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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-18
MERELY COMMENT

That EastIand. relief fund evidently
looks like juicy morsel to the shy
ster lawyers.
Wonder who invented lawyers,
anyhow.
And what is the open season for
lawyers in Chicago? l admit I'm not
well up on the game laws.
Is it legal to kill lawyers in winter
or summer?
Chicago seems to be safe again.
Bill Thompson has found his hat-the
one that was lost
But no man need ever worry about
losing hat so long as he doesn't lose
what he wears under ii.
That was patriotic speech Bill
made about the negroes.
This is no country for discrimiha-
ton against man because of his
color or religion.
Be we do it, Just the same.
BY the way, isn't it funny that the
only land In the loop that decreases
in value right along is that which be-
longs to the public schools?
Robbing the school children APP
pears to be popular loop pastime
That's one thing ] like about die
tionary- when Pm looking for hon
esty know where to find it.
Why didn't the trust newspapers
send their gunner to Camp Sher-
idan?
I'm still neutral-so refuse to lend
that billion dollars to France and
England.
| couldn't consistently lend that
much to the allies without lending
another billion to the kaiser,
So I'm going to sit tight and keep
those two billion myself.
But think the allies overlooked a
bet when they forgot to send Admiral
Beatty and Maldwin DEummond over
for the billion. ~
Thew might have ooffeY1- n in Chi
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Big Wolf Captured.

Edgar Waller, a prominent farmer
of near Foster, thiscounty, captured
a mammoth prairie wolf Monday
night and in most unusual manner.
Mr.. Waller had built a & foot wire.
fence around his 1850 acre farm.
When the wolf was aroused the ami
NAL attempted to jump this fence,
and caught its hind legs in the wire
when Mr.. Waller captured it alive.
The Wolf weighs about ITO pounds
and is as large as a New Foundland
dog. Mr.. Waller has the animal in
captivity. Farmers have been trou-
bled by the depredations of the wolf
and planned wolf chase in the hope
of capturing. the animal. Rich Hill
Review,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Fire Has Burned g. Years.

Summit Hill, Pa, Feb. 23.-Mine
operators of Panther Creek Valley
are seeking to conquer the fire which
has been burning sixty-two years in
the mines Of the Leigh Coal and Nav
igation Company. Owners of the
burning mine thought they had the
fire extinguished, but recently dense
volumes Of smoke were discovered
pouring from the abandoned shafts in
the vicinity Of McCready's old mines.
Flames can now plainly be seen at
night belchinf from the earth.
In the sixty-two years that the
mines have been afire millions has
been expended by the Leigh Coal
and Navigation Company and mil
lions of dollars worth of coal has
been reduced to ashes. Powerful
pumps for many years were kept
constantly working at an enormous
cost pumping water into the valley
in the hopes Of getting control of the
fire. The work, however, proved to
be without avail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Widow to Prison for Life.

jefferson City, Feb. 23.-Ida M.
Keller will serve a life term in the
pententiary for killing her husband,
under an opinion written by Judge
Faris in thesupreme court today. Mrs.
Keller, her husband and three child
rem lived at Jacksonville. The night
OF June 8, 1918, the woman awakened
her neighbors, telling them that an
unknown man had killed her husband
and her daughter, Margaret, Z years
old and had struck at her with an ak
breaking the head Of her bed, in
which she slept with the other two
children.
The husband was found with his
skull fractured and died a few hours
thereafter. The skull of the little
giIl was also fractured and she died
the following day. The wife later
admitted she killed both her husband
and the little girl. butldenied the
statements on trial.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
NEW FIRM.
Articles of Incorporation Filed TO
Mortgages and Abstract Company.

AEtlcles Oh incorporation FlleO IOl
Mortgages and Abstract Company.
/! Articles of incorporation were filed
Wednesday afternoon for the Denton.
Coleman Loan and Title Co. with a
paid up capital stock of $4,000. C.
A. Denton, president; S. L. Coleman,
vice-president; John W. Coleman,
secretary; j. E. Thompson, treasurer.
Directors, C. A. Denton, ST.. Cole
man, John w. Coleman, J. E.
Thompson, Wesley Denton, DR.. V. j.
Cumpton, Samuel Walls, DR.. j. M.
Christy and William Seelinger.
The new company will do a farm
mortgage and abstract business.
The officers and directors are all
good, safe business men and are we'll
and fayorably known in Bates county.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
IL Tons of Milk in a Year.

Columbus, O., Feb. %. - Tests
completed today by the dairy depart.
ment of the Ohio State University es-
tablished a new worlds record in
milk production, taking the honors
from Josephine of Missouri.
The new queen of the dairy world
is Murine Cowan, a 5-year-old Guern-
sey cow, who last year produced IL
tons of milk.
The cows milk averaged 5 per cent
in butter fat. She produced 1895
pounds butter fat, which churns into
1,4OO pounds Of butter. Murine
Cowan's home is farm near Barber
ton, o.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Sunday School
Classes Entertained.

The boys class Of Kind Helpers and
the girls class Of Faithful Workers of
the Baptist Sunday school were en-
tertained Monday afternoon by their
teachers, Miss Leoma Herrell and
Mrs. j. W. Holloway at the home of
Mrs. Holloway on Ohio street at
Washington's birthday party. Games
appropriate to Washington's birthday
were played, the merriest of which
was the Ratchet Hunt, Alma Vickers
winning the prize. A dainty lunch
OF peanut and ham sandwiches,
pickles, pineapple salad and quaint
little red cooky hatchets was served.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
A Washington Party.

On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. j. B.
Armstrong, Mrs. T. J. Day, Mrs.
Wesley Black and Mrs. Sam Walls,
of Adrian, gave Washington party
at the home of Mrs. Armstrong on
North Main street.
The dining room was tastefully
decorated in red, white and blue
bunting. A dainty lunch WAS served
by Misses Dorothy Armstrong, Ruby
Hart and Doris Wyatt.
As the guests left the dining room
a Ratchet was pinned on each by
Misses Virginia hampton and Chris
tine Black.
Punch was served. by Mrs. John
Coleman, Mrs. Chas. Mcfarland,
Mrs. R. D. Allen and Miss Classic
Meyer.
A musical program of old and pa
triotic songs was rendered by Misses
Marguerite Snider and Bess Jackson
and Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Hass
of Adrian.
The other assisting ladies were
Mrs. J. F. Warnock, Mrs. Robert
Deacon, Mrs. Joe Meyer, Mrs. Wes-
Hey Denton, Mrs. D. c. Chastain Of
Butler and Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Nc
Comb of Adrian.
The guests from out of town were
Mechanics Ed Argenbrieht Hass,
H. 7. Smith, Hull, Ira Lentz, Lora
Richardson, c. W. Lawson, Jas.
Hall, S. L. Bates Geo. Dowell, w.
.. McComb Of Adrian and Mrs.
Beasley and Mrs. Robertson Of Rich
Hin and Mrx Houah Of Dallas, Texas.
..lr..f
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Prison on Lawyers Error.

jefferson City, Feb. 23.-For
stealing four goslinQs Pearl Barker
will serve three years in the peni-
Tertiary. He was convicted in Clark
county. Judge Faris, writing the
opinion Of the supreme court, said:
I'VE have gone with much care
and pains over this record with q
view to reverse and remand it if any
sufficient legal excuse could be found
since upon the whole case defendant
did not have a fair trial. But We
have been utterly unable to find such
legal excuse, for those things which
would have been error il properly
preserved cannot be considered and
reviewed by Us, because they were
not correctly saved. /"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
Missouri Cattle Industry.

Missouri, with 1917, 900 mich cows
and l,414, 600 other cattle, is among
the leading cattle states. Each year
our cattle top the St. Louis and Kan.
sas City markets. Missouri mich
cows, too, have established high rec
ords in milk production. With an
efficient veterinary service, under
direction of the state veterinarian and
State Board of Agriculture, there has
not been one case of foot-and-mouth
disease in Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

The Missouri Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation is to start the publication
March IA Of a paper devoted to the
interest of Woman's suffrage. Mrs.
Emily Newell Blair of Carthage will
be the editor. Members of the asso-
citation will solicit advertising and
subscriptions.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

In number of horses, Missouri,
with l,095, 900 head, ranks fifth
among the states. With 329, 600 mules
we are second only to Texas. Mis-.
souri, horses and mules, says the
State Board of Agriculture, are
practically free from CHAMBERS. This
fact makes our horse stock in keen
demand from foreign buyers who are
placing European war orders.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Suicide, if committed within one
year after the application for life
insurance policy will bar the collec-
ton of insurance if bill introduced
in the Missouri Senate last week
passes.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Missouri, with 797, 600 mich cows
and l,4l4,0OO other cattle, is among
the leading cattle states. Each year
our cattle top the St. Louis and Kan
sas City markets. Missouri mich
cows, too, have established high rec
ords in milk production. With an
efficient veterinary service, under d.
rection of the state veterinarian and
State Board of Agriculture, there has
not been one case of "Foot-and-
Mouth Disease" in Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Missouri isn't generally known as
a cotton state, and yet it is second to
but one state in yield per acre of long
staple cotton. California leads with
500 pounds and Missouri follows with
1926 pounds. The February report
from the U. S. Department Of Agri-
culture shows the Missouri long sta
pie cotton worth 8 cents per pound
and the short ga cents. incidentally
the State Board of Agriculture calls
attention to the faci that Missouri is
the only state in the Union giving
employment to cotton pickers and
ice hands.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Robert L. Gregory, SO years old,
widely known throughout the, state,
died at his home in Kansas City
Thursday. Mr.. Gregory was whole
sale grocer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

The first fatal baseball accident of
the year occurred in St. Louis Satur-
day when Harry Gosz, II years old,
was struck in the side by a pitched
ball and died minute later. The
boys were playing on a corner lot,
Gosz at first base. BY way of prac-
tice the catcher threw the ball to
Gosz and caught him off guard.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

In delivering what may be his fare
we'll address in the House Friday,
Representative Richard Bartholdt of
St. Louis, who will retire after %
years of service on March 4, defended
the loyalty and patriotism of German
Americans, who form large part of
his constituency.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
MISSOURI NEWS.

James Houchin, former candidate
for governor, was nominated for
mayor of jefferson City on the Dem
ocratic ticket last week.
Thomas C. Doolin, %, was killed
at Ash Grove Saturday while running
to catch a Frisco passenger train. He
fell and his neck was broken.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Roy Bobbett, son Of Major and Mrs.
A. Linxweller, died in Jefferson City
Friday. Major Linxweller is a men,
Der of the Adjutant Generals staff.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25

Grace Immersion, IA years old,
was granted divorced Saturday in
Carthage, Mo-, from M. Immersion.
She is the youngest girl ever d.
vorced in Jasper county. She mar
ried Immersion when she was IL
years old. She accused her husband
Of non-support.
More than LOO artillery horses for
use in the spring campaign in France
and Belgium, have been purchased
in Kansas City during the. past week
by English army officers. They re-
port larger number have been pur-
chased in St. Louis. Many thousands
more will be needed.
Thomas Mccall, William Barry and
Harry Jackson, the three bandits who
robbed the Deunweg, Mo-, State
bank on Wednesday of 81, 8O6 so and
were captured within an hour after
ward, Saturday pleaded guilty in the
circuit court in Carthage. Sentence
was deferred by Judge Perkins.
A jury in the Pike County Circuit
Court Thursday broke the will Of
Calvin Wiggington, a wealthy Pike
Countyan who committed suicide a
few months ago. Thecase was holly
contested in a six-day trial, during
which more than 100 witnesses testi-
fled. The estate is valued at $780,
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14

only requisites, with, Of cou1ps. . wsl1-
filled luncheon basket"
Chef Panchard then gave d funUw.
ing menu Of q summer basket lunchee0:
AnchoVy Said
Roast Beef :
Prague and Virginia Nm
Roak Chicken Carved
Candies and Pepp4minfs
Anchovies a. appetizer: Tweuty.fouf
filets Of anchovies, four tomatoes, peeled
and cut In quarters: four hard boiled
eggs, cut in slices: one heart Of lettuce.
Make following dressing: Ono spoonful
vinegar, three spoonfuls oil. one-half
spoonful salt, one spoonful oaper. and
pepper.
Mix well. put tomatoes. hard-bsilsd
eggs. heart of lettuce, minced fine. In
bowl, with flets of anchovies; mix to-
gether with the dressing. then cool In
ice-box and use thermos jar for packing
in basket.
Fruit salad rafraichi: Three peaches
cut In quarters, two pears sliced. three
slices pineapple cut in cubes. one bas-
ket raspberries, two oranges In quarters.
Strain half the raspberries through
sieve in q bowl. add sugar to taste; half
whisky glass kirsh and half glass maras-
chino. Mix tho fruits with this sauce
and let them cool in ice-box before pack
ing in basket.
Basket: Cold meat. cheese. wrapped In
wax paper; also rolls. rye bread. one pot
French mustard. pickles. olives. salt.
pepper. tumblers knives, forks napkins.
tablecloth, and bottle opener.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14

out-what every one of you mothers
could have told her in the begin
ning-that every child Is different from
every other child. But she went further
and discovered something which many
OF us have never thought Of and that
is that no human being is educated by
any one else. He must do 1t himself or
it is never done.
On this base she has built up a whole
system Of education which will. in time,
/ think. be the starting point Of all the
educational systems of the world. And
that is one reason l wish our members
would find out about it and begin to use
1t themselves with their own children in
their own homes. In the first place, the
Montessori method Is largely connected
with the training of the five senses, and
1t can be begun with very young chill
dren who are too young to go to school.
We all know the familiar complaint,
Tell me something to do. mother
And we all know, too, the difficulty of
finding enough to do to keep the little
fingers occupied and the young minds
interested. 1 think this is what the Mon
tessori method does. 1t provides occu-
patton which gives an outlet to the Gre
alive spirit born in every human being.
and teaches color. form and construction
In the pleasantest Of ways.
There Is an outfit for sale which pro-
vides the implements for all the branches
taught. but 1t is a bit costly, and any
clever woman can make her own outfit
II she understands the theory as set forth
in the Montessori books.
You know this all sounds big and i'm
jortant when I talk to you about meth
DDS" and theories" but It is really all
very simple. 1t is only intelligent direc-
ton of her child's play that every moth
er should assume. She can, II she will
take a very little trouble. turn into a
Montesson exercise almost everything
her child does while he is awake, and
she will soon be able, IL she does that,
to devise new exercises herself which
will develop muscular accuracy, bodily
poise, mental ability and moral RESPONSE
bility-the very things sought by what
We call education.
Now Ihave spent SO much time in my
Introduction to this subject that
haven't time today to tell you anything
about the exercises. but I am going to
take It up again in later talks 30 that
We may all understand II better. In the
meantime. please write ard ask any
questions that occur to you about It, II
you send . Stamped and self-addressed
envelope with your question I will reply
to you personally.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE.
An Unhappy Mother writes: MY
daughter Is q widow with three chill.
dren. but she distresSes NE very much
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14
MENUS GET SHORTER
WITH THE HOT DAYS

whoever dimes out much has noticed
that with the approach of warm weather
there Is an immediate tendency to
shorten and simplify the MENU" said
Chef Edouard Panchard. Of the Hotel
McAlpin, New York. Naturally, with
the rise in the mercury q changing of
the diet is necessary to stimulate the
appetite, and also naturally, cold dishes
are more in demand. The chefs whose
earning capacity depend upon their abil-
ity to keep up interest in food arc doing
their share to make New York's sum-
mer days pleasant and at the same time
moderate to the purse.
July is the ideal month for an auto
mobile basket party. and this form OF
recreation possesses many enjoyable fea-
lures peculiar to itself. for one may feast
whenever hunger strikes. Mother nature
providing the dining-room in the form of
a patch of brass under the shade of a
friendly tree. A tablecloth. napkins. a
few plates, knives and forks are the
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14
.4NLB
EW~AN
e AER
! RRHHAY
AND Yours
july 14-Clara Fisher.

Her range included farce comedy
opera and tragedy. and in every line she
was finely intelligent, but her special ex-
cellence as an actress lay in the direction
of her tantalizing piquancy on the one
hand and fascinating tenderness on the
alluring. and her art was marked by
perfect discretion and natural refinement.
She was a woman of intellect as we'll as
heart. She gained an honorable fame.
she has lived a good life. and she leaves
a pure and beautiful memory
In these words was Clara Fisher
praised not long after her death. and II
would be hard to find a paragraph that
better sums up the striking character
istics of the great actress. She was born
in London 1o4 years ago today. and at
the age of made her debut in the title
role of "Gulliver and Lilliput." Her sue
cess as a juvenile dates from that time
and never has she been surps ssed in the
acting of child parts in England or the
United States.
Clara Fisher came to the United States
at the age Of 1s. where she made q great
Unexpectedly in parts calling for q
romping hoyden. She also scored q sue
cess In Ophelia and Viola. When she was
g she was married to the well-known
musician. James Gaspard Maeder. and
was known after that as Mrs. Maeder.
Even In old age Mrs. Maeder was q
successful actress Of her time. her de-
lineation of the parts Of old women being
extremely good.
(Cbprirht. 1851
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14
ICoryrlsht. 1851

tCopynsht. 1851
So many mothers have been writing to
me of late that they are dissatisfied with
the education their children are getting
in the public schools that l have begun
to talk to teachers to ask If there is
any justice in the complaint. One OF
them. a successful high school teacher.
confessed that he had doubts about the
system now in use, because, We de-
stroy," he said. shaking his head, 1.-THE
living, vital processes of invention and
resourcefulness and replace them with q
certain amount OF rots-lcarned 'infor-
nation.
So 1 thought. il mothers and teachers
both are dissatisfied. there must be some
thing wrong. The root Of the trouble is.
the system is too big. With classes of
thirty. forty. even sixty pupils. as there
are in many schools. the individual child
can receive very little personal attention.
And then. some children are quick. say.
in mathematics. but dull in history and
geography; but are they allowed to skip
a grade and recite with advanced classes
in their speciality? Not at all. They
must stay in the lower class until all
branches are brought to grade. dulling
the edge Of interest in the favorite study
by constant repetition OF familiar prob
lens Is il any wonder such a pupil be-
comes duh and Iistless and loses interest
in all his studies?
Some philosopher has said that the
people are always ahead of their institu-
tons. and l suspect that is that Is hap
pening to our school system. The thing,
then, for our mothers clubs to do is to
make an investigation Of the eubject for
ourselves and try by our efforts with our
children at home, to remedy the def
ciencies we become aware Of in their
education. Now / can hear with that
Inner ear" the poet writes of. a strong
protest from busy mothers against hav-
ing to take on their already overloaded
shoulders the work the public school
teachers are paid to do. We are unwil-
ling to assume any heavier burden than
We already have to carry, but We must
concern ourselves about the proper edu-
cation of our children or shirk part of
the responsibility We assumed when we
undertook to have children. A business
man does not overlook any department
OF his work, you know: he is apt to 60
bankrupt IL he does.
Since began to investigate this ques-
ton for our Mothers Club. some one
called my attention to the Montessori
method. and I have read all the books I
can get hold Of on that subject. DR..
Maria Montessori IL an Italian physi-
clan who has made Q serious study of
children's brains in connection with the
problem Of the education of the men
tally deficient In this way she found
The Washington herald., 1915-07-14
Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
The Montessori Method

IT HIS real Mothers Club for the benefit of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions OF discipline training eduea
clothing, for the children Write Chaty problem.
which vexns and she will advise and help you solution of
them Write her, of discoveries of methods have
found successful smoothing the rough paths of life for the tender
childish that through The Mothers Club your experience be of
benefit other mothers still tangled the web perpexy
you have so happily veed
Cooperation the any business why not
the business Motherhood that highest and hottest calling Away,
has been and always will b. of glory what
other Of usefulness be opened herr Address Mrs.
Charity Brush. of this paper