which the risk OF fatal accident is
practically negligible" ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEMOCRATS
NEWS CATERER.

Mrs. Armstrong of Dubuque was the
guest of Miss Ellen Mcmahon on
Thursday and Friday.
Amos Vivian of Wauzeka was here
on business last week.
Mrs. Clarence Weiter and daughter
returned last Wednesday to Tiffin, Ohio.
P. O. Vivian transacted business in
Milwaukee Friday.
Miss Margaret Stude visited friends
in Monroe last week.
Mrs Henry Thies and son Harry
have returned from a visit in Chicago.
Clark Mack of Chicago is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Henry Thies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Arthur enjoyed
few days visit at Platteville and Cuba
City last week.
Mrs. J. Hill, Mrs. +. Harvey, Mrs. V.
Thompson, Miss K. Finne, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Jacobs and Miss A. Davis motored
here from Argyle Friday. They visited
at the George Richards and Edward
Davis homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph GRADER of Chi
cago, who visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis GRADER and other rela-
tives the past week, returned to their
home Saturday.
Mrs. A. M. Kramer entertained
twelve lady friends last Wednesday
evening All report a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ramsden and
son of Beloit were over Sunday visitors
at the home of Mrs. Mary Meuer.
Mrs. Catherine Fielder of Cuba City
is the guest of her sons E. C. Fielder
and J. J. Fielder.
Mrs. Catherine Mulcahy enjoyed q
visit with her sister Mrs. Amelia Zim-
mer at Cobb last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde M. Taylor OF
Marion, Iowa, arrived here Friday, and
are the guests of Mrs. John Jeuck
mother of Mrs. Taylor.
Misses Effie and Hazel Tonkin visited
at the home of their sister Mrs. Charles
Carroll at Linden from Saturday tC
Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. John Davies and Miss
Grace Gribble motored to Dodgeville
last Wednesday and visited friends. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. j p Weier and family
of Ridgeway visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Unger, Sr. Monday.
Mrs. John Fischer was visitor this
week at the farm home of Mr.. anG
Nicholas Ley.
John Ternes and wife of Ridgeway
were visitors here Saturday.
Miss Blanche Fox of Madison is here
visiting friends. aa: U.s.. ..2s5 3a
Mr.. and Mrs. William Doyle returned
Monday from their wedding trip
Miss Elizabeth Hubberts and neice
Misses Clara and Florence Gilman
left Saturday for week S visit at Mad
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
SEE GLORIOUS COLORADO
EN- ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA

Are you going this summer to the
California Exposition? If so, you
should make the journey by way OF
Denver and Colorado Springs and visit
the magnificent mountain sights easily
accessible from these two cities. Your
Colorado sight seeing over, you can
continue on through to the Coast, to
either San Francisco, Los Angeles or
San Diego, or you can stop over and see
the attractions of Salt Lake City, and
if desired. make side trip to Yellow
stone National Park. This arrange
ment is made possible for you through
the service of the Chicago. Milwaukee
& ST. Paul Railway. Two splendid
trains 1.-THE Colorado Special and the
THE Colorado Express operated
through to Denver over this route, in
connection with the Union Pacific Rail
road.
You can return direct from Cali
fornia if you desire, but for few dol
lars more you can see the beautiful
Pacific North Coast, thence journey
east over the picturesque Trail of the
Olympian," through the heart OF three
vast mountain chains. This delightful
journey will amply repay the few extra
dollars that it costs. 49,
Apply to the Local Agent of the Chi
cage, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
for western travel literature, informa-
ton about low fares, time of trains, and
other particulars. - aa3" rC94e
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
SAW GAS WIPE OUT l,ooo:
American, Who Fought With Cana
y dams, Tells! Of Battle at Ypres,

Plattsburgh, n. Y.-Henry Lapiere,
an american citizen, whose home is iE
Chazy, near here. and who served 21S
days with the British seolers, has re-
turned with the first story told by a
soldier. of actual experience, with the
German sasphyxiating gases:
Lapiere was seized with the war
fever last August and enlisted, posing
as a Canadian. Recently his mother
learned of his whereabouts, and
through representations of Amba ssador
Page in London obtained his discharge
from the army by the war Office. .s
Lapiere took part in the battle of
Ypres, where the Germans first used
the deadly gases. = Al5 - Z 80
1--WE advanced in extended order
running, dropping and firing, then go
ing forward again. We were almost
on the German trenches when we
noticed clouds of sulphur colored
smoke drifting down the wind in our
direction. All at once our men began
to totter and crumple up by scores.
"On all sides the soldiers dropped
with hardly sound and with no sign
Of injury. The field was a shambles
But our officers kept their heads and
ordered the men to hug the ground
until the poisonous vapors passed over
GAS the gas ate away our line 1t ex
posed the battalion to an enfilading fire
from the German machine guns on oul
right flank More than half our sol
diers were down from the gas fumes
and the cross fire wiped out most Of
the rest. We went into the battle witt
LOO men and came out with bare
$50 survivors.
eve lay fat on the turf until the
wind shifted slightly, blowing bach
part Of the gas clouds toward the Ger
man machine gun section. Then we
crawled on hands and knees more thar
$50 yards to a place Of safety. I haG
to be treated for gas inhalation. Many
of my comrades who crawled back tt
our trenches afterward died with hor
rible suffering."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
fison, at~the fomeAof Mr.. and Mrs. viii.

lison, at~tfle home Of Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Diebold.
Mr.. and Mrs John Engels and family
'motored here from Dodgeville last
Wednesday on their way to visit at the
farm home of Theodore Engels.
Misses Carrie and Marie Norman re-
turned from Milwaukee Saturday to
spend their vacation with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Norman.
Mrs. Will Horn spent Sunday with
her sister Miss Hazel Smith at Platte
vile.
Miss Florence Engels has returned
to Milwaukee, after visit at her home
here.
After a pleasant visit at the home of
her daughter Mrs Wallace q. Martin,
Mrs. Ann Perkins returned to her home
in Dodgeville Tuesday. 5s"
Jacob Dreis and son Philip of Chica +.
go are the guests of their cousin Rev.
Nicholas Weyer.
William N. Jeuck went to Highland
Monday for a visit with relatives, and
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Shepard, Jr.
returned from their wedding trip last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Alvin Temby of Des Moines,
Iowa, is visiting friends here.
Mrs. William Jelliffe and two chill
dren are visiting her daughter at OAR
i1ngton. 500 aa-E al ae.E-s ..@
Miss Margaret Stude enjoyed several
days visit last week in Monroe.
Mrs. w. M. Gratiot and children
visited at Dubuque last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Uren and son
were Stockton visitors here last week at
the Ostrander home. @
Mrs. John Thies and granddaughter
Miss Mary GRADER visited at Milwau-
kee, Corliss and Racine recently.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
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NURSE MAKES GOOD.

In a small Wisconsin, city which re-
Gently acquired the services Of visiting nurse,
a man call him John Smith, because that isn't
q his name-became, censnmptive. Never overly
abundant, the family savings went very fast
when the breadwinner lost his wage earning
ability. The family had moved from one cheap
dwelling to cheaper one, until finally they
were found by the nurse in a very poor little
three room cottage. "a 3f.~4 ze-sy hes -ar;t
Even here, however, the family was
saving much needed room, while the patient
slept and lived in the warm, unfentilated
kitchen. 0io| 81 t.o,e sAJ 7.-15 1at9e@
By dint of much persuasion, tact,
and personal work while the family looked on,
the nurse transformed the ''spare ROOM into
reasonably satisfactory sick room. and
established her patient there. With clean
sheets and the bed made as only we'll trained
nurse seems to know how to do it, the patient
| was very much more comfortable than he had
been. ~ -.s..,
By this demonstration the nurse
gained the respect of the family in way that
no amount of lecturing and talking down
to. them could have accomplished The
/ patient had new respect for knowledge and
training which could make him so comfortable
in SO short time and with so little apparent
effort. The wife was likewise pleased with the
new arrangement and was duly impressed with
the housewifely accomplishments of this
woman representing a class that she had
thought put on the airs of superiority without
the ability to justify them -'"
Naturally, therefore, the opinions of
the nurse took on new weight. Her suggestion
| that the patient ought to go to the county san
atorium meant more in the light of her accom-
/ plishments than it had previously. To the
patient it seemed possible that if nurse in a
few minutes work could do so much more for
him than the we'll intentioned but uniformed
ministrations of his overworked and under
nourished wife and daughter, perhaps, indeed
it was quite likely, the nurses and doctors at
/ the sanatorium might accomplish even his cure
With such a prospect, the patient
! lost some of the selfishness which is charac-
| teristic of all invalids. He began to consider
the right of his wife and daughter to escape the
infection which had f1oored him. AS a con-
sequence of all this. arrangements have beer
made for the admission Of the patient to the
tuberculosis sanatorium just as soon as bed is
available. ...s.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08

Wreckage from the recent storm over
in Crawford county has been found
strewn over several different farms in
the towns of Forest and Sylvan during
the past ten days In the valley of
Camp creek a twin cheese was found
which is supposed 20 have come from a
factory destroyed in this storm twenty
eight miles distant. One board four
teen feet in length was picked up in
Forest in jas good condition as when il
left the mill or yard, which must have
travelled through the air upwards OF
twenty Enthusiastically News. -a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08
A WAR TIME HYMNAL.
Was Lost on Battlefield Of Peachtree

Was Lost on Battlefield Of Peachtree
Creek.
Oconomowoc, VISA small, well
worn hymnal, one Of those issued to
the troops in the great civil war of
1876, and which was lost on the
battlefield Of Peachtree Greek, Ca, has
been returned to it's owner, Frederick
G. Will of Oconomowoc, who served as
first sergeant Of Company B, Twenty
sixth Wisconsin volunteers, during the
war.
The book was returned by George
Stacey Of Norwalk, O., member Of
Company d, Sixty-fifth Ohio volun-
teers, who found the little book on the
battlefield. aa,i.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08

Every county in Wisconsin has been
freed from the foot and mouth disease
quarantine. Il There has not been an
outbreak of the disease in the state
since March and the federal officials
are satisfied that the epidemic has been
stamped out r. .IBs4 ~ b n7l7H I