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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
HANDMADE LACES
FOR LINGERIE

Those who have mastered the art of
c%rocheting or the making Of tatting
find themselves able to make many
beautiful things for personal wear and
for the adornment of their homes. The
tatting edgings are prettier than fine
handmade cluny or flet laces that are
extravagantly high in price. and are
used for the same purposes. The great
advantage In using hand crochet or
tatting in lingerie or for table decora-
lions lies in their durability. These
handmade laces last for years and
may be made up with linen with the
certainty that they will probably out.
last II.
Just now both tatting and crochet
laces are liked for table sets. consist
ing of a. centerpiece and two sets Of
doilies, one small and M larger set.
Marrow crocheted edging is used also
for the Japanese printed sets in blue
and white that stand any amount Of
wear and Tubing. They are delightful
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
DIFFERENCE IN BOYS WORK
Country Lads Tasks Arc Useful and
Man-BuiIding, While City Youth
!s Unemployed.

1t is very sad, of course, the letter
the country boy wrote telling what
he did after school.
The boys account Of his after.school
work begins with gathering eggs and
carrying in stove wood, runs along a
list Of labors that would exhaust two
men and a team, and ends with then
/ go to bed" - q.
That country boys after.school
tasks consumed long and weary hours.
but every stroke was clean, useful,
manipulating labor and more Joyful
than joyless, too.
Far more sorrowful would be the
letter of a city boy narrating his do
ings between school and bed. With
too many boys a truthful letter would
be a record Of misemployed hours
filled with mischiefs and meanness,
without n stroke of useful, body.
building and character-developing
work or exercise.-Buffalo Enquirer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
NO BR0THERLy LOVE FOR HIS
Pereivai Was Anxious to Be Forgotten
After Listening to ciarice's
Treatment Of Wiesan.

At last he realized that she was
really in about rejecting him.
AT least" he said sadly. at least,
love me as a brother"
YES" she agreed sweetly. Yes.
Percival. Ill do that. III love you
always as a brother"
At that moment little Wiegan, her
Kid brother. came into the parlor.
Hey. sis. did va see me kite any.
wheres?" he said.
Get out OF here. you little hem
stitched. deyilish. scheming. sneaking
brat!" she cried shrilly. You know
you're sneaking around to see what
you can lei and hear what you can
hear! Reat it, you double jointed.
cloven-hoofed freak"
Wiegan withdrew.
"Clarice." he said, after a thought
full pause.
PEI cival," she responded softly.
I've changed my mind" he said.
Don't love me as a brother. Just
forget me."-Detroit Free Press.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

for the breakfast or lunch table. Tat
ting sets are beautiful and rank with
fine hand-embroidered linens for table
use. Narrow tatting edgings r. used
in finishing hand-embroidered blouses
and for lingerie or for anything else
that calls for lace as a decoration.
Yokes for corset covers and night
dresses are important now. Thin
blouses merely veil the underbodice
and make opportunity for the display
Of handwork in the place of machine
made laces on it. Some exquisite Jokes
Of tatting and others Of crochet lace
need only to be set on to a piece Of
linen lawn to furnish forth an under.
bodice greatly to be desired. The pat.
terms are always varying and each
needlewoman may work out her own
fancies in the work Of her own fingers.
A yoke of crochet ia shown In the
picture, set on to a body of crossbar
muslin and strung with washable rib
bon. It is a type Of this kind Of lace
and will suggest other patterns, put to
the same use. to those who are famil.
lar with the work.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
MISUNDERSTANDING %. c. NJ"
Enthusiastic Villagers Take Up Col.
lection for Suitable Token for
Incorporate Soldier.

A delegate to the Pan-American con.
gress in Washington said:
They who oppose or dread the Mon.
o doctrine misunderstood it. They
misunderstood 1t as completely as the
villagers misunderstood the soldiers
letter.
"A soldier in the trenches wrote
home to his brother that he had got
the d. C. N. The brother. mad with
JOY. rushed through the village to
show the letter about. Much enthus.
fasm was aroused. A committee was
Instituted and a collection begun for
the purchase OF = suitably inscribed
gold timepiece for the village hero:
But just when the collection had
almost reached the needed total. tho
brother at home got another letter
from the trenches.
We'll. Jack, old boy the second
letter said. they've let me out at last.
Seven days hard for going a bit heavy
on the red wine of the COUNTRYSIDE
pretty rough. eh. on the part of our
district court-martial, or D. c. NJ, -
we call it ver here?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

North Wind. Mr.. North Wind, we
know, Is never warm. He Is always
tearing around SO much himself and
blowing and raging so much that he
Just keeps warm himself and is too
selfish to care about other folks. But
we will tell you what to do, Mr.. Snow.
Here, in the woods, you fall around
the trees. Don't cover up the holes
n hollows where the rabbits can get
shelter, but fall around the hollows
and the rabbits can crawl in and get
nice and warm. Then fall in just that
way around the homes Of the little
squirrels, and the homes of the birds
who have como too early, or Of the
little sparrows who have such a long
winter trying to keep warm.
"In the cities watch the trees
where the little birds 60. and be very
careful, oh, 80 careful, not to cover
up the holes. Fall SO you will make a
big strong fort where the little ami.
mails can creep inside
NOW the snow decided it would do
just what the fairies had said. 1t fell
steadily all day. Snow banks-snow
drifts-everywhere there was snow.
The trees were heavy with 1t, the
ground was covered deep with it. Lit
tie boys and girls who had put away
their sleds until next winter, brought
them out and began sliding down the
hills as fast as they could.
But the little birds and the little
animals couldn't get warm sliding
down hill. They couldn't get warm
like. the big ladies and the big men
walking fast on the streets. they
didn't even have rugs thrown. over
them like kind masters put over their
horses on. cold days. AS soon as they
felt Mir; North Wind and saw.that. it
was beginning to snow, they trembled
and shook all over. For they Thought
they would feel the cold so much
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
IHeIpinu Some,

Please give me something to eat
asked the tramp at the back door.
Il haven't anything for you to eat"
replied the up-to-date woman; but IL
you'll come in I'll put you next to the
electric current. for l read that a
theory has been advanced by a French
scientist that electric currents can be
made to take the place of food in sus.
tanning life to a considerable degree"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
QQpY,SS EVENING
hAlR1 lALt@ WARY
&C. J
HOW THE SNOW WAS KIND.

1.-THE fairies." said daddy, were all
around today doing SO many kind
things that no one knew about. You
see it was such a cold day. such a bit
terly cold day, and quite a change
from the nice spring weather that
there had been lately.
THE fairies thought first of all of
the little birds who had come from
their warm winter homes. and of the
little animals who had awakened from
their winters sleep. and they set
quickly to work.
They went to different parts OF the
woods and some went to the parks in
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

"Are you goin' to take boarders
next SUMMER" asked the postmaster.
II dunno" replied Farmer Corntossel.
II know some folks who would like q
nice quiet place." yes. But NIL most
OF them people want with q nice quiet
place Is to Jump In an I'LL It chock.full
of their own particular brand of noise"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
ApralIino Waste Of sabv Iif.

The cutting off in the flower of their
manhood of so many hundreds of
thousands of British men arouse the
Lancet to demand more effective
measures for stopping the appalling
wastage of infant life." In 1918 there
were 95,60S deaths under one year of
age in England and Wales alone, al
most all of which, says the Lancet,
~preventable.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

after the warm
weather.
But to their
great surprise.
they didn't feel
cold at all! They
found all the lit
tie holes and hol.
10 8 protected
from the now
At first they went
IL side always
looking out to sec
that the snow
didn't bury them
in.
wv h e n I h Q
Snnyv co,,, ! n
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
A RIeh SOUNDING Name.

A small boy.one day asked his moth.
er what kind of pie she was making.
Lemon meringue pie" she an.
swered.
The little fellow disappeared, but
presently returned. Mother" he said,
what did you say is the pies middle
name?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
In the Dark,

Patience-You know l read the other
day that many plants possess light.
giving qualities. their blossoms and
stems being luminous anc their juices
also being phosphorescent.
Patrice-Well. what Of that?
Why. now when Will calls I won't
take any chance. / have all the plants
removed from the room"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Surely.

Bacon-Somebody says that the man
who doesn't smoke or drink is a sore
trial to the doctors. They don't know
what to tell him he will have to give
up.
Egbert-Why.; the doctor can tell
him to give up two dollars easy
enough, can't he?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
JUDGED BY His Actions.

What do you say to Mr.. Twobble
when he fingers in town after office
hours" asked Mrs. Dubwaite.
"Oh." replied Mrs. Twobble, that
depends on what he fingers for. II
Mr.. Twobble is exceedingly gay when
he comes in and addresses me as old
girl ! deliver a short lecture on the
evils of intemperance."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
PAPER Shades for Lamps.

Smartlooking lamp shades Of wa
ter:n paper are now being deco.
ratet most attractively In black and
colors. Women who can paint use
this form Of decoration, while those
who are not gifted cut designs from
other paper and paste them on. Black
is used effectively or all these shades.
but while there are still many persons
who cling to the black and white
idea, the majority OF wome:a have
given up the plain black and white
decorations for those resembling the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
That's Different.

Mr.. Bacon-This paper says that it
is estimated that $4,000. goo worth of
gold is destroyed annually by a Chi,
nese custom of burning small pieces
of gold leaf on certain anniversaries.
Mrs. Bacon-And yet on the ami.
versary of my birthday you never
seem willing to burn a nickel.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Very

isn't it strange why people don't
live as long now as they used to in the
old days."
mo; nothing strange about it. Provi-
sions r SO high now that nobody can
afford to live long at the current
prices"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Seemed So.

II e that the average man con
sumes one ton Of solid and liquid nour-
ishment in a year." said the boarder
with the red necktie.
WELL" replied the woman who kept
the house. I'm quite sure my man
boarders are away above the average"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.

That tho use of beer and wines does
not tend to decrease the consumption
of strong liquors, is shown by Gabriel
son, a Swedish statistician who has
published the results Of his re-
searches. Tho figures are for the Pc
Rod 1906-1910.
France consumes more than three
times as much alcohol per capita as
the United States, due to its general
use of wine. Italy consumes nearly
three times as much, Spain twice as
much, Greece twice as much, Switzer-
land twice as much, Portugal nearly
twice as much. Belgium consumes
considerably more alcohol, although
1t Is one Of the leading beer countries.
In Germany 40 per cent of the total
drink consumption is of spirits, while
in the United States moro than IS
per cent of the total drink consumption
is beer, which seems to indicate that
the Germans, despite their beer preju-
dices, use considerably more spirits
per capita than the United States.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
A Case Of Necessity,

What sort OF club is this you have
joinede"
It's called the League of Light
Hearts,"
Hum. Sounds rather pifling."
It's a band Of optimists. you know.
We sign a pledge not to worry
Il see. And do the members keep
the pledge?"
"Well-er-all but our treasurer. He
has the dickens of time collecting the
dues"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
A crusty Reader.

Getting anything out of that book
you are reading?"
Il should say so. The smart Aleck
who borrowed it before ! did tried to
show of his learning by penciling
marginal notes all through the book.
and what a'm getting out Of 1t is a
man's-size Crouch"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
h Is Most Needed,

Here's a list of automobile acces.
series. The advertiser says no motor.
list can do without them"
Let me see the list. All! Just as
l thought. 1t isn't complete"
why not?"
1T doesn't include an inexhaustible
bank roll"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Her Idea.

Mr.. Yeast-Here's an Item that says
more than s60.000.0 900 worth Of gold
has been taken from the Juneau belt.
Mrs. Yeast-Well. think juneau or
any other man is very foolish to carry
that amour OF money around with
him in his belt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Corrected,

Teacher-Earl, did you whisper to-
Earl--Yes, wunst.
Teacher = Clarence. should Earl
have said "wunst"?
C~larence-No, he should have said
'twicct."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

squirrels in the parks whisking their
bushy tails and heard them say, The
snow is really lovely and not a bit
cold and heard the little birds whis-
per, This is wonderful, we don't shiv-
or at ALL then the snow was aver SO
glad 1t had fallen as the fairies had
asked"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Unduly Ambitious.

Hemmandhaw-Every boy seems to
want to grow up fast.
Shimmerpate--I should say 30. This
morning | caught my son Herman try.
ing to chew tobacco with his GRANDPA.
theirs false teeth.-Youngstown Tel.
egram.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Pafental DeIusion.

You say Dibble is an optimist?"
Most a%ssuredly."
What makes you think so?"
Everybody says his boy is just
like him"
"Well?'
And yet he doesn't seem at all dis.
couraged about the youngsters fu-
ture."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
ARID SPOTS IN CHICAGO.

1T is a common remark" says tho
Chicago Journal, that the antisaloon
sentiment makes nj progress in cities
but is this true? There are large
sections in Chicago where the sale
of liquor ia forbidden, and these arid
regions are growing"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
California Ones.

do you notice any improvement
since you began eating oliyes?" d
why don't you know. dear. ] be-
Iieve am getting q decidedly Span.
uh accent"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
A GREAT LESSON.

Among the in~calculable losses re-
sulting from this great war there
stands out prominently one benefit; 1t
has brought to all countries engaged
in it-and to others-a realization such
as they never had before Of the rela-
ton between alcohol and efficiency.
Something, and perhaps much, Of that
new knowledge Is sure to remain az
ter peace returns, for, Of course, 1t Is
not only with Gee in fighting that
strong drink i%nterferes. or only in war
that men need to have all their wits
about them all the time.-New York
Times.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Protection.

"Why do you carry that poem In
your pocket. pard?"
because 1t is 'Woodman. Spare That
Tree recite 1t every time anybody
asks me to tackle a wood pile"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

the cities, and
whispered to the
snow which was
falling fast:
"'N o W you
know, old snow.
that you can be
very, very cold II
you want to be.
You know too that
you can be really
quite warm IL you
will only fall
where you will be
a aho1tor from Mr.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Sad

1.-THE doctor says James has water
on the BRAIN" There! | told him
this prohibition fight would set him
crazy"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Between JobA.

The Actor-Yes. De Ham has been
in the profession for quite a number
Of years.
The Critic-Indeed? Comedian or
tragedian?
The Actor-Well. a pedestrian most
of the time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
Very Likely.

Bacon-A child has to crawl before
It a walk. doesn't 1t?
Egbert-Surely.
well, is 1t the same way with
cheese?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

black and colored chintzes. These
painted shades are used both for can.
dies and lamps and they are consid.
cred especially desirable for bed
rooms.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
o A

What would be said II prohibitions
lists in paying their bills would de-
duct / per cent to be applied to fight
ing the liquor traffic. That is what
the liquor dealers of this country are
doing "for trade defense"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

Regret Spoiled His Feast.
Bobbie-I didn't enjoy myself at Mrs.
Randolph's party.
Mother-Why didn't you, Bobbie?
Bobbie-l hte too much, mother, and
then had a lot left over.-Puck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

g Mites .
by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)

WORK FOR A DRY STATE.
A Trades Unionists' Anti Booze
League has been organized in Ne
braska. 1t will work for the dry
amendment to be voted on by the peo-
pie Of tho state next November. AT
tempts to show that union labor as a
whole is supporting the liquor inter-
ests will not be permitted to 60 un-
challenged" says the president of the
league. Mr.. !. ]. Copenharve of the
Omaha Typographical union.
The league has issued the following
statement:
"The object Of this league is to i'm
press upon the general public that GER
tain labor organizations and Trade
Union Liberty Leagues controlled by
the liquor interests. do not voice the
true sentiment. Of the labor organiza.
lions Of Nebraska in their effort to
make it appear that the laboring class
Is subservient to the whims of said
liquor industry.
1T shall be tho aim Of this organ
ization to publicly disclaim In every
way possible that union labor of Ne
braska looks upon the use of liquor
as an aid to its welfare and advance
ment, but rather that the use of in.
~toxicating liquor is the greatest handi-
cap union labor has to contend with
in making its fight for justice for the
working class.
THE members Of this league resent
any effort of the liquor element to
place union labor Of Nebraska in the
attitude Of supporting an industry that
never has and never can aid the work.
ingman in his struggle for better con-
ditions for himself and family"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
STATE ISSUE.

IoSOGs
To save a hog from cholera and di.
vorce a tick from a COW Is national,
but to prevent drunkenness and to d.
C the saloon from the mothers and
the homes of the land Is a state issue.
Congressman j. w. Bryan.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS.

ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS.
Communities which laughed at the
idea Of q s~aloonless territory five
years ago are now numbered among
the most enthusiastic supporters OF
prohibition.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22
WET BRAIN,

WET BRAIN.
DR.. w. A. Evans conducts an Flow
to Keep Well" department in Chicago
Tribune. The other day, under the
above caption, he devoted consider
able space to the drinkers brain.
"The man." he said, who takes a
social drink should know Of a new
danger that lies in store for him. It
is wet brain. He has probably heard
that drink lowers the moral tone, that
it weakens resistance, that II he in
dulges presently he will be unable to
resist, that it makes his judgment
poor, and that, finally. he develops de-
lirium tremens. Delirium tremens was
the veil beyond which nothing lay.
Doctors Sceleth and Beifeld now
come forward with the warning that
beyond delirium tremens lies wet
brain, that only one man in four at
tackled by wet brain And
Doctors Sceleth and Be1feld ought to
know, for the former has been physi-
clan t. the bridewell for many years
and he has cared for about $500
DRINKS a year during all Of that time.
A great many of these DRINKS have
had delirium tremens. Many Of them
have had wet brain. Most of the wet
brain cases have died and autopsy has
been made on them. Every drink is a
drink. There are no other
kinds. When a man takes a drink.
however simple 1t may be, he mixes in
some degeneration of his nerve cells,
some chance of delirium tremens, and
a few other ingredients. Let him un-
derstand that he also pours into the
glass about one finger Of wet BRAIN"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

Lady of the House-Bridget. you had
q man in the kitchen last night.
Bridget-Yis. mum.
Was he a relative or Just a friend?''
Neither, mum. He was me hus-
band, num-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-06-22

De Laze-Well. / think | must be
moving.
Miss Bordwon-Perhaps SO. but II
10 not perceptible. .
The Hayti herald., 1916-05-25
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