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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

WOOZIE AND WUZZIE PLAY BALL.
HAS Woozie come home yet " ask
ed Wuzzie, the little fox boy, as he
came running along from school the
day after Woozie had taken home the
little lost girl goose. Has he, mama?'
mo. dear" answered Mrs. Fuzzytatl,
the fox mamma, as she mended mole
in one of Mr.. Fuzzytail's coat sleeves.
Fl wonder if he has found some one
else lost and has taken him homer
went on Wuzzie.
What do you want with him." ask
ed Grandma Sharpnose. She came to
the door with two pieces Of bread and
Jam. She always had them ready when
she heard the children coming home
from school, Oh, Grandma Sharpnose
was dear old lady fox. even II she did
fuss once in a while because you got
your hands dirty playing marbles.
~ want Woozie to come and have a
game of ball!' said Wuzzie. II have
new ball that bought with penny
Uncle Wiggily Longears gave me, and
want Woozie to have eaten. we
can get up ball nine, maybe.
ooh, may play on it," asked Wizzie
the little fox sister as she came
around the corner carrying her school
books.
Girls can't play BALI" said Wuzzie.
"Well, they do SO! can catch ball
in my apron if you don't throw It too
hard" said Wizzie, "and Lulu Wibble-
wobble, the duck girl, can throw ball
as we'll as Bully No-tail. the frog boy.
ooh, well, Lulu is sort OF tomboy,
anyhow spoke Wuzzie.
81 don't care i like her!" said Wiz
zie, land I think you might let me
play"
"Play what asked Woozie, coming
along just then He had stopped on the
way from school to help Mrs. Littletaii
the rabbit lady carry home basket
of soap bubbles.
"Play ball." answered Wuzzie. Il
was waiting for you to come home TO
have a game with me, but now WizEfe
wants to play"
Sure; we'll let her." said Woozie.
You and I will take turns being bat.
ter and pitcher and Wizzie can run
after all the balls we knock"
"All right" agreed the little fox girl,
for she liked to play with her brothers
and she was 50 nice about 1t that she
did not mind running after the balls,
though I myself think Woozie and
Wuzzie might have been little more
kind and let her hit the ball once in
while.
SO the three little fox children went
off to the vacant lot to play ball.
That is Wuzzie and WooZie played,
All Wizzie did was to race after the
balls her brothers knocked with tree
branch which they used for the bat.
Tut Wizzie seemed to enjoy it.
First Wuzzie would take the stick
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
CHILDREN's EVENING STORY

and Woozie would toss the ball so his
brother could bat it. Wuzzie knocked
the ball away over by the white birch
tree. Wizzie had to run long way II
get it and throw it back.
And when 1t came Woozies turn to
hit the ball he knocked it over by the
brook, and it almost rolled in, only a
kind lady hoptOad. who was doing her
washing at the brook, caught the ball
in her clothes basket and gave it to
Wizzie.
Well, Woozie and Wuzzie had much
fn playing ball, hitting it all over the
/ lot. 1t didn't hurt the ball any to hit
it, for it was made of bouncy rubber,
and really that ball just loved to be
struck and hit. And the harder you
struck It the further it would bounce.
Now I'm going to knock a far one!''
cried Woozie, when it was his turn
again Look out for it, Wizzie!''
Wuzzie pitched the ball up to his
brother
Bang" went the stick of wood, and
away the ball went sailing, far over
the bushes
"Oh, that was ne hit" cried
Wuzzie.
= guess it's home rum. said
Woozie.
well, I'll run home if | have to
chase many more balls exclaimed
tired little Wizzie, as she trotted off.
And then-all of sudden, the fox
children heard:
Crash! Bang!' Blash! slamsh!
Brash''
Wizzie stopped running, Woozie.
looked at Wuzzie. and Wuzzie both
looked at sister Wizzie
ii guess we broke something"
said Wizzie, sort of scared like. ut
sounded like a window. | guess we
broke a window"
I'VE broke it," cried Wuzzie, sur
prised like II didn't break It, It was
you who knocked the ball I didn't
make it smash a window, and neither
did Wizzie."
ooh, dear!" cried woozie, sort Of
anxious like
Just then they heard voice call
ing:
Who broke my window? Who
broke my Window"
Lets rum" said Woozie.
NO" said Wizzie, firmly. Don't
be towards and run. If we broke the
window we must tell whoever owns it
that We will pay for it. That is only
fair
But you didn't break it, Wizzie,'
said Woozie. You can run and so can
Wuzzie. I'll stand all the blame he
said bravely
mo, we must all stand together"
went on the little fox girl. I'VE were
all playing ball together We must
each share the blame. II can sell
one of my dolls,' she said, softly and
sort Of sorrowful like, for she did not
want to part with even one. "Tll sell
Mary Jane Ticklefeather and give the
money for new window"
NO you'll not do anything of the
kind!' cried Wuzzie. 'I'll take half
the blame with Woozie, and we'll save
up all our spending money and pay for
new glass. 1t was as much my fault
as Woozie's for started the game, and
it was my ball. You and will pay
for the window, Woozie"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
HIGHLAND

Logan Sellars living on the FRANK
Johnson farm, had q sale Thursday OF
stock and farm implements.
John c. Bottger and wife living six
miles northwest of this city, celebrated
their 5oth wedding anniversary Feb.
9Th at their home. Mr.. Bottger is vet
eran Of the civil war serving in the
33d Iowa regiment and is enjoying
good health. A sumptous dinner was
served to eighty-fve relatives and
friends who enjoyed the day with the
worthy couple. The children presented
them with fine talking machine as
small token Of love for their parents.
John Allison Of Fairfield has bought
the dray and bus line Of L. G. Horning,
and will take possession March 1.
A. J. Anderson has leased the opera
house for the coming year Of D. c..
Olive. Electric lights will be installed
and number Of other improvements
made.
Mrs. M. L. Sargent of Centerville is
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Ira Hadley has returned from Chi
cago where he shipped car load Of
cattle.
w. c. McLin attended an o. R. 7.
meeting Saturday night in OskalOosa.
Mrs. A. M. Wagner has been near
Let's taking care Of her daughter Mrs.
Mabel Westbrook and the new grand
son. -
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coleman who
were called to Libertyville Sunday on
account Of the death Of Mr.. Riggs Mrs.
Coleman's father have returned home.
Joseph Albertson and wife have
been visiting the William Collett fam
lily.
Miss Cora tombstone attended a
party near Tallyrand recently at the
Andy Henry home.
Frank Harlan and wife visited near
Veo at the Weldon Heston home Sun
day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
PLEASANT GROVE.

Mrs. Ed Fish spent Monday forenoon
at the John Parrot home.
Miss Belle Smith of Eldon spent a
few days last week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Ritz spent Satur-
day at the Dick Pottorff home.
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Furrier were
shoppers in Ottumwa Wednesday.
John PARROT delivered load Of corn
to Flors Monday.
Miss Bessie Smith left Friday for
Drakesville to stay with her sister
Mrs. Jim Boas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Streaby and
son Dale spent Sunday at the Jim
Kendrick home.
Alvin Christty made business trip
to Ottumwa Wednesday,
Martin Smith and son Teddy were
shoppers in Floris Saturday.
viii and Jess Lottridge and Harry
and 10 Pottorff and Annie Lottridge at
tended the show in Eldon Thursday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hancock and son
spent Sunday at the Frank Turner
home.
Mr.. Cooper made business trip to
Drakesville Monday.
Mrs. Lous Streaby and son Dale
spent Thursday at the Jim Hendrick
home.
Mr. Hosteen and Mr.. Dunning are on
the sick list this week
Marion Hancock was a caller in OF
tumwa Friday.
Miss Lillian Day came Saturday to
spend few days with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Fish.
Miss Ida Hancock spent Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Joe Hancock.
Martin Smith and son Forrest spent
Sunday at the Ben Black home.
Gertrude Dunning and Marjorie
Parrot spent Saturday and Sunday
with home folks.
Miss Hazel Duncan spent Sunday at
the Ed Fish home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Harvard and
son Leonard spent Tuesday at the
Martin Smith home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Fidler and family
visited Wednesday at the Wesley Han
cook home.
Mrs. Ed Fish, and daughter Ruby
spent wednesday with Mrs. Richard
Andrew. -...r, a.. -ssy,.,-L -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan Hancock and
family spent Sunday at the Wesley
Hancock home.
Mr.. and Mrs. OFT Crisis were shop
pers in Ottumwa Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks spent Wednes-
day at the parental D. Clark home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Pottorff and FAM
lily were visitors with Mrs. Ida wilkins
Tuesday.
wood in this vicinity the past week.
Frank Hancock is moving on the
Peden place this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
FlNIckY LIVE STOCK,

Prof. P. G. Holden, the corn expert,
says that cattle and horses need to
learn to like certain crops. 81 have
often SEEN" says the professor, both
cattle and horses refuse to eat corn;
cows most generally refuse to eat
silage at first"
Some people have to learn to eat
olives, grapefruit and limburger
cheese. But once the palate becomes
accustomed to them the first distaste
disappears. Live stock are finicky IN
about the same way, and have to be
taught how good certain new crops
really are.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
CONCENTRATED FOODS.

The European war has caused nigh
development of concentrated and con-
veniently packed food products. Tiny
tin tubes, similar to those used for
tooth paste contain condensed milk,
vegetable extracts and a preparation
composed Of cocoa and milk. Either
OF these requires only a cup of hot
water to make delicious, nourishing
drink. Sardine and anchovy paste,
put up in the same way, make tooth
some sandwich. Lemonade tablets are
also in use. Several savory dishes, in
seluding delicious clam chowder, are
put up in tins of half the ordinary
sbulk, their content being highly con-
centrated. Tiny briquettes Of fuel go
with each can, so that it may be heat
ed anywhere.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

"Of course we Wilt: cried Woox.e4e
We'll leave Wizzie out. but it will IN
hard to go without spending mone.l
'Ha! What's all this? Going withsS
out spending money! Paying for brOk-
en- baseball windows" cried q vOicds
We'll, guess if any windows are to-
be paid for I'll do it. You childreng
shan't" ssg n
And there stood deartold UncleA
Wiggily. the rabbit gentleman himself M
And he took out his pocketbook, and q
when the cross old bear gentleman
came UP to find out whose ball 1t waa
had broken his dining room window
Uncle .Wiggily paid for the glass and
the Fuzzytail children didn't have to-
part with single penny.
II won't knock the ball SO hard
again. said Woozie. sr(
IF it hadn't been for her we mighta
have run away--like towards.
So they played ball some more, and
Wizzie knocked far one, but no more n
windows were broken. | am glad tojss
say. And if the tomato can doesn't
go riding around on the rolling pin
when the cook is making o pie TIL
tell you tomorrow night about the
fuzzytails going away And after that ID
how about some more Uncle Wiggi!ya
stories? s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
EDUCATION IN WALL STREET.

Wall Street bankers and brokers
have arranged for the establishment OF
q branch of the New York university
in a building provided by the street
and within easy reach OF it. 1t Is in.
tended to provide tuition in every
branch of commercial work for the
benefit OF the employees of brokerage
firms. The employers pay the tuition
and are responsible for all OF the ex'
nenses Of the institution, which has
now nearly a thousand students en-
rolled. The classes are planned so as
not to conflict with the work of the
students. While still i'm its expert
mental stage, 1t is believed that this
provision will make it possible for hun
dreds Of men to qualify themselves for
higher positions. Their added eff
cheney will recompense the employer
for the expense involved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
ARRESTED FOR NOT
HAVING AUTO LIGHT

Muscatine Feb 19.-Irvin Jacobs,
while enjoying JOY ride, was taken
in charge by Officer Springhorn for
driving the machine without lights.
He was friend of w. s. Denham Of
Let's, who had just been arrested on
the same charge by the same officer
A charge Of reckless driving and en-
the lives of pedestrians
was brought against Denhahs, for run
ming upon the walks, hitting guy
wires of the telephone company and
other violations Jacobs was released
on cash bond OF $40 and Denham
on bond OF $25 for their appearance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

all articles of foreign manufacture,
which prudence requires us to estab-
fish at home, secure us against a re-
lapse into foreign dependency. Exper-
fence has taught me that manufactures
are now as necessary to our indepen-
'dence as to our comfort, and If those
who quote me as of different opinion
will keep pace with me in purchasing
nothing foreign, where an equivalent
of domestic fabric can be obtained,
without regard to difference In price,
It will not be our fault if we do not
soon have a supply at home equal to
our demand" Thomas Jefferson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22


ton to making the laws of the nation,
Washington has gone in for social
pedagogy. There are more young
ladies' seminaries and finishing
schools here than in any other city in
the United States. You find them
crowding every section of the city,
possessing an austere exterior to the
inquisitive male, but overfiowing with
frivolous femininity from all over the
country. Carefree maidens block your
progress on the sidewalk, giggle in
your ear at the symphony concert and
occupy your favorite pew In church
incidentally, they cause the Washing
ton retailer to do fiourishing bust
ness in blouses and neckwear and ice
cream sodas.
While New England and the north
err states have been increasing and
building up their women's colleges,
turning out more and more lawyers,
chemists and electrical engineers, the
south and middle states have encour-
aged institutions which teach their
daughters how to shake hands and en-
terrain a drawing room. In Washing
ton, which is situated between the two
sections, the seminary has found an
ideal background. The government
departments and buildings afford a
liberal education in themselves with
out the tedious application of text
books, and there are certain social
advantages in the national capital
which are available nowhere else.
The national muesum, for example,
affords many-sided class room, cover
ing wide range of subjects all the
way from geology and natural history
to chemistry and taxidermy. There
are also the Corcoran art gallery,
possessing tremendous advantages for
the art student, and the library Of
congress, containing the third largest
collection of books in the world. Most
of the seminaries have special days
which they devote to sightseeing, and
almost any afternoon you are apt to
come across group Of girls chatter
ing in what are supposed to be hushed
voices on their way through some pub
lie building.
In the warmer weather they 60 to
Arlington and Mount Vernon. One
seminary keeps a record bearing the
name of each girl and the long list Of
government institutions and places to
be seen. As she visits each one, it is
crossed of the list and the date
recorded, thus enabling the teachers
to keep track of each pupil. By the
end Of the year she is supposed to
have covered everything worth seeing
in the capital.
Congressional debates are usually
well attended by seminary girls. They
fill the galleries with noise and clat-
ter unsurpassed by the chaperones
until they are seated; instantly, then,
there is hush and they lean over the
rail with interested faces. The girl
from home never altogether loses her
awe of the United States senate.
Many OF the senators she afterwards
meets at their wives receptions,
where they have curiously changed
and unimpressive appearance. At
close range she finds that the August
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
BURNED WOMAN q
is IMPROVING NOW

Charlton River, Feb. 49,. Miss
Mabel Hilbert was painfully burned
when her clothing caught fire BY be-
ing drawn into the opening OF the air
tight heating stove. Her mother
Mrs. Minnie Ely, and sister, Miss
Fearl, and brother, Cecil, were moro
or less burned, fighting the fire. Had
Mrs. Hilbert been alone she probably
would have been fatally burned. DR..
Miller attended the burns and the
patient seems to be recovering.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
Ladies Made to Order
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

presence Is just like pa and all the
other men back home.
The young ladies' seminary is an
institution all it's own. 1t differs from
other schools in that it's courses are
expanded or shortened to fit the needs
of the individual pupil, whereas at
public schools and colleges, the pupil
must adapt herself to fit the courses.
II young woman Is nervous and I'M
able to concentrate; the seminary
prescribes exercises and sees that she
goes through them daily. If she COM
plains of a tire feeling and looks
anaem.c, it does not insist that she get
her algebra or ancient history, but
makes her sit still every morning and
take sun baths and eggs and milk.
Often she receives better medical care
than she would in her own home.
The seminary Is still Of the opinion
that the destiny of the majority OF
young women is marriage. All the
PHILOSOPHERS of Norway and the care
fully prepared articles on the economic
independence of woman have left the
seminaries unperturbed with their
waiting lists increasing They are go
ing upon the assumption that woman's
place is the home, and that she should
be taught how to take care of 1t and
understand the social graces which
constitute the customs of the country.
If a girl displays talent for art or
music they develop 1t as far as they
can, but they also take equal pains
to develop her social poise and COM
mand of situation.
The seminaries have afternoons at
home, in which guests are invited to
their drawing rooms and under the
instruction and guidance Of the chap
erones the students are given sugges-
tons in welcoming and entertaining
them. Every once In a while there is
dance, at which some of the girls
we're plain shirtwaists and weird
masculine ties and pretend they are
men. Sometimes young men are In
vited, but this does not occur often In
Washington, where the supply OF un-
attached young men is negligible.
One white house reception year Is
always given to the seminary girls,
besides which they attend many teas
and receptions given by congressional
women to the girls of their states.
In the development Of social poise
there is nothing quite SO useful as
dramatic art. One Of the large sem
inaries on the outskirts of washington
has a smaller theater with a wide
stage and red plush furnishings exact
ly like those of regular playhouse.
It makes its own scenery and builds It
on the stage, and IS equipped with
footlights, spotlight and boxes and
even the usual cheerless wings and
decrepit dressing room stairs. Here
the students, of whom there are two
hundred and fifty, have enacted Romeo
and Juliet and Twelfth Night to their
hearts content, unconscious of the
underlying practical purpose which is
to create self-confidence and stage
presence.
None of the seninaries in Washing
ton are controlled by religious denom-
nations, with the exception of the ma
tional cathedral school, which is run
by the Episcopal church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22
70 INCREASE OTTUMWA'S
GROWTH,

The plan to change the Ottulh~ q
Commercial association into an organ
ization with al broader scope. to greatly
increase its membership and to put IL
on a more b,usiness-like basis. meets
with general approval. Not that the
Commercial association has falieo III
its aims and ambitions as it is at pres
ant constituted, but because with the
srovth of the city and the evidences
thaf Ottumwtt is growing bigger, pet
t~r ana buster there is need TOT a
more central but highly diverslneo
orranisation nor directing the actiV-
it,es az the citizens and civic organiza-
tions along certain lines and TOWARD
a definite end. ,;s4
THE new organization hopes to enlist
+he svmpathies, the ideas and the a.
t;vi,Ses of from seven hundred to ,ooO
man IN the up-building of Ottumwa, IN
civic enterprise and Industrial
yrnwth Il is THE belief Of those VINO
ere nromoting t,he change-and they
h.ve already Shown their own devo-
tion to the best ilnterests OF the CITY
that Ottumwa hals outgrown the stage
in which the only efforts toward
hoosting the community come from
the unselfsh efit(rts of limited rev
Who work without the inspiration OF
the knowledge th@ht the ORGANIZED com
munity is behind them in their en-
deavOrs.
The present Commercial association
"a not a closely limit body of citizens
r. lacks the weight and power that can
ha acquired only 1w numbers cooperat-
;,,r or In CLOSE sympathy with its
aat;vities The work Of the present
orsan;zation has devo1ved entirely up
m the shoulders df, the board OF d1rec-
tors and only the unselnsn' enersee.'
devotion Of these linen, mas nlaoo poa,
able those Accomplishments WnAen
must be credited to the present ors organ.
izatfon. Every Tuesday tnfouenou'
the wear and for years past tnese
directors have gathered TOT luncn ~
the Commercial association rooms ~
spend two or three hours IN olscuss-
ins community, commercial ana 1nous-
trial problems and laying plans ol
furtherin9 the interests q tne clV:
Not one Of these m en- but what nao
good homes to go 10 at lunch tune;
not one but whose selfish interests
favored going hons. -et they gave
their time. psJ4ng thl,ir haR dollar bor
thsir iuncheons each time, and WORKED
Tor a biExer and better and buster OF,
tnmva. They gave their time and
their thought. they paid their dues and
contrib,aed to the various funds; they
aid things, and the Commercial asso'
citation owes them debt of gratitude
IdIewise the entire CITY owes them its
II is doubtful If anything would
come as near repay1ng these earnest
vorkers "a would tho successful &C
accomplishment Of the plan to take the
burden of their willing shoulders and
rive over to q closely Knit, numerically
powerful. new organize ton, the tasks
~ whfct, they have been working TOT
yeaSs. 49, $500
planning: the men Of ottumwa who
have the interests of the city at heaf.,
can aid by identifying themselves with
the new society; those-h there be
anv-who think only of their own in
terests. viii find that their own inter
cts. too. can best be served when the
hterests Of the city are 'eing well
served.
Get ready to join the new organizs
ton.
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HEAD OF INSULAR
BANK is NAMED

Manila. Feb. 19.-The Philippine
commission has named Fl. l.. Willis
president of the new insular BANK.
the founding of which. with a capital
OF $4,000, 900, was authorized by the
last legislature. The salary fixed for
the position is $4,000
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

It takes money to make the mare go.
It takes more than mere money to
make city advance. Money, enthus-
iasm and the efforts Of a great many
citizens are necessary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

The Commercial association Is one
of the best instruments with Whlch
Ottumwa has to work in it's program OF
up-building. Are you helping to make
the instrument efficient
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

The first fair days don't mark the
arrival of spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

Nearly every day sees another ONCE
or factory putting up the sign: mo
drinkers need apply for work"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-22

Kind words never die, but the I'M
kind live quite long enough.