davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26

are the niceties Of applied etiquette
as woman used to read the book.
But today my little Lady Seventeen
knows better. Read the letter from
a girl which started all this theo-
TiZing:
Dear Mrs. Gfbsen - / have just
commenced Office work. am not
yet 49,
My mother has read all the hor-
rid stories in the papers about girls
falling IN love with married men, or
maybe it's the other way, and she is
driving me crazy
. My employer is a big; rough man;
with a funny, little, dumpy wife who
just twines him round her finger. And
ne is the decentest man of his age
| ever saw.
But mother heard him swear at
the office boy-and, my! he is eff
Cient there-and now she thinks am
bound straight for the place he told
Johnny to go to. Mother says he can't
respect me or he would not swear be-
fore me sixteen times a day. And
she thinks ought to ask him to take
his hat of and put his coat on when
he dictates!
She talks about white slavery 8
which shows how she mixes up her
definitions. And she seems to hope
for the worst! "
And she opens my mail and is 80
suspicious I'm afraid Of being disre-
spectful some day pretty soon.
Now can take care of my boss, all
right, but what am l to do with my
mOther?- Minerva -..
Not stopping to dispose Of mother,
we hasten to inquire, however, has
little Minerva, not quite IL, grown
thus sophisticated?
BY precious priViIege-by work |
ing with man in the great modern |
school of business?
It is really a most wonderful |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26

learns that mans ethics and etiquette
haven't much more to do with each
other than his solemn preaching
about peace and his joyous practice
Of the art Of war.
Here, In the business world, mans
double moral standard goes to smash
for he forgets to pretend.
And here woman learns to disguise
true decency and chivalry from SUI
perhciaI polish and politeness. She
learns to distinguish mans honest
respect for her from his fattery and
love-making.
Thus endeth the most important
lesson a girl can learn in the school
of business life.
But perhaps some girl readers of
The Day Book disagree with it.
Does your boss swear before you?
Or does he fiatter you? In which case
do you consider he is really most dis
respectful and dangerous" What
have been your other experiences
with the busy man who has no time
to be courteous to you?
Write your experiences and opin-
ions to The Day Book for the bene-
fit Of other girls,
n n
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26
HERE'S A DISH FROM ITALY,
TRY IT FOR BREAKFAST
BY Caroline Coe

italian Polenta-Make a cornmeal
mush by boiling 2 cups Of cornmeal
in quart Of water; salt to taste; cook
at least hour.
When slightly cool add IL cup of
grated PaTmesan cheese, and L egg.
Beat all together until very light. Put
in wet mold and allow to get cold.
When ready to use cut in 1-2-ineh
slices and lay slices on bettered pan
with grated Parmesan cheese on top,
put in oven until cheese is melted and
slightly brown, cover with hot
strained tomato. Serve hot
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26
PERVERSTTY

Once knew a little kid,
So bad, so rude, S'
He'd always try to eat his clothes
And wear his food!
IN. Y. Sun.
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
TASTING WITH THE NOSE
Scientist Asserted That Flavor of Food
and Drink Is Not Through
Sense of Taste.

Sir Ray Lancaster the eminent man
OF science, asserted that the flavor of
1000 and drink does not come to us
through the sense of taste. That
sense, he says, can only furnish sen.
sations that correspond to the chemi.
cal composition of the substances nre-
sented to it. These sensations, while
almost infinite in their shadings are
rev IN number. We can distinguish bv
taste only sweetness, bitterness
sourness, and saltness, although the
various intensities of these sensations
are innumerable. The distinctive fIo.
Vor'of various foods is not the resnlt
OF chemical action, and 1t not per.
ceived by the taste nerves. FTavors
excite the olfactory nerve instead and
are transmitted by it to the brain A
person whose sense Of smell Is i'm.
paired is unable to detect the favor
OF the food he eats, although he has
tne taste sensation that It stimulates
Ihis is an explanation of the effect
tnat influenza often has apparently IN
Ihe taste, but, really, on the sense Of
smell. ' "
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

every residential
outnu couples the preparation Of their nasno
uucng prescription has Travelled downtown
All OF these places have highly polished wooden or tile Aoos
make excellent gliding surfaces vcrola or
care or hotel exclusive the music is fur
nshed by the regular orchestra ~ ~ ~ 40 N
dis formula is simply to order the drink dispenser is
shaking or shoveng according order might he the
fndes on wosep hesitation some other gvraton
ne uhK served oneha drunk informal nermis
% urng this hiatus another engaged and when the p
drained parting whrl enjoyed. = " O e 40
He rl poney declines second drink
couple ener returns to the seeks out some similar o
"nere tne same courteses extended
some particularly shy and demure rather oah n accen+
OF the management offered through which simply read
pa now IT mas become rather there little
heslancy in joining the others he floors ~ ~ ~ W
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

C coTding to directions on the tS6eNlg@tnd 5ottla
s,I sne Is cured of this trouble, 'yst's ~ 2 Z
a. all run u down when she started Az w Y
tne Compound and her periods Nd dis NY !
CONF, come right. She was 5000 50 poorIv IL :, 7
weak that | often had to hel + pISs,y h.. ~ \
herself, but now she is regular 81 r., NJ "
growing y strong and healthy +" nv H,
MARTIN HELWG, PlOver, Iowa. "
Hundreds Of such letters ezD,.,.,.
gratitude for the good Lvdis AR'yOsl, < pIal
mans Vegetable Compound has 49,. /, Y.
pllshed are constantly being h, reesi1a, osSOa
proving the reliability of this rrsnS \ \
remedy. 'anu p
If you are i'll do not drap slon. :.
continue to suffer day in and dsv s u, i n
at once take Lydia E. Pinkbsm'sV II. ~. y
table Compound, a woman'g remedy u, \
woman's ills. y
II you want special advice viii. ,
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine d. isoDs
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. YOur lettsy MI N
be opened, read and answered Nj " \ !
woman and held in strict cOnfIdess.
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

nfrineio voIvo ..s Variety
intrinsic value and more intimate Joseph Tmmrtv
70 the president is
his malacca. ' ~ "0 Aounu upon tne street without
The secretary of doubtless has walking sticls bu+ ~ 49,
"es seeing MIN wear" any occasion whatever ~ - ~ n
DoIn e assistant Osborne and tho hs
OF state Mr. Phillips but not be bobtn bI
assistant secretary Mr. Ade identified with no other row
than MS bicycle with he bhuwn 80
possible. A' 'o"t'' un'A Ihe war made 1t ina
me secretary of the treasury slim snaewood st M
one OF mis- sons at Christmas unusual to meet s NJ
VI 1e sIeet with Comptroller of
s @ SUCKS vigorously they walk ony-wih difference
McAuoo holds his exactly TOP in the boIovr 10 Ii
hand and brings down pavement tanning e @ M OF MS
takes his stick half crook and the end %
zontaly 49, ~ "AO Ae enu' ana swings 1t hort
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
coneIualvn.

Fenelope-Marcellus was in the
clalrvoyant's room for two hours
FerciVal-she must have been hav.
ing her future told.
Penelope-Why are yuu so certain
of that? '''"
: perclval-lt would have taken the
clairvoyant two weeks to have told
her past. t.-Judge,
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
One Led to it,,,,7 Anotb.s

7 tried to get you over the teIe
phone half a dozen times yesterda,
morning, but the line was busy eyer,
time" S''t'
Yes. My wife called up a neighbo,
to ask her a question, and before M,
got through each had asked the othsI
not less than one hundred questions
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

seeks inventions which might aid in time Of warfare
as certain Ihe prospects are however that the visonares
NUS outnumb by far the who come here for
money or the consciousness rendering public service
opn stenme president Pennsylvania Aero club first
voiced apprehension that the
TO washington OF men with hopeless schemes e>
H. Brckenstein this
says Mr. Stenmz right about
with Impractical whose inventions will not stand
scrutiny. -S "AA Ho' staHu
many men with Impractical schemes Washington as s.id
M Every patent attorney welmeann hit n
VINO believe they have solved
oDaDy 90 per cent the brought to patent
mere are either impractical
worthless If granted discouraged bv oba
Hom wasting their time and money" : ~ ~''-A0'S
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

ure. Whenever he walks he selects
a plain, stout stick from among the
number and carries 1t after the man
ner OF men who punctuate their steps
as they tramp; but inasmuch as the
presidents chief exercise is golfng,
and ne always drives to and from the
Inks, he cannot be identified as one
who wears" stick from choice or
habit. He does not even carry one of
his ebony sticks to church, but takes
the greater pleasure in what his col
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

century past ana which nave
peen the Site Of gatherings of notable
character in the history of the coun.
Try will become part of a sunken gar
nen for Mr.. McLeans country estate.
The old steps are being removed
Dy Arthur Cowsill of this city, who
VIII replace them with granite. The
steps to be removed are So in num-
Der each is inches wide and 60 feet
long, with several landings and plat.
forms. As part OF the cost Of the
work the contractor figured on the
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

y" weakness, sII 81,
to three dop, "
abe about it and t6sv'
not help her !
lydia E. PipEh,s,. I.
Y VegetabIe 'I5l q
pound had been
great benefit al
so | decided to N !
her ne give it Y
She has taken !
bottles Of the ~.
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

vaiue OF the old steps and -
Ge ca steps President Lincoln famous nauprs,
% ana Mckinley who assns tooL the Z
% e mere Great demonstrations the recent uTraSa and ] @
] nave eliminated the steps, and the 6njsb of
Soeys army occurred there Although millions of Fact haa
purposes they century more ~ Aa' lOr material
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
Rahv's Evea

Do sound warning to mothers
about letting tiny babies lie fiat. gaS.
ing straight at the sky. Unless 4
baby is sitting up in its carriage. ths
top should always be over Its face
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

In the eastern theater of war.
With the time of the evening ball
ana the dansant, either past or fu-
ture' young Washington has adopted
the soda-fountain cotillion, which is
7othing more or less than a dance in
the emporiums devoted to the dispo.
sition of confectioneries and sweet
beverages.
Mount Pleasant and Columbia
Heights led off, but other sections
nave been enveloped in the fad and
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
President Belongs to the Cane-Carryinq BRIGADE

az President Wilson does call for walking sticks
nooDy or habit largo ord
handsome collection in takes intnrnS na u
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

When a homely girl has her picture
taken she acts as if she considered
the artist responsible for her looks.
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

When you meet a self-made man hs
always wants to tell you all about the
job.
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
Drug Store Glide Is the Latest in Washinutor

gnde here! During these tord evenings with the Fab.
renne thermometers with stocks the hattie so
the popuaraon of the goes inward and
with the speed of Teutonc E W 1""1u
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
John R. Mclean Buys Front Steps Of the CaDitOI

IoHN MLEAN has bought the steps of the United s ~
Whn are being removed to make ones of gan, ~
oestood that the historic steps which presidents have been
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17

scientists and inventors, promises to
be the cause of the invasion. Wash.
ington patent attorneys admit it is en-
tirely possible that the city will be
overrun with nuts" with alleged won.
derful inventions to offer the board.
A man who invents something
that turns out well is a genius; the
fellow who dreams and invents the
things that never get by is nut"
That's the difference.
That the naval advisory board
will encounter both species while It
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL GII
Tells How wLydiaE E.PiDab.
vegetable Compoun5 !.
stored Her DanDI. y
ter's Health.

~ Pl0yer, 9v Iowa. From ! ann !.
my ID year old daughter In bsl1aIl q
The Southern herald., 1915-09-17
Ry}ldl1oGZ1L ChIgiI7EZd90
EAIFlENluRS ~Nk4$#E : 49, $EE#iIa
Capital Is Threatened With DeIuqe of Nuts

is danger national capital by
n -@oudbe inventors who have impossible for getting
cn and famous Secretary Daniels advisory board composed real
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11
SALMACUNDI :.
By Uncle Goshdimgit 1858

If you don't hit the mark the
first time, don't consider yourself a
failure, Many of us have done this
very thing, in spite of the fact that
we see about us, others, who are not
at all discouraged at failures in a.
chewing some ambition. We are
too willing to use the excuse, that
because we did not achieve our aim
at first trial. we are disqualified
for further trials. This weak kueed
attitude is sure to align us to life
of constant failure discard. No
try for a goal, worth while, or ar
row of achievement aimed at sue
ces is wasted, that has failed in ex-
pected results at the first try, for
the reason that every added trial to
achieve will strengthen the will to
achieve, again and again, for, as the
continued dripping of water will
wear away the hardest stone. so
will our undiscouraged attempts to
attain, wear away all obstacles to
success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11
Flashlights
BY Beau Esprita
Ballad of Stone and Tears
BY Beau Esprita


Into the Tilt of a springtime song
Shuddering, Earring chords intrude.
The iangle of life that is started wrong
Fills in a swift passed nterlude,
Catching the with it's accent rude
For one brief On with the play!
And another soul is left to brood
Through dayless night and an endless day
Fallen lost in the hurryng throng,
Victim of malice, or thoughtless mood
Timed to live by brazen gong,
Acrost the dead line by one short road
What of the precepts of good imbued
In childish heart when the world was gay!
What is in the multitude!
A dayess night and an endless day
Days so weary, and weeks so long
Wrought from slight nepttude
Bonds of pleasure when made too strong
Draw to pain a certtude;
The picture superbly hued,
Changed in a moment to drab and gray:
One more step in the old feud,-
And a dayess night and an endless day.
Thou who measure the days. how long,
Who know'st the paths where feet may stray,
Mercy. Lord! for the souls that throng
Through the dayless night and the endless day.
The things which did yesterday of the past Right
or wrong they done. The things which do to-
of the future Right they yet to do
things doing today of the present. and is
for us to say NOW whether they shall be right
Let the dead bury dead The future knoweth
Today and today alone do with WILL groove
SMOOTH make to This light we have, by which
guide footsteps the knowledge that today will be to-
yesterday. Let work that when this day is
done shall make yesterday of which need not be
ashamed.
There once was a maid in Duluth
Whom dreamed shared my love in all truth,
But she trod my heart
And woke with a start,
Made Ruthless by this ruthless Ruth.
EvervthinU known to man side-With
ceptons of these editing funny department.
other swe that's funny I've forgotten what the
other is! Maybe funny side anyway Life has It's funny
side. often we've thought, 1T is mighty funny how
Jones Smith, Brown got far in life he did,,
Its funny how Robinson Cor Johon Alexander keeps
out of the poor house, the way they live"
What is your pet funny idea?"
Full many gem of purest ray
Is fated in waste basket to die
And many pOme is born to blush
| By other than the copyreader's eye
Let us hope Virgil knew what he of. Wrote he:
'Th suffering will yield yet pleasant tale to tell"
Westward the march of empire takes its way,
| Until Belgian peasant blocks the road,
When it shall pause while to maine and slay
| And add the peoples load
editor happy His business is tending other
| peoples business.
Some peoples idea of life a SQUAD, gallon of gasoline
/ and worth of red paint on the wheels.
! What give away today
Shall tomorrow
| If our gift to life be gay,
| Life will never give
only pleasure you get Of life that which
| you give to others.
When boys worked like sixty get up life
Then accommodating Judge up-for feand
| have to work like sixty get down again
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

Town VI OtTDy. LDSlduu, having got
himself disliked on account of bis
quarrelsome habits, the other farm
ers decided one night to cool him
down a bit.
AT midnight the farmer was dis
turbed by voice shouting, Your
horse is stolenr'
The irate farmer hurried on his
clothes, and Fastening to the door,
asked, which way has be gomez"
Toward H. replied one of the
farmers.
Another offered the loan of horse
he bestrode, which offer the sleepy
farmer excepted. After riding all
night. he found himself at daylight
riding his own horse.''
If you've had bit of luck.
Pass ii On.
If you're overstocked with pluck.
Pass it on.
IL may save duCCuST HAL
If you do the best you can
To make him forget the ban
Help him on"
Pm very much taken with the
young woman you introduced me to
the other night"
She very attractive girl"
1T wasn't her looks l was think
ing Of
No? her music, then?"
No; her originality. She didn't
tell me that l reminded her of some
one she knows
That poet Is genius"
"Wby?'
He rimes raiment with payment.
Tailors will tell you that they rarely
go together"
A fellow may write with the best of
intent,
And may put his whole heart in
his rhymes;
But to pen a love-lyric and have
what you meant
Printed wrong is disastrous at
times.
"A plague on the man who set up
my lay
On The Dimples of Annabel Leep'
Plague take the proof-reader, the
feather bralned jay,
Who can't tell ''d' from D."
Though I've written TO Annabel
note after note,
She's never at home when / call!
She surely must know it was dim
ples'' l wrote;
didn't write "pimples" at ALL
Pa. what is the short and ugly
word?"
1T depends on the circumstances,
son. A word that is pleasing ordin-
arily can be quite transformed when
spoken by a person who is in an
ugly mood"
Wake up, john" said Mrs.
Weeks; Pm sure l hear burglar.
K-keep quiet, m-my dear, "whis-
pered Mr.. Weeks, and I'u c-crawl
under the b. bed and see if he's tn
there"
"Willie-Paw, where are all the
talking machines made?
Paw They are not made son,
They are born
Maw-"You go to bed, Willie"
Did you turn over new leaf?'
Yes, but the draft from swing
ING cafe door blew it back"
Mrs. Brown was in the kitchen
helping Nora, the cook, prepare
supper.
It's an old saying" she remark
ed to Nora, that too many cooks?
spoil the broth What do you think?
Sure, num-" she replied, there's
nothing to worry about. There's
only one cook here.''
"Tramp--It is needless to ask
the question, madam. You know
what / want.
Lady Yes, / know what you
want badly. but I've only one bar
Of soap in the house, and the SER
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

attain, wear away all obstacles to
success.
beautiful Snow?"
Let the poets blow and rave.
And weave their dreams of
beautiful snow
Tho. when slipping on slip
perry walk,
And in snow radiant nose we
bump,
No poem of snow we'll care
to sQuawk,
For just then we'd like to meet
the chump,
From that red-hot place where
poets grow.
And attest with kick and hearty
thump;
IT'S his nose should wipe the
spotless snow"
And his poems find slushy
grave!
n scientist has just made the dis
covery that hickory is the most du-
rable of all woods. The kiddies of
this grand and glorious Republic
have known this for some time
yea, for cons; as any of them will
attest to the fateful toughness of
the old hickory" switch.
'Brevity is the soul of wit''-but
not of fish story.
BE good, and you'll be lone
some;" observed Mark Twain'-but
who wants to be lonesome.
If some folks could seperate their
ego from the dictates Of common
sense-the size of chestnut-they
would find they needed bologne
casing to store it, and it would
show more bulges than fat bologne
sausage.
A good book is comfort and a
friend. After our allotted task has
been given its final touch and we
again find ourselves within the en-
closure of our cell, we welcome the
book that we find laying in the ex-
pected place, and are thankful that
the library boys have again been
the welcome bringer of friendly
book during our absence. But sell
dom do we see much outward evil
dence of appreciation for the books
or their distributors. But while ap-
probation may not make itself evil
dent with acclaim, we can assure
the distributors of our library books,
that their is appreciation for the
service that links the delivery of
the books to the enjoyment of the
appreciatlve reader.
The man with the CHEEKY word
and smile is welcome every day in
the week-provided he doesn't pune
ture our swelling appreciation of
him with the tactless request for the
contents of our emaciated purse.
Many an eager and joyous sprint
after fame has turned into fat
waddle, after the first lap.
Some folks are afflicted with color
blindness only when it is to their
interest to assert black is white.
The roseate sea of matrimony Of
ten turns out to be dismal swamp
after establishment has opened the
eyes of the navigatOrs.
Some folks have such a long tale
of woe that is is humane to ampu-
tate it for them.
Many folks would tackle the lad
der to success if it were transformed
into an elevator.
Many case of indigestion can be
relieved by applying elbow grease.
The Dove of Peace was observed
lilnping into store over which
was advertlsed: Artificial Limbs
for Sale"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11
. CLEANINCS :.
From our Exchanges

Has she been married long?"
We'll. one of them lasted nearly
two years. but the average, | think.
has been six months"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

1t is said that women are hravel
than men. Do you believe it:''
well, think more of them would
take chance at marriage"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

Wife" Please hurry up, Haven't
YOU ever buttoned a dress behind be-
fore?"
Hubby"-No; you never had
dress that buttoned before behind"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-02-11

That poet Is a genius"
"Why?"
He rimes raiment with payment.
Tailors will tell you that they rarely
go together"