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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
Embittered.

"Your supporters continue to give
sou three cheers when you appear In
Sublic, even though you were not sue
hssful."
Those are not my supporters.
Nhose are the people who are glad !
las defeated"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
In London.
phone)-
American

American answering phone)-
Hello!
Englishman (other end of line)-Ah
lou theah?
American-Yes, old chap; but how
he deuce did you guess Minneso-
D Minnehaha.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
College Life.

"Yes, some of us fellows keep house
at the fraternity home
Don't yo2 hate to wash dishes?"
I'VE don't have to. We have plenty
of candidates for the fraternity, and
dishwashing is great as an initiation
stunt"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

Wangs-What are Browns chances
in the coming election?
Bangs-Vsry slight. He hasn't any
thing back of him.
Wangs-He's got family tree.
Bangs-Yes, but his opposition has
the plum tree.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

The wise man really looks broken.
hearted when his wife goes for two
weeks visit.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

Lots of people are married secretly
but the whole world knows when they
are divorced.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

The fortune hunter must act as his
own guide.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
No Time,

Judge-Why don't you look for
work?
Casey-Oi haven't the tonne to
waste in such Improbable employ
ment.-Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

A cynic is a person who knows the
price of everything and the value OF
nothing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

Some kings and all babies are born
rulers
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16

The Professor-Do you think it pays
to put much money into clothes?
The Joker-Not if you've got pry-
ling wife and you're sound sleeper.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
VIEW AT PAPANAOUE

Ia - RS. LORILLARD SPENCER
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in tho natives and their FL
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-16
Official Denial

~ n n - II IN u 49, - - n a. n
No War Tax on Homestead Land in Canada
The report that a war tax is to be placed on
Homestead lands In Western Canada having
been given considerable circulation in the
United States, this is to advise all enquirers
that no such tax has been placed, nor is there
any intention to place a wGr tax of any nature
on such lands. (Signed) W. ID. Scott, Supt OF
immigration, Ottawa, Canada, March 18th, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

shoulders. I have house to look after
 and four children to bring up and hus-
 band to feed and sew for. and You are not a wife and mother quickly retorted the other. You are a
 'dont-er'. pure and simple. You cannot
 feed and sew. but all you do is just to don't all the time. That's it."
 The nervous wretch" wept a tear and it's mate, so the mother of the poor crea-
 ture went over and put a loving arm about her neck, just as she did when she was a little girl and was told all about the piggies that went to market and did not ride in the butchers wagon-marve- lous piggies, they!
 My dear daughter" said the mother of the nervous wretch" presently, you'd be much better wife and mother l if you'd give that poor, bewildered hus- | band of yours a smile now and then and l call him pet names and make a fuss ever him instead of the way you are treating
 him. He is positively lonesome nere Most men are ready for a little play when work is done; they don't want to heal about the cook stealing all the pie that | was left or the baby swallowing rin | and the COW chewing up the laundry tia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
WOMEN SHAVE
 UNkNO,WINGLY

sWhen women are so unwise as to use |so-called hair removers, they actually )shave unknowingly, because such prep tarations stimulate hair growth after each removal.
 The proper way to remove hair is to |devitalize it. It Is impossible to accom- |plish this result with pastes and rub-o |preparations. because they only remove |hair from the surface of the skin. De Miracle, the original liquid depilatory, |devitalizes hair by attacking 1t under the skin al well as on the skin-
 limitations of De Miracle are as worth Hess as pastes and rub-o preparations. |because they lack certain ingredients that De Miracle alone contains which give it the power to rob hair of its vii Itality--its life sustaining force
 Buy a bottle of the genuine De Miracle
 today, and you will get the original liq- uid hair remover Others are worthless Xlmitations-refuse them. Remember. you |are not asked to buy De Miracle on a
 mere promise of your money being re- Funded De Miracle is the only depil- |atory that has a binding guarantee in Xeach package, which entities you to the
 refund of your money if 1t fails
 De Miracle is sold in $1.00 and $200
 bottles by Collier Drug Go. and other
 you, order direct from us. The truth
 mailed in plain sealed envelope on re-
 quest De Miracle Chemical Go, Dept
 |D. Park Ave. and 129th St.. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

was hanging on the line. No, indeed h. stead of don't-ing him all the time and getting him that frustrated and i'll tenn pered. just you go and sit on his lap oc- casionally and stroke his hair and kiss him gently and tell him what a good boy he is Why, my dear, he'd pork up his tired ears like jack rabbit and smile and blossom like the flowers that bloom in the spring."
 My dear child" continued the older woman, "a house in itself is nothing but pile of brick and mortar; it's not
 home: it's the folk that live in 1t and how they treat each other that makes anything
 of it. One whining cat can stir un back
 fence melody that will deafen all the
 others. Just suppose someone should start
 your talking machine off to reeling out
 lot of dismal tunes and dreadful com
 planning. stories. what would you do?
 Promptly take hatchet and smash it
 and bury it deep down in the cold cold
 earth. You simply couldn't endure it. A
 lot of people are like that. though; they
 whine and whine all through their lives. Those who love them try to be patient and stand 1t, but other people will not put up with it. They want to throw bootjacks
 and brickbats at them"
 The nervous wretch" by this time had tuned up."
 It was the same old song.
 It's awful of you to talk to mo that | way, mother" she wept. T am 0 very busy woman. I have more than anybody else on earth has to do. I have great big house and children and husband and servants and heavy responsibilities, and"
 "Yes, and you have many privileges, too, child" said the mother, "and much love and forbearance from those near
 and dear to you. Why, just suppose you had a wooden leg, or you were blind!' "Well--well-er-er. she walled, trying to I find some excuse for herself. Look | about you at your beautiful surround l ings" said the fond parent. All the comfortable chairs and sunny windows
 what do they amount to? Not a thing in your estimation. You take them as a
 matter of course. The easy chair would
 mean something to you if you drew Il l out for somebody you care for. and if you | sat near and had little love talk. Put your canary in the sunlight and hear him sing Put yourself In the sunlight | of a happier mind and you'll hear your whole soul warbltng the prettiest of roun-
 delays. I'm telling you the truth, my
 child Try 1t and sec"
 T work very hard, mother dear" said the nervous wretch'' softening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

name down and joined. If you wished to own your own music you could buy 1t at a low price and take 1t home.
 The First Singfest
 The first public appearance of tho community chorus in Rochester was in the spring of last year, after two months of weekly rehearsals. The con- cert was free, but the day being fine and the outside attractions many, the au- dience was small. But did the 180 singers care? Not they. They loved to sing, and sing they did, with wonderful attack, enunciation and artistic expression. As was printed on the programmes, the object of tho chorus was "the develop ment of the spirit of song and good fel- lowship and to place Rochester in the lead | among cities in civic singing"
 Following close upon It's first concert the chorus started on @ series of outdoor sings-each a festival with all the con tagious good fellowship, kindliness and humor of It's director. Out on the Pin | nacle Hill, after a picnic supper, the cho- rus and it's friends sent floating 70 rne valley below the inspiring message from the heights.
 | Soon invitations began to descend upon l the chorus. Now it was an invitation to | sing on the beautiful lawn of one of it's members. Then the chorus was asked to | sing on the grounds of the orphan asy- | lum with watermelon treat thrown ln l If there is any civic function which
 needs a little good music the chorus off, | fers its services. A picked 60 illustrated
 the talk given by Arthur Farwell, su-
 pervisor of municipal music in New York | city, at a meeting of the Rochester City Lunch club. The one hundredth anniver- sary of the Star-Spangled Banner, cele-
 brated by the Grand Army of the Re-
 public, was made periodically thrilling
 by the chorus. which led the audience in familiar song.
 Opening a Park With Song l At the. annual opening of the Genesee Valley park, one of the most spectacular tfestivals in Rochester the community chorus made the fete more beautiful still | by leading the singing of the multitude
 on the shore along the river. For more
 than 60 years renditions of the Messiah
 have been given occasionally in Rochester 1 by highly trained singers. This year
 the community chorus, after less than a year for rehearsal anu with few expe- | rienced musicians among It's numbers. gave the great oratorio with signal sue i, cess.
 l The singing fever has been contagious | in western New York. While Canandai- qua has had chorus. under Judge
 Thompson, for some nine years and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

Don't eat so much.' or Don't drink so much because you won't sleep well if you do" or Don't leave your spoon in your cup that way"
 Like lot of chance sufferers he really didn't know how much he was suffering. did Friend Husband" he being quite used to it by now. so he meekly obeyed and fancied IS many men do that was merely married life," which is a good joke, for it usually is
 By and by the nervous wretch" got thinner and thinner and she grew head achy and whined good deal.
 She didn't know exactly what was the matter with her. Nobody had ever told her that it was not intended that she should rule the uni verse. or that the stars would stay on their beat without her telling them to do so.
 It had never occurred to her that the world would turn round just the same, and the sun come up, and the sun go down, if she were not directly on the job and keeping union" hours.  One day the mother of the nervous wretch" came to visit her
 Now. since mother got out from under daughters thumb. she had slowly but surely learned a thing or two.
 She had discovered that little dust un- der the bed has never killed anybody yet and that you can do lot of work with out shaking the house up like an earth quake and settling 1t back again. Presently Friend Husband" had his 1 eyes opened, too.
 It was odd that while the mother did not recognize the spoiled child" al home, she was very wise indeed to the | nervous wretch She listened to the "don'ts" for a day or two, and then she took the nervous wretch" aside.
 My dear,' said the fond parent. 'Ive half a mind to give you good spanking I never did you remember, but I be- lieve 1t is not yet too late to be of some benefit"
 The nervous wretch was too stunned for words.
 No use galloping through life at break neck speed. you know" the fond paren went on, and maying everybody's life { burden that comes along. Existence should be pleasant pasture where everybod, can graze and ponder, and. "Graze and ponder" reepated the 'ner
 vous wretch" thoughtfully. Do yol 1 realize that am a wife and mother?
 have great responsibilities on my poo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
And the Nervous Wretch Who Rules the Home

Please don't'' cried the nervous wretch." peevishly. That sounds So silly and foolish"
 Don't you dare to don't me, child" Mrs. Mother cautioned firmly, but with a smile, Tor I'll follow out the threat made a moment ago There's paraphrase of an old age which reads: It is never too late to spank. A hint is sufficient. isn't itY'
 Which made tho nervous wretch" smile.
 Maybe that little talk got her Into .he habit of smiling, for she's been such changed person ever since her mothers visit that you'd hardly recognize her.
 She's been very gentle and considerate and the don't platform has disappeared almost entirely.
 At lease Friend Husband" says so, and he ought to lxnow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Sin9festS For All the People
By ALIDA BALTIMORE

Exclusive Service the Survey Press
 Bureau).
 What do you think of the commu- nifty chorus?" I asked of the narrow chested girl who was giving me the fin ishing touches of shampoo.
 "Oh, I love it." she replied. Its such fun"
 Her voice was so vibrant with joy that l glanced at the mirror before me and saw in the girls face such a trans firuration as may be- wrought in tnou- sands of our people-rich and poor alike whose souls have found opportunity for sion for service.
 Everybody Can Sing
 There have been many community cho- ruses Cthere is no patent on the name) from the old-time singing school to the peoples choruses of many times and places, but the community chorus of Rochester. N. Y., goes a step beyond them in democracy of organization since 1t Is founded on the idea that any large group of people can sing and sing well. Because of a belief in the close rela- ton between the healthy expression of emotion and the prosperity of commu- d of whom were musicians. met at the Rochester Memorial Art gallery. early in 1914, to discuss ways and means for crowning the city's material advance with some form of artistic expression. One member of the group. a visitor was trained singer, Harry Barnhart. Since he had had wide experience in producing a high ordsr of musical art it was de- cided to ask him and his family to make Rochester their home and to help bring to pass the dreams of these idealists. Mir Barnhart, deliberately forsalSine the life and aims of the musical artist, " entered enthusiastically into the work oi le eunching community chorus. With the permission oi the mayor he appeared upon the platform at a Sunday band concert that spring and during the intermission the huge audience astonished itself by | joining it's many voices in song. 1 The idea took root at once that just anybody could sing. And when the peo- pie were asked to become charter mem bers of chorus 3s so signified theil
 intention to "sng for Rochester, They
 sang SO marveiously well that in short | time the membership ran into the hun. dreds The director was paid no salary l there were no dues and no trying o1 voices If you wished to have a happy time singing with a group of people doinf the same thing. why you just put you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

Suppose you get up some morning thoroughfare downtown and sec the shab- billy clad little shop girls by the hundreds hastening to their poorly paid work which lasts from early morning until late at night Look at their weary tired eyes at the end of the day and their worn faces and go back to your palatiai home and sit in a corner and you will cry. Shame on myselfl' Do it just once and then you'll know what real work is Mrs Mother observed.
 There was an embarrassing pause dur ing which time the nervous wretch" said nothing, and said 1t eloquentiy.
 You've got one of the best husbands that ever lived" the fond parent went on to say. "and he it is who works He goes out early and comes home late ana pro- vid>s layishly for you and your bn bies. and If you ever had to earn your own iiv- ing you'd know what that means It is right that you should work and take care of the pretty home that he has given you, and of his children and of himself-you surely wouldn't want to be useless and lszy-end 1t Is right that you should so about your tasks bravely but happily. with a song on your lips and courage in side your handmade lingerie blouse which his money has paid dearly for. Inst cad, what are your I'm sorry to say, you are a 'don't--er.' You go about whining and complaining and everything about your beautiful home seems midewed and mus ty. After all, it Is really the woman who must make the happiness of home She Is the barometer usually, as well as the balance wheel. It Is according to her mood that the ship of domesticty sails into calm seas in pleasant weather"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

to her mother that that honorable wom- an was ''passe' in the mind, and she was won't to correct her poor old dad 5 English which did not like to be cor rected.
 | In other words, she Knew it all." and was willing to educate the family, but be- cause she had beautiful doll baby eyes and told him that he had a back like a football player. a trusting, amiable mas culine person thought he wanted to marry her, the same which he ultimately did, as it were.
 So--the spoiled child" being away from mother and father had to assume brand new role and she chose the nervous wretch" part, and proceeded to build her self the House of Don't" l Now, in the House of Don't" nothing was ever right unless 1t was wrong. If "Friend Husband" came home early ], he was scolded. l If he came home late he was repri- handed | If he didn't come home at all-well-he was "scalped' when he did. 1 A man. you know, has to go home some l tiIltS OlhciW WiSC iiiS Wlio AoAi iihtiy to S C all his money, so she always coaxes him back. somehow or other.
 All Friend Husband" ever heard was
 Don't do this.' and Don't do that!" If he were sitting 1avn he was made tc get up, and if he happened to be walking about he was told to sit. l. If he were awake he would be made to go to sleep, and if he were asleep tht Lord be praised. he was made to get out of bed.
 The nervous wretch" thought she had too much work to do. and that was quite true
 strife, and she never was known to take a vacation.
 If she had been getting money for thu job there wouldn't have been enough golt in the United States to pay her her Jus salary.
 When the babies came they wer'
 ,don't-ed" just like Friend Husband"
 She wouldn't even permit them to ca green apples or play with the nice littl' ''kiddies'' next door. If the nervous wretch" saw the dot playing in the yard. she never stopped t
 laugh at the way fool dog can act i. all she thought about was that he wouls
 bring mud and feas in the house. Tho canary birds song didn't compen
 sate her for the fact that once weel
 he kicked off an unnecessary pin feather 1 and threw It on the floor. : Even the harmless little canary and tn big, old. yellow dog were "don't-ed' : Downtown every day Friend Husband } toled and moiled and fumed and fusse' 5 and tried to be patient. Between the clientele of his shop an, the employees he was considerably tried a every business man is.
 When o'clock came he threw down tn : shovel and the hoe and started for home
 He didn't realize yet that it was merel House of Don't but as soon as h stepped through the doorway newell. h
 got ''dont-ed."
 l. was:
 Don't wake the baby" or Don't leav
 your hat out there," or don't do sonti
 thing else
 ! At dinner 1t was;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Epilepsy

The Kosine Treat ment relieves all fear of the dread
 full attacks which
 are so frequent to the sufferers of Ep- ilepsy. kosine has been used with re- markable success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Child Left to Starve
a Cjncinnati Fnouirer

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Easton, Pa.--Mrs. Charles Abel and her daughter. Mrs. Frank Pyatt of Phillips burg. N. J., were picking berries near Martins creek late today when they heard the cries of child on hilltop near by.
 They sent word into the village and an investigation resulted in the finding of Binchina Lucrezia, the 21-months- old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Antonio Lu- crczia, who was kidnapped last Tues day.
 The child was found in a rude hut formed by boards, tree limbs and under brush It would have been impossible for the child to have reached the diff cul. spot unaided and 1t is evident she was taken there to be left to perish. The spot Is an isolated one. and there are tiraes when no one passes it for>wesks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

Perry Oratorfo society was organized two years ago, Webster Warsaw, wyoming, and Newark have but recently caught 1t. Together these places have united into the Inter-community Ssngfest assoca- ton.
 Indeed, what is said to be the very first inter-community slngfest was given last spring at Exposition park, Rochester. There the Canandaigua singers and the Rochester community chorus joined in giving a programme which included Men delssohn's Hymn of Praise and Rossinfs Stabat Mater. The next day the Perry Oratorio society and the community choruses of Rochester, Webster, Warsaw, Wyoming and Newark united in an after noon and an evening concert of high or der. During the intermission the thou sand singers sat down to a good fellow ship banquet spread in ono of tho huge buildings of the park.
 Ad Men Helped
 Most unioue of all was the sinsfest held in Convention hall Rochester. This was a competitive singfest in which the chorus was seated on the platform and the Ad club the Rotary club the Op- timst club, and the Chamber of Com- merce choir-sitting in the body of the house. alternated in singing Rochester songs.
 Ine dreamer5 WnOse dreauls nave conie true with such surprising suddenness now dream of a whole convention of com-' munity choruses of New York state in 1916. They insist that pageants, in which the town or city is the hero and music is the medium through which this hero conveys his message, are sure to follow They insist that the voice of the people will be supported by the dramatic and graphic arts of dancing, painting and sculpture. all supplied with beautiful set tings to inspire work for the highest com munity ideals. And they believe. too, that through the inspiration of such ex- pressive festivals our national spirit will find itself and be voiced in music com posed by our own people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

(M0N the early chapters of her life III she was the spoiled child,'' but kz afterward she sequeled into lSsY&J the nervous wretch"
 Of all the dreadful conditions in the world for the poor, average. nor tai husband 1t must be to be married to a nervous wretch"
 It Is better even that she be "club bug" and buzz through various meetings every day and forget to order the gro- ceries, or that she chase "auction sales and lug home pine things painted black and claimed to be ebony, marked down 10 s1.sS. or that she thinks she Is a genius and spends her time reciting before the mirror or quoting Shakespeare at the breakfast table when 8 perfectly good husband does not feel poetical at all, but wants his soft boiled eggs and morning newspaper.
 In fact-the most trying mortal imagtn- able to live with must be the nervous wretch
 The spoiled child" used to intimate