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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

forget their part. Nothing to do but
simply to walk through their acts ana
look pretty. There is not one girl In
hundred but is sure she could do it
quite as we'll. If her friends have
praised hex, calling her good looking,
she let's the idea gain ascendancy over
her.
Work in factory or shop looks hate
full to her when once she is possessed
of this craze. Managers are besieged
with just such stagestruck applicants.
They deny the girls appeal with
courtesy. But once in a while there
is one courageous enough to tell these
girls the honest truth. He explains to
the fair aspirant that the movie pic
ture stars, with scarcely an exception,
are recruits from the high-class dra-
matte stage; that they are born and
bred to the stage; drilled to its exact
ing requirements from the time they
are able to walk. Looking pretty, he
adds, is the least of its requirements.
Once in a while manager is tempted
to give an overpersistent girl taste
of 1t to cure her of the idea that she
can act.
A fortnight in the harness is usually
quite enough to dispel her brilliant de-
lusions. The soul of the amateur is
filled with terror at the thought of
climbing out of the window of a room
apparently on fire and dropping into a
net below; of fording streams on the
back of mettlesome horse, the waves
breast high about her; of facing fero-
cious beasts or lonely mountain roads
and almost every other peril known to
the producer of thrillers. The amateur
learns with dismay that the actress
must actually go through all these
hardships in order for the camera
to reproduce them, and frequently
they must be repeated several times.
It's hustle, hustle, hustle from early
morning till late at night. Rehearsals
are long and tedious. The star must
make her meaning known by action.
There can be no awkwardness. She
must dress her parts as carefully as
though she were to appear in the flesh
before her audience. Her facial ex-
pressions must be letter perfect to in
sure the success of the play. One awk-
ward move on her part and the entire
production is ruined. She must be
punctual at rehearsals rain or shine,
sick or well. She must keep her form
1.-THE and thin, at the expense of her
appetite and comfort. She must forego
company and all home pleasure for
her exacting business. It's no fun to
be movie actress. Many clamor to
be called, but few are chosen who
even gain foothold on the ladder Of
success.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
WiNTRY NIGHTS WooING.

We cannot fight for love as men may do;
We should be wood and were not made
to woo.
TO win thy love, lay bashfulness aside;
Who fears to ask her hand doth teach
to be deny'd.
The most-to-be-pitied young man is
he who has no sweetheart when the
dear old wintertime rolls round. His
most intimate chum plays him false,
when J depends upon linn as COM
panion to accompany him hither and
thither you will have to excuse inc,
my dear fellow" he exclaims, without
a tremor of regret in his voice. Its
the night go to see my girl. That's
a special treat ] wouldn't miss"
All of his friends have the same rea-
son to offer They all would a-wooing
go on wintry evening. The young
man who sits down in his hall bed
room wondering If he will 60 out some
where to pass the time away, begins
to envy his friends for the first time.
Each one Of his chums has some sweet.
girl looking out of the parlor window
for him, when the clock chimes 1880.
They are in the warm, coy parlors.
fragrant with the odor of pine knots
in the fireplace. A cushioned seat Is
drawn for him, though he generally
prefers the sofa, or tete-a-tete-just
room enough for two. No matter how
the hail patters on the window pane.
or the storm RACES outside, he is so
happy amid such delightful surround
ings and a congenial companion near
him. They can even find amusement
in talking of the free lance, who was
satisfied with the comradeship OF his
own sex, until he found himself de-
serted when the snow commences to
fall.
In despair, he rushes to the tele-
phone. and calls up every girl he has
the slightest acquaintance with. Each
and every maiden has some excuse to
offer as to why she cannot be home
to receive him. There are few who
are frank enough to inform him they
are expecting company, and to sug-
gest that he come around some other
evening. 1t does not take him long to
understand that II he would a-wooing
go on wintry nights he should have
prepared the way beforehand. The
average girl does not take kindly to
late corners. They are inclined to be
wary, suspecting that his heart Is not
involved, but that he may be coming
for a good, comfortable place to sit
down.
AS to the girl--how happy could he
be with any girl who was lively con-
versationalist, were other fair charm
ers away! But for the benefit of the
young men who find themselves out
in the cold / would suggest that it's
better late than never. They have
no time to lose in making the &C
quaintance of some nice young girl
who is not already spoken for.
Friendship soon ripens into love
with seeing each other frequently. By
the time that the bells are ringing
the old year out and the new year in
their wooing will have come to hap
DIV climax. Instead of being in a
dreary hall room, they will have furn-
ished a coy little fiat and are arrang-
ing to bring their bride thereto. They
can court continuously by their own
fireside.
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Canada's cultivated area in 1911
was 82,404,110 acres.
Japans 1913 foreign trade was val.
ued at $67S,222,146. Imports, $685.
256, $50.
One hundred and ninety-seven nur-
series, embracing GIG acres Of nursery
stock, are licensed in Wisconsin.
The main anchor of the German
liner Imperator is the largest in the
world. It weighs 26,445 pounds.
Experiments in cotton growing have
been successfully made recently in
southwestern Spain.
Ten girls have been graduated from
a seven years housekeeping course in
st. Louis and have received diplomas
certifying that they are perfectly Mt
ted for domestic science applied.
A new French dreadnaught, to be
constructed at Brest, will have a dis
placement of $4,000 tons, with a
length of go feet. The vessel will
carry 16 large guns. and will be pro-
vided with four revolving turrets.
The black tulip, hitherto a crea-
ton of the fancy, may at length be re-
allied in nature. A florist in Europe
has a tulip of so deep a blue that it
may be mistaken for black, and it is
said that this variety may be really
black next year.
It is claimed for Thomas Blades OF
Yarwell, a Northamptonshire village,
England, that he is the oldest Odd
Fellow in the world. Blades, who is
within two years of being centenari-
an, has just completed "a years mem
bershin OF the Manchester Unity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

these loops holds the band in place
and is concealed under a strand OF
hair.
Fastened on the band at one side ie
cluster of grayish blue full-blown
roses of velvet, with small sprays OF
tiny rose foliage in sage green. One
might wear such subdued colors with
almost any costume. The sparkle of
the rhinestones gives life to the pretty
affair, and altogether its beauty makes
an instant appeal.
The second ornament is made of a
narrow bias strip of cerise velvet,
hemmed in a very narrow hem at each
side, into which a fine shirring wire
is run. 1t is mounted with rhinestones
supported by silk-covered wire, As in
the first ornament described. The vel.
vet terminates in long pointed ear,
outlined with a strand of rhinestones.
Rhinestones are to be had set in tiny
bands, and sell at a moderate price by
the yard in dry goods stores. Other
bead passementeries and stran,G of
pearl beads are used Tor making sair
ornaments, also narrow fancy ribk ADS
and braids. If in making the last oraa-
ment described, bright green velvS4
/ instead of cerise color, is used thu
handsomest of decorations for Whit
hair is the result.
JULIA EOTTOMLEY.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
FOOTBALL PLAYED IN 1914
Thirty-Four Thousand Games Were
Played in Which $4,000 Players
Took Some Part.

Intercollegiate football during the
last season was played by $50 col
leges, 5000 secondary schools, and by
1900 teams not connected with edu.
cational institutions but representing
athletic associations, large and small.
Thirty-four thousand games were
played and $4,000 players partici.
pated in the games and practice. Not
withstanding the distractions of war
and the handicaps of tight money,
more people than ever before attend
ed the games of the country, estimates
placing the number around 1892 900
persons The elimination in attend
ance, of course, was at the Harvard
Yale game, where 10000 persons oc-
cupied almost 20 miles of seats IL the
magnificent Yale bowl.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Discard Small Turban.

In Paris the leaders of fashion have
discarded the small turban hat for the
larger models of white satin. These
stunning hats appear in wide vari-
ETY. of shapes, with gracefully rolling
brims or brims which flare more on
one side than the other. The favor
lite. however, is the wide, straight.
brimmed sailor. smoothly covered
with white satin of a good quality.
These are trimmed with a simple bow
of white satin, the ends of which are
sometimes fringed. Fantasies OF plu-
mage appear on few models, but the
majority are simply trimmed with the
satin or MORE.
The crowns of these hats are rather
low, and the tops are unlined and
scantily gathered about the edge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

hears that the other girl Is engaged
to him. His new fame likes him
immensely but she will not give her
heart and hand to him until she finds
out something about him If she hasn't
a father or brother she enlists the
services of some trusty male friend
OF the family.
1t doesn't take man long to read
another man Alright. The affable young
stranger is found to be a profigate
and fortune hunter, with all the evil
traits attending such a life. A girl
takes risk in inviting a stranger to
her home when she knows nothing OF
him. If girls chance it they have
only themselves to blame IL 1t turns
out fiasco. There are plenty Oh good
men whose lives and habits are well
known who would only be too pleased
to call If they but had an invitation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CH|LDS BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySic into a
sick child.


Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on castor oil. calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It's Different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is wellf0und-
ed. Their tender little "insides'' are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for q 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

don. His last triumph brought lnnian
nearly three thousand dollars from all
sources. He defeated Thomas Reece.
challenger, who had previously beaten
George Gray and H. w. Stevenson.
Following the tourney proper Inman
defeated Stevenson in special match
for $1,000 a side.
In figuring his $4,000 earnings, In-
man received $1,750 from the gate re-
ceipts, $1,000 stake money, and the
$3.50 purse. The matches were played
in Holborn hall, London, $500 points
a day, at admission prices equivalent
to SO cents, 81 and $3.50 in United
States money.
Inman holds the worlds record OF
744 for tournament play, established
last year in his match with Reece. He
has recorded 1877 and 1874 in practice.
He also holds the Canadian mark Of
sci set at Winnipeg and the South
African mark of SAG made at Pre-
toria.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
MEN WHO SHOULDN'T BE IN
ViTED TO CALL.

Cupid from his favorite nation
Care and envy will remove;
Jealousy that poisoned passion,
And despair that dies for love.
1t is pleasure for young women to
make new acquaintance, especially
when they are of the opposite sex and
agreeable. 1t does not follow that
they should be invited to her home on
a five minutes acquaintance. A man
a young woman who Is waiting for a
car and man he has met happens
along. He does not know him par
ticularly well, but he presents him to
the girl Nor does he think the casual
meeting will go any further. He is not
expected to know the inner life of
every man he comes in contact with.
He is pleasant, jolly, good fellow,
that's all he knows of him. He does
not know, nor is he expected to know,
what his faults or habits may be;
whether he has one sweetheart or a
score of them; If he's q man to be
trusted or is one who had best be let
alone.
Under such circumstances, man
with glib tongue can ingratiate him
self into the good graces of many a
thoughtless girl. AS he has been
properly presented to her through an
introduction, she imagines that 1t is
quite the correct thing to invite him to
call upon her Her mother does not
like the new acquaintance. The daugh-
ter thinks it cruel and unjust to take
a dislike to stranger without justi-
fable reason. He's good talker, full
of fun, with any amount of jokes at
his tongues end, dressed nattily and
has plenty of money to spend. He
could come any or every afternoon for
visit and stay to dinner, her mother
notices, drawing her conclusion that
he must not have much, if any, bust
ness to attend to. He's not much on
church going, but he's an enthusiastic
attendant at the races.
He's interested in finding out all he
can of her family, but is noncommuni
cative regarding his own. He compli
ments her on her choice of girl friends
and contrives to get her to introduce
him to them. The first she knows he
has selected the richest girl and trans
fers his interests to her She soon
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
MAKES is STRAIGHT STRIKES
Aged Brooklyn Church Official Makes
Bowling Record-RoIIs One
Perfect Game.

Age Is evidently no hindrance
against a first-class bowler. AT
least that is the case with Lewis
X. Thurston, a trustee of the Hanson
Place Baptist church of Brooklyn.
Thurston, who is sixty-six years old,
rolled three match games and OBJ
tanned an average of 243. His scores
for the match we're 2OS, 300 ard 221.
After rolling IL straight strikes for a
perfect game, Thurston stuck right
to his task and rolled four more IN
the third game of the night, making
a total of 16 straight strikes. record
that any bowler might we'll be proud
Of Previous to his perfect game
Thurston held the high score record
For the alleys, ZIG.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

MfO wonder the devotees of motoring
Az are Drawing the coolest weather.
They may envelop themselves from
crown to toe In cold-proof coats having
hoods attached made of the same ma
terial as the coat. The fur fabrics
that have had so great vogue this
season have been developed in pat
terms especially suited to midwinter
motor coats. These pushes are used
also for lining coats of other fabrics,
and are as warm as skins.
Fetching and unusual is the coat of
leopard plush pictured here. The
youthful motorist looks as coy as a
kitten in 1t. 1t is long straight gar
ment of the simplest outlines, comfort
ably rOomy. The sleeves and yoke are
cut in one, and the skirt part allows
plenty of room in walking.
A broadtail plush is used to make
deep plain cuffs, and as an inlay on a
small neckpiece that fastens about the
throat. The hood is close-fitting cap
with wide bonnetlike border turned
back at the front and trimmed with a
fiat bow of broadtail. The coat is
double breasted, fastened with a large
button at the top and in the front
Smart coats for warmer chimes are
made with more concessions to new
style features and allow themselves a
little frivolity of composition. Drop
yokes and fiaring skirts, not so long as
the figures, are noticeable among them.
1t is safe to predict that with things
military imposing themselves every
where else, the newly designed motor
coats for spring will reflect something
of military modes.
But to face the sterne1' requirements
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Ouimet In Hockey.

Francis Ouimet, the famous golfer,
has branched out in the sport world
and is now full-fledged manager of
a Boston hockey team composed of
golfers. And, like all real managers,
he has cast his challenge to the world.
He wants it understood that his
hockey seven is ready to meet teams
from any golf club.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

girls. In0y PICK
out their favorite
actresses and ST.
lently worship at
their shrine eve
ming after eve
ming. AS they
watch their favor
tie with bated
breath and In
tense gaze, many
a girl conceives
the daring wish
that she, too,
might become a
movie artist.
It all looks so
easy. They have
no lines to men,
orize, no terror
lest they might
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
"old kIno Cole" Really Lived.

"Old King Cole" who was so ford
of "his pipe, bowl and fiddlers three"
is believed to have really existed in
the flesh in the third century A. D., &C
cording to British legend. His
daughter, Helena, very beautlfui
creature, married Constantinus Chlor-
us, a Roman general, and the merry
old soul" of Mother Goose" annals
thus became the grandfather of Con-
stantine the Great.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Wisely PIanneI Dresses.

Two little girls whose mother liked
to keep them in white, kept the white
frocks and stockings clean only as
dong as the proverbial shake" OF
lambs tall" So the mother changed
her plan and made them little dresses
OF striped seersucker, with boomers
to match. The dresses are made in
kimona style, with large round col
lars OF plain gingham. which match
the stripe The brown-and-wnite
striped dresses have brown collars
outlined with rather coarse feather
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Red sox willing to Swap Players.

President Lannin of the Boston Red
Sox is quoted az saying that the COM
ing winter promises to break all rec
ords In the matter of swapping ball
players among the big league clubs.
He acknowledges he has been trying
to make trade or two on the sug-
gestion of Manager Carrigan, but as
yet there has been no transfer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
A Fur Tip.

Two furs are very often combined in
the small neckpieces and muffs-bea'
yer and seal, seal and ermine, seal
and leopard, ermine and monkey,
breitschwanz and ermine or monkey,
etc.; but the best looking sets shown
are in one fur.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

stitching in white, which is very eff
fective, the pink collars on the pink
and-white striped dresses are embroid
cred with simple design in cross
stitch in pink and dull green, and the
blue dresses have line of French
knots in white ON the blue collars
With these garments the children wear
tan stockings and russell shoes, wear
ing the stockings and dresses two
days.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

of the passing season in the North
coats of plush lined with plain wool
fabric, or of wool fabric lined with
plush, with hood attached, promise
both comfort and style. And with them
goes the comfortable thought that they
may be made at a moderate price, and
that there is no end of durability in
them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
FIGHTER CAREFUL OF HANDS
Joe shugrue. Crack Little New York
Scrapper, Has His MauIers In
sured fer $4,000.

Joe Shugrue, the little New Yorker
who has a ten-round popular decision
over Lightweight Champion Freddie
Welsh, will take no chances with his
hands. He took out $4,000 accident
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
WOMAN IN
BAD CONDITION
Restored To Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. =
Montpelier, VT -" We have great
faith in your remedies. / was very ir-

regular An0 W q .
tired and sleepy all
the time, would have
cold chiIls, and my
hands &d feetwould
bloat. My stomach
bothered me, ] had
pain in my side and
a bad headache most
of the time. Lydia
E. PinKhan's Vege-
table Compound has
done me lots of good
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Natural incllnation.

Natural inclination.
THAT fellow doesn't live; he simply
vegetables"
"No wonder. He's got cabbage
head, carroty hair, he's a perfect bust
ness leak and an allr0und bent"
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,o.L .or AnreeabIe rhInas.

Don't look too hard except for some
thing agreeable: we can find all the
disagreeable things we want between
our own hats and boots, Leigh
Hunt.
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LauraJeanLibbeu'S
Talks on
Heart Topics
fCcpyrshs 1914 by the Mcclure Newssapet SyndicateJ
THEY WOULD BE MOVIE STARS

The world is fl'd with folly, and sin,
And love must cling where 1T can, say
For beauty is easy enough to win,
But one isn't loved every day.
1t is wonderful what hold moving
pictures have taken upon the hearts OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
PLANS BOXING UNDER
HEALTH BOARD NOW

The Massachusetts legisla-
ture will be asked to- put pro-
fessional boxing in that state
under the jurisdiction of the
new department of health, and
to limit professional bouts to.
six three-minute rounds. These
are provisions included in bill
filed by Senator Bagley. Anna
teur boxing is not affected by
the proposed legislation.
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Joe shugrue.

policy to repay him in case anything
happens to his maulers. Joe has three
big fights on and an injury to his hands
would set him back just about the
amount of his policy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

The man who sits down and hopes
for the best doesn't get it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

Cupid from his favorite nation
Care and envy will remove;
Jealousy that poisoned passion,
And despair that dies for love.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

We cannot fight for love as men may do;
We should be wood and were not made
to woo.