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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
ONLY KEY 8 TO GOOD LUCK
ssIf-conquest Always the First Step
Leading to Real Success
~. in Life. E%3E

Is success "luck?" According to the
president Of the great telegraph COM
pany, it depends upon what may be
called stimulated luck" l.. e., the art
Of taking prompt advantage Of oppor-
tunities. The telegraph man says. for
instance, that he has conscientiously
kept himself in good condition OF body
and mind, so that when opportunity
came he would know 1t and be ready,
adding: There have been great sick
men, but most great men have been
well. Edison is well. Probably none
Of the many victories Of Roosevelt's
career was harder won than his VIC
tory over physical weakness" Certain
~ the victory over self is the initial
victory, says Golfers. He knew this
who wrote that the man who ruleth
his spirit is greater than he that TAX
eth CITY, After self-conquest, the.
habit Of industry is conquerable.
William Goblet, the self-made jour
nalist who came to America In the
early days and made a name for him
self as peter Porcupine." offers tes.
timony to this effect In his diary when
he writes at an inn: Weary of being
idle. How few such days I have spent
In my whole life. Goblet thus res
cords another secret OF his triumph
over circumstances: 2%t
Scores Of gentlemen have at differ-
ent times expressed to me their SUR
prise that was always in spirits, that
nothing pulled me down, and the truth.
is that, throughout nearly forty years
of troubles, losses and crosses, assailed3
all the while by numerous and power
full enemies. .. and performing labors3
greater than man ever before per-
formed; all those labors requiring
mental exertion of the highest order: L
the truth Is that throughout the whole
of this long time OF troubles and labors
I have never known single hour Of
real anxiety; the troubles have been
no troubles to me; have not known,
what lowness of spirits mean; have
been more gay and felt less care than
any bachelor that ever lived. You are
always in spirits, Cobbett!' To be
sure. for why should I not? Poverty
I have always set at defiance. and I
could. therefore, defy the temptation
of riches" = 81 N n s35
We have defined worry as diseased
thought Cobbett's mind was essen
TALLY free from this poison. Is not al
most every man whom we describe as
lucky, equally free from it? \,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
GLOVES MUST. MATCH FRock
Many Novelties Have Been Intro
duced for the Approval Of the
$t tE Devotee Of Fashion. II. In

No longer are gloves merely long
or short, white, brown or black. We
now have reception gloves. gloves for
the dance, gloves for lingerie frocks.
& AS this Is the season when the silk
glove very naturally steps into the
foreground, it is the silk glove that
Is the forerunner In the new models
and designs. One glove seen In sew
eral exclusive shops is the reception
glove in white silk with series of
tucks stitched in black extending up
the entire arm, carrying out the black
and white idea now so popular. The
pointing is in black, not too heavy
to accord well with the daintiest at
ternoon costume. Ss'.@
Another novelty is the silk glove
Of white with plated frill running
up the arm from the wrist to the
glove top. This frill comes in black
or in all white. It. makes an excel
lent complement to the airy gowns
now so popular, especially in the
South. 3 a.:.
Another silk glove which has struck
popular fancy is for the travelling
gown, the shopping costume or the
tailleur. It is of white with black
wrist frill and fine black pointing.
The Queen Elizabeth" as this glove
is called, also comes in all white,
in putty. sand and the fashionable
neutral tints. d. g}s' .jg =.
Many new ideas are shown in the
stitching and pointing on the silk
gloves. One rich effect is obtained
by the combination of black and
white stitching, giving a mottled ef-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
ON PARTISAN STAGE
SMART DRESSES ARE BEGINNING
To,APPEAR AGAIN. -. T..
Correspondent Writes Of Some Of the
Prettlest-MiIltary Model In Dark
Blue Serge Likely to Be ~;
Widely Copied.

1T seems almost like crime to
speak of smart dresses created for the
Partisan stage, but it Is really true
that, after long months of inaction, the
theaters in Paris are beginning to
wake up, writes Idalia de Vlliers in
the Boston Globe. ~. g. wv.
1t is, of course, certain that this will
not be a brilliant season, or anything
approaching that, but still there Is a
little life to be found in the theaters
and some of our leading dressmakers
are creating charming models for
them.
For example, the frocks which Buze-
net has recently created for Blanche
Tourtain in LA Souris." At least
two Of these little dresses are ideal
models for young girls wear In the
warm summer months. 49,
One Is an indoor gown composed
of embroidered chiffon in clear shade
of oyster-white. The short skirt was
round and very wide-just a deep
flounce OF embroidered chiffon finely
gathered In at the waist. The little
baby" corsage was chiefly made Of
plain white chiffon, and the transpar-
ent sleeves were tucked from shoulder
to wrist Round the waist there was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
STARTING FL OVER SEEDS
7T1--III 3I-- y q , 81 y 39-a.I
I, By BEssI z Z. PUTNAM. d

~. =
Almost all flower seeds terminate
more quickly If soaked in warm water
for a few hours before planting. In
some instances this Is almost a neces.
.sity. n ,.i !, 4 II. $5s 5s.
\ The advantage Of treating sweet
peas this way is most marked.
Cypress vines will stand quite warm
water poured over the seeds 12 hours
before planting. Il,
Gamma seeds and those Of the other
large, hard-shelled sorts, sometimes
require careful filing to break the
tough, outer cover, but extreme care
must be taken not to injure the germ.
The finer greenhouse seeds should
be merely sprinkled on the surface Of
very fine soil and kept continually
moist. During termination @ glass
should be kept over the pots. After
the plants have come this should be
removed to admit air. :5
The sowing of fern spores on q
brick, covered with just a sprinkling
OF earth, is an interesting study to%the
nature lover. the necessary water be-
ing supplied by keeping the brick in q
dish of water. 5as
Extreme care must be taken Of the
tiny seedlings, for II allowed to get
dry they will almost surely die and
II kept too moist they incline to
damp OF"
Most Of the greenhouse plants and
similar delicate ones are scarcely
profitable for the amateur to raise,
save as a source Of experimental
study, though geraniums and q mum.
Der Of the larger seeds are as easily
managed as a pansy or an aster, and
one can get a good variety at small
cost. Ii .s,+5. S
AS q rule the seed should be plant.
ed twice its own depth, and in the
case Of small seeds it is essential to
have the ground finely pulverized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
TRIES TO MAIL HIS HORSE
Animal Was Light Enough, but Too
Bully to Send by Par
H-, - eel Post.

Newton, N. CHARLES A. Walker,
proprietor OF the Gray Horse Hard
ware company, walked into the New
ton post Office and said. to Postmas-
ter George N. Norris: Y f.. 49, Ed
George. how heavy do you go on
parcel post packages?" 5. z.
well go as heavy as SO pounds,
Charlie the postmaster answered.
Come on down to the store,
George" Walker suggested. Il want
official advice" So the postmaster
and merchant went to the hardware
store and, pointing out q papier mache
horse in front OF the establishment,
Walker asked: .- I. ..s a6 s@sE Il
"Do you think they'd take him by
mail? You see. have him stamped
and addressed to Hartford, where l
want to send him for repairs and 1T
tings for harness" Il. !. .E- +
well, Charlie, announced the
postmaster, mo doubt he's light
enough. but he's too big Of bulk. I
can't take him"
\ Walker took OF the stamps and
called for; wagon to haul his horse
to the freight depot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16

about. And that is what makes Tor
success" fsi +,
Beginning Of Dairy Business.
\. It was because she couldn't bear
to waste anything that Mrs. Crooks
began selling the surplus milk given
BY their one COW. Soon she had as
many customers as she could supply
and was making a good profit: Then
one day her only competitor an
nounced that he was going out OF the
dairy business. All of his patrons
fiocked to Mrs. Crooks,
and she agreed to take care OF them.
though God only knew where l was
to get the milk" she says. 5,ss
She bought up all the mich cows
that she could and acquired with the
rest OF the bunch relic Of good old
days, q Holstein that later was found
to be twenty years old. . She gave
more milk than any Of the grade cat
tie, despite her advanced years. and
that was the way Mrs. Crooks got In
terested in the breed. After she had
paid on the debt on her herd and had
begun to make good-sized profit on
the business she made q trip to Dem
yer and picked up q bunch OF Hol-
stems for $500. Il About three years
later she sold that same bunch #of
Holsteins for three times that amount,
and from her books she saw that she
had realized $4,000 on stock sold
from them and about $4,000 on cream
and milk. despite the fact that she
was such a distance from a good mar
ket. And that profit was IN addition
to all the skim milk that had been fed
to the calves and swine on the ranch.
4.S Her Cows almost Human.
7 II sold those, COWS because we were
SO far from a market" says Mrs.
Crooks. ."But was SO lonesome aft.
er they were gone that ! made up my
mind then and there that I'd always
have a few ,Holsteins on the place
after that. II They're almost human. 4
never go out to the corral but what
the COWS gather around me without
my speaking word to them. Some
times take wire brush and brush
them down. If they, think that one
COW is getting too much attention the
others will push her away and stick
their noses in my hand and lick my
boots. &,t !. & +: rs
Mrs. Crooks was born in Kansas
City. After she finished her school
ing she worked In a number Of bust
ness offices and then came to Colo
RADIO, where she taught school for sew
eral years before her marriage. Her
home is a log cabin, but she has
scenery all about her, and stretch
of river flows through the ranch. Cot
tonhurst-on-th'- Gunnison she calls the
place. HI fis-#5t;9 3ss z IN u
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
SHE DIVORCED ); HIM UNJUsTLY
Now Mrs. Whalen's Ready to Take
Husband Home After
Twenty Years. .s5

Pasadena. Divorced 20 years ago
through an unjust suspicion, James
Whalen, former customs officer at Sc
attic, secured his discharge from the
National Soldiers home at Sawtelle.
Cal, and is making preparations to re-
wed his former wife, who owns an
orange grove near this city. ,jS 2E
When Whalen was stationed IN
Seattle his wife obtained divorce on
the ground that Whalen was too
friendly with woman secret service
employee. 5 i. & Il
Mrs. Whalen, In later years. learned
that her suspicious upon which she
was granted q divorce were unjust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
TELEPHONE FOR 80 CENTS t \,
Thermaphone Of Dutch inventor Trans
'nits Words cIearly-smalI
y5 az Watch.

IA London.-A Dutch inventor has in
vented simple little instrument
which seems to be decided improve
ment on the present telephone.
The received and transmitter take
up no more space than an ordinary
watch, and the cost Is estimated OF
80 cents. The "thermaphone," as it
is called, transmits distinctly, and
there is no confusion OF vowel sounds,
letters or figures. The receiver is SO
small that it may be placed in the
ear. 545; #
4 At demonstration recently at the
University Of Utrecht the invention
was successfully adapted to wireless
itelegraphy. 5G & f. INA n. l5& &: {:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
SHE: RUNS RANCH !.
END. OF: BUSINESS 5 ! \:
In 0veralls Mrs. Crooks Attends
/. to Crops and Milk and
n "A. I. s,s i.=# Butter.
RIDES LIKE a WEsTERNER
When the Hired Men Get Slack or
Lazy She Goes Out Into the Field 4
and shames Them - Her
Cows Almost Human. Z;

Denver.-Mrs. Angie Crooks tried
everything from teaching school, read
ing proofs; clerking, bookkeeping and
running a photograph gallery up to
and including matrimony and still
found happiness elusive.
. Then she went to ranching. From
handling the milk and butter Of a
few grade cows she has gone into the
business of breeding fine stock. She
owns 20 head of fine Holsteins from
the leading families Of the Holstein
world. Il She lives all year round in
the open and, arrayed in overalls,
she superintends the planting and
harvesting of crops and the irrigating
OF 4SO acres Of fine grain land In ad-
dition to looking after her. pets" And
she's happy. ,5< 81 PM
Mrs. Crooks and her husband have
a fine ranch of 480 acres near Gun
nison, Colo. The man devotes himself
to a general cattle business, but to
his wife has fallen the work OF run
ming the ranch and q thriving dairy
business. She does it with vigor
that keeps roses in her cheeks,
though her hair Is grazing, and
makes her eyes sparkle with the zest
of life. She rides like the out-and-out
westerner that she is. She can run
any piece OF machinery on the farm,
and when she thinks that the "hired
hands, are getting a little slack or
lazy. she goes out into the fields and
works with them until, for very
shame, they: must fall into the pace
she has set. Yet she measures only
five feet four, she loves pretty clothes
and with the business Of buying bulls
that brought her to Denver recently
she com bined a shopping tour and
reveled in the new styles. s]t; .#s
::3 Homesick for the Ranch.
Ive never been homesick for the
place where was reared. I've never
been homesick for any human being,
my mother or father or my husband.
But I'm homesick for the RANCH she
said here to Questioner. ..Is
Mrs. Crooks was city born and
bred. It was ~ years ago that she
went to ranching. She says quite
frankly that she married her husband
because he was a cowman and there
fore promised to fulfill the desire of
her life for a ranch home. They
hadn't anything but prospects to get
married on, and after they were mar
ried she ran a photograph gallery and
her husband worked as manager of
the state fish hatcheries until they
had capital enough to purchase few
acres near Gunnison, Colo, and COW.
The COW. Mrs. Crooks insisted upon
having even though there were
numerous other things that they had
to do without to have her That COW
was the Foundation Of a thriving
dairy business and a venture in
breeding stock which has proved both
profitable and agreeable. 55S
\. The cattlemen, Of the state have
made her president OF the Colorado
Holstein club. 35,E: "a n, Il. Sti
81 don't see why more women don't
60 into the business she says. WON.
en- have plenty Of business ability and
they pay much more attention to de-
tail. On a ranch they save money in
little ways that man won't bother
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
KISSING Bee AT Il THE PIER
Armenian Embraced Friends Four
Times Over When Taking Leave
S Of Them at san Francisco.

San Francisco Sninanoff, an Ar
menian. living in Los Angeles for some
years. sailed for Seattle a few days
ago on the Governor, where he is to
join q number OF others and take ship
for Vladivostok, from where the party
will proceed to the front.
Sninanotf's friends. practically the
entire local Armenian colony, were on
hand to bid him good-by. Sninanoh
kissed all his bewhiskered compatri-
OTIS again and again, boarded the
steamer, and as the grief Of parting
overwhelmed him, rushed down the
gangplank and kissed them all again.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16

Z s e Z g. d w No
seeds growing, and give you flowers
all summer long. Il. u 2.. III n I
Be sure to thin plants that come up
thickly. Il If allowed to grow too close
" together they will be spoiled for
life. 4: s 1; >2 Re,
Mignonettes and peoples dc, not
transplant well and should be grown
where they are to remain. No garden
is complete without the fragrance OF
the former, and the fragile and fla
ming beauty OF the latter. 58,s
This month begin to transplant sue
cessions Of gladioli. BY doing so you
will have a much longer period Of
blooming. RI ,.y=
IA The golden feverfew makes very
pretty border for flower beds. Re
member, however, that the flower
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
letters asking for printed form
which will allow him to obtain other
printed forms on which he may apply
for surgical instruments
Doc Was RssearchIna.

Ann Arbor, Mich.---A bulldog, by
killing 12O guinea pigs, destroyed the
results OF two years research work by
Instructor Carl v. Weller Of the pathol.
ogy department of the University of
Michigan. The dog broke through the
wire netting that guarded the window
Of the animal room.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
GOOD WALKER AT AGE. OF SO
Tramped Two Miles to Preach
Evening Service. fr

Il Pittsburgh. Pa---Rev. Albert vogel.
ninety-eight, walked into Carrick from
the home Of a friend, two miles dis
tant, and preached the evening SER
mon to congregation in the Garrick
Methodist Episcopal church few
nights ago. 3.5ls 5s# En-
sts Grandpa" Vogel was born in Ger
many, but came to the United States
in his early youth. He entered the
ministry in his twenty-third year and
has preached almost continuously ever
since. He has been on the superan-
nuated list several years. 4.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
/ HELPS IN FLOWER GROWING |
\ az L M. BENNINGTON.

By L. NJ. BENNINGTON.
Weed seeds have more vitality than
flower seeds, for sitter the flower beds
are made and the seeds sown, weeds
appear before the flowers. Don't
waste time wedding by hand, but get
I good wedding hook and stir the soil.
killing the weeds. ssq
Don't spade the soil before the
moisture Of winter and spring has
drained from It. SO that It will pull
verize perfectly. II the soil drops
from the spade In moist, soggy Jumps,
be sure it is not ready to work.
It. is not good plan to sow all an.
nuals at the same time, nor plant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
There's a Difference.

Two young girls were talking about
one OF the handsome members Of the
Southern club. E FL.
Il thought you were going to marry
him. said Jessie. 81
II thought SO. too" answered Flor.
RE "but I mistook his attentions fos
intentions" n 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
PASTOR USES HOE Al. 81
Mr.. Hoberg Has Distinction Of Being
Oldest Methodist Minister In
Oregon.

% McMinnville, Ore.-Rev. Joseph Ho-
berg, for 46 years resident of Yam
hill county, celebrated his eighty-sev-
enth birthday here recently working
/ in his little garden back of his quaint
Grant street residence in McMinnville.
He came to this county In 1869, resid-
Ing at Lafayette o pastor for all Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
A New MILITARY" Model by Beers, in
Dark Blue Serge With Faded Petu-
MIA Red Silk Braidinss and Silver
Buttons. %z# "A Ill.,. g.. Al s7,r'.. ,4.

a ceinture, with long tasseled ends.
made Of crystal bugle beads, and a
delicious touch of vivid rose was in.
troduced on the lining of the high col
lar. II. 5FS q, .,5 4. /. i.,...., ,.S.S
Another gown Of the same order
was made of desert-dawn-pink taffetas
and fine white lace. The taffetas front
took the form OF a. wide, gathered
apron, and at the back there were
fiounces which ran right up from the
hem to the waist. A border of tiny
chiffon roses bordered the taffetas
apron" and at either side there were
quaint pockets. The bodice was al
most exaggeratedly simple in design,
a cross-over, with pointed ends, which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16

tain surgical instrument. He wrote to
the authorities to demand it. and re-
ceived reply. @
Make your request on a printed
FORM" Tho doctor replied that as his
hospital had only recently been con-
verted into military hospital he had
no printed forms. Second reply from
the administration, Make demand
for printed forms" The doctor again
wrote and received a third reply.
Make your demand on q printed
FORM
The doctor has written two more
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16
~ v M :, < : -1-.I--- =
OUGHT TO Specialize.

A man charged with stealing $780,
900 worth of jewelry, in court ascribed
his downfall to that alliterative trim
ity Of allurements, "pinochle, poker
and pool He might have expected
to fail In an attempt to qualify as an
expert in each of those lines. In
these days of specialization. no man
can hope to be q successful all
FOUNDER" %reS a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16

II you desire dense shade, plant
''Dutchman's Pipe Aristolochia
Siphoab bout your summer house or,
arbor. It \. has great \ heart-shaped
leaves that overlap in true slate-roof
style. but whose OPAQUE greenness
seems to rob the summer sun Of its
heat, and insure a cool retreat during
the dog days. 4. 5y III
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Rice for Bridal Luncheon,

h Some pretty place cards for a bridal
luncheon or dinner are decorated with
sprays of white blossoms, put in with
water colors with sky blue and green
foliage to throw them into relief. At
tached to each card is a ribbon about
six inches long, and at the end Of the
ribbon is tiny tulle bag Of rice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-16

gether. Wait two or three weeks be-
tween planting, thus insuring sue
cession Of blooming periods. 81 N
AS the frost leaves the 1, soil, dig
i In the manure mulch placed last fall
about the shrubs, roses and hardy
perennfals. II there be no winter
3 mulch about such plants. be sure to
apply some sort Of fertilizer to them.
In the absence OF well-rotted ma.
\ nure apply a good coat of bone meal.
B Scatter It about the base Of the plants
after the soil is stirred, and let the
rain drive 1t to the roots. u. 3ls
Ss3 When digging for permanent beds.
see that the soil is stirred and thor
oughly aerated BY digging deep. and
/. BY spilling or throwing the soil from
the spade in thin stream-thus sep
arating It as much as possible. N.
Dig strip fifteen or eighteen
inches wide across the bed or border
and then rake it beginning at the
bottom OF, the trench and fining the
4 soil from the subsoil to the top. Con-
tinue this throughout the length Of
the bed, and then you will have
worked the soil perfectly. II "
When unwrapping and uncovering
trees. bushes and plants which have
\ had winter protection. examine care
fully to see If insects or fungi have
] done any damage. Be sure to burn
i the wrappings If any traces Of pests
are found. and apply such remedies
7 as may be needed to rout the enemy.
Seedlings grown in the house. hot
beds or coldframes need harden on
I before planting In the open. Give
them plenty Of air. and during. this
month only lower the sashes at night
4 and when the weather is cold and
stormy. g5 i5.5 Is. .; 4, "a
Much trouble and disappointment
Il would be avoided II tender seeds and
@indoor-grown plants were not set out
4 too soon. AS good general rule,
I which obtains throughout the country.
such plants should not be set out or
seeds sown until complaining time.
Hardy perennials and ANIMALS may
be sown this month or even earlier II
the soil Is in proper working order.
They can stand quite q good deal OF
frost. VI
# If you have dry, bare spot that
gets the sun all day, seed 1t to por-
tulaccas. They will beat the weed
must be pinched out occasionally to
get the best n sults. +
vs. All summers tender bulbs make a
] fine show and aee appropriately plant
ed in clumps among shrubbery where
there are open spaces. This Is espe-
cially true Of young shrubbery which
has not filled out Its allotted space.
Start cosmos as early. as possible,
I and the end Of April plant in the open
two to four feet apart, for they need
plenty Of room. They. want light, rich
soil, and can stand a great deal OF
pinching back to- keep them stocky.