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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-15

Arthur Howard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. l.. Howard OF this city, re-
turned last evening from Council
Bluffs, where he has been a student
at the State School for the Deaf, and
will spend the summer vacation with
his parents in this city.
Mrs. Tom West and two sons, of
Coon RAPIDS, Iowa, who had been
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Fred r. Smith, at Pleasanton,
went to kellerton Saturday evening
to visit few days at the home of her
brother, Herbert Stanley.
Mrs. Sam Bower, of Gainesville,
Mo-, passed through Leon Tuesday,
returning from a visit with relatives
at Willard, Oklahoma. She was ac-
companied home by Miss Nova Smith
of Willard, who will visit for some
weeks at Gainesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. N. Skidmore and
son Paul, OF Van Vert, came last
Wednesday and visited for several
days in this city. They will leave in
! a few days for an extended trip in
the west, visiting at various places
in Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon.
Miss Margaret Hall, of Denver,
Colorado, who had been visiting with
relatives at Charlton, came Saturday
for short visit with Miss Eva Rhea
anu other friends in this CITY, Miss
Hall is sister of Pussy Hall, the
Colorado passenger agent for the
Santa Fee railroad.
JIM. Ward, of Revillo, S. D., came
in last Wednesday to visit with rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity. He
reports prospects for big crop as un-
usually good in that country. Mr..
Ward went to Beaconsfield Monday
to visit with his father and other
relatives few days
S. A. Edwards, of Pleasanton, was
a visitor in this city last Friday. Mrs.
Edwards who had been here since
her return from Kansas City. where
she was operated upon, was taken to
her home at Pleasanton Friday after
noon in an auto. She is still quite
weak but is slowing improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tillman Smith and
daughters, Helen and Lucille, who
had been here for couple Of weeks
visiting at the home of his father in
Eden township, went to Davis City
Tuesday for an over night visit with
his sister, after which they go to-
Iowa City to visit couple of weeks,
with relatives before returning to
their home at Upton, N. D.
Miss Kate Hull, who is a member
of the faculty of Iowa Wesleyan Col
lege at Mt. Pleasant, came Thursday
evening for a few days visit with her
mother, Mrs. Charles Hull, in this
city, after which she goes to Cedar
Falls, where she is an instructor in
the Summer School at the State Nor
NAL College. She attended the
Daughton-Edwards wedding at Grand
River on the way to Leon.
Mrs. Will Zimmerman returned
from Iowa City Saturday evening,
having taken her little daughter,
Mercedes, back to the state hospital
for further treatment, following an
operation performed some weeks ago
in an effort to help her deformed
limb. Mrs. Zimmerman stopped on
the way home for visit with rela-
tives at St. Charles, and her neice,
Miss Helen Scott, of st. Charles, came
home with her for few days visit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-15
Decatur County Good Roads.

For the first time in our lives, the
editor of this paper is going to admit
that there is another county in the
state besides Ringgold county that
can boast of good roads. Well have
to take off our hats to our sister coun-
ty on the east as far as good roads
goes. they have us beaten mile.
We had the pleasure of taking trip
with Artie Allen last Sunday in his
big Overland Six" going to Leon
over the north road by the ALT Bigley
farm. We believe a fellow could get
in car blindfolded and tell when he
crossed the Decatur county line. Beta
ter bridges, better culverts. better
graded and dragged roads. Why is it?
Can any one tell? Someone is to-
blame for the condition of our roads;
in the last few years, now who is it?
We will donate some space in this,
paper for the discussion of the road
proposition. Who will start some
thing Globe.
For Rent-Four room house about.
four blocks from square See Harry
radfield
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
Why Interest in Your
Child Should Extend
To Within the School
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

who read this will agree with me.
Similar results are apparent In chill
dren who have been transferred from
indoor classrooms OF the ordinary sort
to the open air school rooms now prop
erly the vogue.
Influences Respiration.
Records are now available also which
shed light on the amount of respiration
Of the different parts OF the lungs, in
accord with the different postures as
sumed by children In the school room.
IL child sits "lop-sided'' or with the
shoulder of one side dropped more
than the other. the upper part Of the
cnest may have too little expansion and
respiration and an excessive expansion
below.
On the contrary. when the child sits
erect and symmetrically, or even II he
bands a little bit forward. the peak and
upper portions OF the lungs Yield full
amount OF oxygen to the blood.
Experiments conducted upon twenty
Ave pupils during school work shows a
diminution In respiration. After the
pupils had been seated half an hour
there was a decrease Of nearly 80 per
cent. Frequent changes OF position OF
children in school: especially making
them stand up and walk around every
fifteen minutes. improves their work.
blood, growth, and nutrition from % per
cent to 10 per cent.
These facts are emphatic and plain,
and IL In high time that mothers and
fathers realize how the health of their
children may be injured during school
hours.
tcopyr't. 1915. by Newspaper Feature servics).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
Homemade Calsomine.

Homemade calsomine or fresco paint
s easy to make. Use whiting. tint It
with dye the color wanted, stir up to a
good thick cream. then add to II q heavy
-four paste. This will not rub OF.
Yellow ochre and no whiting useo
makes a cream ceiling. Use -four paste
for a body. One good coat is sufficient.
Easy to put on, easy to mix. II makes
clean walls and ceilings, and the cost Is
not much.
BY using dye and mixing colors you
can have any color you want. Wash
blulnE and whiting makes blue, light OF
dark as you want II. Red dye and whit
ing makes pink or red as deep as you
use coior-it depends on the mixer.
Make a good pailful for a room. II
does not cost much, and Is better than
rty walls.
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n
life to make youngster devote
his whole-hearted attention to
his daily studies, the school should take
care of the growth and nutrition OF the
little tots.
In a comparison OF the growth at
tanned by children OF the same age, half
OF whom attended school and half OF
whom did not, II was found by Or.
Lewis NJ. Terman, of STANFORD Univer-
sity. and by others. that school Ire
checked both the height and weight OF
the pupils to the extent OF half an inch
to an inch. and half q pound to over
pound. respectively.
Five hundred children from Ave to six
years OF age measured by two Swiss
physicians before and two months after
had lost 20 per cent Of the weight. and
did not grow to the expected degree.
This condition was most marked In chit
dren under six years, and In strong
point against sending children to school
at too early an age.
Actually Lost Weight.
Another Investigator followed the
growth OF l.04 children through the irst
four years Of school life. and found that
ts per cent failed to gain weight In the
nrst school year, while q per cent.
showed an actual loss. Ten per cent
failed TO gain during the second year.
and 2 per cent less each succeeding year.
As the school year proceeds II hai
been found that the amount OF fooc
consumed by school children In the dill
ferent months decreases steadily, Prof
| Walter II. Cannon. Of Harvard. ant
| Prof. Parlow. of Petrograd, explaii
| that this In due to the indoor life, sed
entary check to animal activities ant
| changes these cause in the physioiog!
| Of digestion.
A quiet. indoor school life for larg
! part OF the day makes the lungs iazy
1 Shallow, indifferent breathing Is u
rule, with its costly effects upon tn
quality OF the blood. the inauguration
\ OF the senses and the activities OF tn
muscles and internal structures.
Faulty nutrition with more or les
! tissue debility Is the price paid for IN
, child's loss Of zest, need of deep breath
ing and deprivation OF outdoor sunlight
Watch Child's Posture.
The Improvement which quickly take
place in the blood. digestive powers an
other textures as the result Of n we
spent vacation has been shown by test
made by DR.. Borchmann. OF Moscow
He made blood tests on nineteen boy
and eighteen girls of Moscow befor
| their two weeks Christmas vacation
and again after their return. The econ
test revealed an average gain OF near
~ q million red blood corpuscles I
each 100000 This speaks in lou
voice for along midwinter school va
cation. know all the boys and girl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

Tommy was curled up on his fathe' .
lap thinking up questions.
by the way" he asked. where was
that you went to buy the alligator pears
that you sent us"
'Oh, that was over In JuareE," his
father replied. IL bought them OF an
old Mexican who had n stand outside
OF the wall of the Quartet"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

n nE ID Win US aRaln-6arah Bern
hardt-the woman seventy-one
u years young. The woman whose
youth is still alive-alive with
living.
Her one recipe for everlasting youth
Is "love something. love somebody"
And when you love. the spirit Is alive
with activity. And activity kills the
germs Of old age. And there you are.
II is very simple.
In the early days. Sarah Bernhardt
loved her girl chums. Then she loved
her art. her work.
And now she says MY greatest love
10 my son. Through all her dangerous
voyage over the sea she thought about
her son and therefore lived In an "at-
mosphere of loving him" that kept her
ouoyant and happy until she landed
safe on our shores.
Love the Alpha and Omega.
wish each of us could take to heart
the truth OF this love idea. 1t Is the al
pha and omega of existence.
When there Is something or somebody
to love the anxiety to accomplish. to
make good" Is ever present and Is the
spur that leads to success.
And 1t Is so easy to make love one
of your assets in life. There are those
WIN DthcNe tney 40 not nave Ume TOT
love. so hurried are they in the rush for
money making.
These people go on the theory tina,
after they have acquired a certain goal
then they will let love enter.
But after" such people realize that
they have lost tho capacity for love
For love Is largely habit. You get
IL and 1t gets you.
If you. believe that love is a matter
OF acquiring dollars and cents. come
with me. will take you into a home
on the East Side. There are but three
rooms. They are Immediately clean.
Tho floor and table are scrubbed
white In the one room where the family
mother love each other deeply. as well
as the three golden-haired darlings tina,
grace their humble abode.
Sometimes there Is barely enough to
eat in this house and always there Is
difficulty to make ends meet; but love
IL there and many n time its soothing
voice puts to flight the wolf at the
door.
Love Keeps One Young.
Everybody is youthful In this house,
hold because their joys and sorrows are
Shared. They make so much out o,
little. These children are the kind Of
people that you afterwards term tn,
salt of the earth"
Come with me TO the home of q
widow whose joyful gaze rests on tn,
lad who has taken his fathers plac,
at the head of the household. Hop,
beams high in her heart. She sees II
him the characteristics OF his father
the one man who meant everything.
Come with me Into the home of {
grandfather who is playing at building
houses with blocks to amuse the littl'
child-his girls girl.
He laughs with her when the block
tumble and builds them up again jus
as he did his life's work many a time
and he IL still building. He will no
recognize old age because there Is p,
much youth about him. 1t Is the onl!
way to beat Father Time.
To keep youth above you, love AM
be loved.
Copyright, 1850
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
What Women
Are Doing

~ RS. ARTHUR MURPHY. Of Ed
MI monitor, Canada, known as
49, fancy Canuck" in Canadian
literature, has been decorated by King
George OF England with an order con-
ferring upon her the title OF Lady OF
Grace. Nine. Nellie Melba has received
the same order for relief work during
the war.
Miss Lucille Thompson, OF st. Louis.
was the first woman to be given a
scholarship by the washington Uni
versity Medical School.
Mrs. Georgia Robinson, recently APP
pointed policewoman In Los Angeles, II
believed to be the first colored woman
In this country to hold such a position.
Miss Monica Kowalewska, OF Min
neapolis. MINI. believes that State law
should require that every employer OF
large numbers OF women should en-
ploy a matron for them.
Miss Virginia Gildersleeve. dean OF
Barnard College, has received the de-
gree OF Ii. ID. from Rutgers College
the first OF the sort granted to a woman
by that institution.
Miss Margaret McAleer, OF tho Frost.
burg, Md. Normal School claims tina,
she has not missed a day nor beer
tardy during eleven years of school at.
tendance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
Perhaps Someone viii Be
Able To Find the Secret of
the Power Which Drives
the Divine Sarah, BY Read
ing This Appreciation
Written BY Rostand-He
Tells of the Bernhard of
the Theater.

n EXT Monday night Sarah Bern
nj hardt. in the seventy-first year
Of her age, comes to the Ma
uonal Theater for one weeks
performance In repertoire.
An explanation for the strange power
which drives this wonderful woman
has been sought by many. but not
found. The seeker ever futilely comes
back to mere rehearsal OF evidence OF
the power-as II to assure that It does
exist.
Perhaps as far as any one will get In
explanation Is that she works, and
works, and then works more, and that
the miracle which drives her on Is per-
haps only work itself.
Surely her greatness has been achieved
at tremendous personal sacrifice, at a
cost Of endless submission to her fate.
Rostand's Appreciation.
Edmund Rostand, author OF LAG
lon," which she will give In Washing
ton. and other plays has known her, as
we'll as anyone. His own appreciation
of the Bernhard OF the theater is illu-
minatlng. 1t swamps one with its reve-
lation Of the richness of the genius OF
| the great actress: with the unsparing
Intensity OF her theatrical life; with the
lesson OF concfntration and devotion
| which II shows Is the price OF greatness.
| Rostand denies that he ever knew the
Bernhardt OF the coffin. Of the croco-
die. of the hundred and one eccentrici-
| ties painted by sensatlonalists.
His Bernhard is the servant OF the
theater. the handmaiden of art por-
| trayed In a verbal photoplay, teeminR
with action. He mentions neither time
nor place. 1t Is unnecessary. for the
scene Is one which Madame Bernhard
has enacted a thousand times at the
height OF her career under many diff
ferent skies.
| Rostand says:
She Enters the Theater.
| "A brougam stops at a door; q
woman enveloped In furs jumps out
threads her way with a smile through
the crowd attracted by the jinBling Of
the bell on the harness, and mounts Q
winding stair: plunges into n room
crowded with flowers and heated like 6
dollhouse, throws her little beribboneC
handbag with its apparently mex
her bewinged hat into another. take
Off her furs and instantaneously dwin
dies into a mere scabbard OF white SILK
rushes on to a dimly lighted stage an'
Immediately puts life into whole
crowd of listless, yawning. lciterlnl
folk; dashes forward and back. inspir
ing every one with her own feverisi
energy; goes into the prompter's box
arranges her scenes. points out tn
proper gesture and intonation, rises nj
in wrath and insists on everything be
ing done over again; shouts with fury
sits down: smiles, drinks. tea. and be
gins to rehearse her own part; draw
tears from case-hardened actors. VIII
thrust their enraptured heads out o
the wings to watch here returns to he
room, where the decorators are waiting
demolishes their plans and reconstruct
them: collapses, wipes her brow witt
a lace handkerchief. and thinks OF faint
ing.
She Makes a Costume.
suddenly she rushes up to the NIT
floor, invades the premises OF tn
astonished costumier. rummages u
the wardrobes. makes up q costume
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
A Day With Bernhardt Described
'By Her Friend Edmond Rostand
Collins, Crocodiles, and 9th
err Eccentricities Strangely
Lacking. In; the Daily Life
of the Woman Rostand
Knew-"The Only Sarah
! Know Is the One Who
Works. She Is Greater"

ner; sits down TO table splendidIy
pale with fatigue: ruminates her
plans; eats with peals OF Bohemian
laughter; has no time TO finish.
The Evening Performance.
"She dresses for the evening perform
ance while the manager reports from
the other side of curtain: acts with all
her heart and soul; discusses business
between the acts; remains at the theater
after tho performance. and makes ar
ransements until 3 o'clock in the morn
ing; does not make up her mind to 20
until she sees her stan respectfully en-
deayoring to keep awake; gets into her
carriage; huddles herself into her furs,
ana anticipates the delights OF lying
down and resting at last; bursts Into
laughing on remembering that someone
Ia waiting to read her a five-act play
returns home. listens to the piece. be-
comes excited, weeps, accepts Il, finds
she cannot sleep. and takes advantage
Of the opportunity to study a part.
This IL the Sarah have always known.
I meyer made the acquaintance OF tho
Sarah with the coffin and tho alligators
The. only Sarah ! know Is tho one who
works. She In the greater
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

His Portion.

Bacon-Thcy say In some countries
they eat CRATES.
Egbert-Great guns! Think OF getting
the neck. -Yonkers Statesmen,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

Seen In The
Shops

n idea that is being extensively
\ copied crops out in the pretty but
terfiy trays at Fourteenth street
shop. These, instead OF being set In
wooden frames, like pictures. are
bounded with raffia In the greens and
love.
The butterflies. too. are not the exotic
creatures that appear In some trays
but yellow, black-spotted little things
that may be seen I'm nnyone's garden
Those In coaster size are t1.60. Others
larger. are $3.50 and $3.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

my.
His father pondered for a moment and
said, well. I'm not sure that he was
very fond OF Americans, hut he was
mighty fond of American -"
Go complete the picture. draw a
straight line from the dot marked 4
20 the dot marked ID. and SO on
through the nIphRbeto
Copyright, 1916, by John n. Wheeler, Inc, i
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

pleats and adjusts II; returns to hor
room and teaches the hgurantes how
to dress their hair; has a piece read
10 her while she makes bouquets;
listens to hundreds OF letters. weeps
over some tale OF misfortune. and
opens the inexhaustible little thinking
handbag; confers with an English
perruquier, returns to the stage to
superintend the lighting OF n scene,
objurates the lamps and reduces the
electrician to a state OF temporary
insanity; sees q super who has blum
dered the day before. remembers II
and overwhelms him with her indig-
nation; returns to her room for din
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

why buy a gold lace hat when one
may be made at home much more
lace II priced from 10 cents and up a
yard, and the narrow landings OF mole
or skunk used so extensively for trim
ming are priced at 81 or even less. II
Is possible to concoct a hat for % that
"a the equal of one that will sell for
SO and more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

: EXT to the influence and capac-
ity Of q teacher and the school
life to make a youngster devote
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

Fido's winter outfit 10 now "a matter
OF much concern. Special little
blankets, made much like horse
blanket with straps to prevent slipping.
are heavily wadded. bordered with fur,
and priced at IS.
An electric toaster. one of the things
you have been wanting and denying
yourself for some time, may now be
had for sl.9s. This Ia the simple rack
style. with room for two large pieces
OF bread.
with each 81 bottle OF q most salts
Is given a spray that will distribute the
lIauid evenly over the wood. II may
afterward be rubbed to a gloss with q
bit OF flannel or cheesecloth.
r.i.nhone Main $3.50 and ask the Shopper
o. Irformation regarding the shops whsr.
,b.se bargains may be purchased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
Che Makes n Costume.

She Makes a Costume.
suddenly she rushes up to the nfth
floor, invades the premises OF the
astonished costumier. rummages IN
the wardrobes. makes up costume.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02

n EXT Monday night Sarah Bern
nj hardt. in the seventy-first year
of her age, comes to the Ma
tIonal Theater for one weeks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-02
Bernhard
Will NeUer
Grow Old
Since She Has Learned the
Secret of the Youth That
Never Dies, the French
Actress Does Not Know
the Meaning of Age.
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

n HE is with us again-Sarah Bern
hardt-the woman seventy-one
- years young. The woman whose
youth is still alive-aliye with
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
UIsi6nIs.

Bas Der groe oes Sinimels @ldu,
@as Der @lume Der frndltenoc Eau:
&as 1T benz Nenifen bic 2iebe.
uno ipoe Der groe bns goIoene 2ihf,
8as in Idiuernoen 6nrben ben aetbeg
bridt,
@as Dem miioen Nu9e oos aben0rot.
9as lit Dem RenIhen bic 2iebe.
limb has in b~erbeibenoer Rdtielpradt
Ser Silbcrmono Der ounilen Nadt:
Gas lit Dem glenIhcn bic gicbe.
@as ben Clifton Der Nahtieau iaud5enb
2ieo,
QsIs erfiinte S%offnung 1T Dem @emiit,
limb mas ben Renihen bos tlopfenbe
9er5,
gou Srenoe unb Sebniudt 1erIaugen
unD Sdmer3,
ST aud ben Teniden bic 2iebe.
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
Gran aicbe.

Grnu 2icbe bat mid angeihant
0us 5tpei eIutbeiben Nuger.
Sect mil mein 9er5, bns ie periebrt,
8n nidts, al nidts mcbr tni9eu;
gs bat nidt @nbl nod @iuen mebr,
2ebt gan5 MIR IN Den Au9en.
9, on mcin arm perloren 9er5l
@ann piro Der 2iebe Stub ben Shmer0
IlS oeiner Munoe iar9en2
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
Sder5frase.

.DesbaIb lam cine S9piegermuts
ter nidt gefdbrli9 front iein2"
.u!aI Iupll plla9plsB an ~ lunpl
pllblo9 III ounlab al uusal anu
al III plagpls6 :pllabpla6 lp!u al
III III lupal al nua@" :l1oalluB
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09

6ousfrou: Nun. Serr Obers
fOriter, 70 feierlid i'm Grod, iparum
tommsn Sic osnn ni4t in Sbrer
f9muden nniform9
Oberf6rfer: So, febn g,
snG 6rau, bos bat meme Qlte audi
seiust, aber i9 bab' s'fost, bos sebt
nidt; nit Der Uniform geb' id naus
gu Die MilbfGu i'm MolO. ba tonn
/ bod nit aur endbieen 5rau sebn;
oenn SpiI1en Der gnG 6rou unb
amer @ilbIau is Oenn bod q bib'I q
llnterfhieb.
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
N~oIqenT6pere Werel

= JoIgen 9pers 8ereb<
rung 9. Srduleia gum @erebrer. eis
mem 9i6terlins): ~Mir f9eint, Sic
oidten mid in Dielen 2iebesgeOidten
on unb f4iden lie an bic bieiigen Re-
battionen. - Seitbsm id sic tenns,
sriiBt mid ndmli4 tein Reoatteur
mebr!!"
Der Man9eI. .Gla, DER
Settled bier in meiner neuen Meite
mub nit 8sn5in pessepuBt iperben!"
.Sd. mo iol i9 oeRn iebt fdnen
Benign bernebmen9! SD bab' DID
ia fdOn oft sebeten. elm - Out am
Suidaffen!"
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09

Der quite Gate. Sag,
Mdnn6en, mD4teIt Du. ooB i'd Dor
Dir ftiirbs!"
.@o oentIt Ou bin, &ino! Mber
i9 m0dte ipobl fpdter iterben aIs
Ou".
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
Sernbisnns.

90 boben Sic sinen Nidel,
aber lssen Sic i'm ni9t sleid pieoer
in ialedtem 5ufel an!
llnbefor9t. %gnGbiser !6err. On
leg id nod men NideI gu uno toOfe
mir f6on einen beheren.
Washington Journal., 1916-06-09
sdwar5eYerlen

ariminorromou bon NuauIt @citI.