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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Mrs. NJ. Lux gave a delightful lunch
con Wednesday Of last week, in honor
of her guest, Mrs. Woodward of Devils
Lake.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

The Rowena Club met with Mrs.
Charley Erickson On Saturday. Here
after they will meet on the first and
third Fridays of the month.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Ole Stevens and son George, were
Park River visitors Sunday going in
the auto. They returned Monday
morning in the dirt storm and reported
a terrible trip.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Seeding has been progressing nicely
this spring and. with favorable con
tditions from now on we can be sure Of
a,good crop.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Superintendent C. E. Mclaughlin and
a number Of Great Northern officials.
made their annual tour of inspection OF
the branch the first Of the week.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Mrs. R. G. Babcock and Mrs. Archie
CurTie drove to. Devils Lake Saturday
afternoon. ~
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Mrs. G. Lahti, and son Orvo, accom-
panied by Mrs. Oscar Hooker, n1otored
to the county seat Tuesday.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

The families Of DR.. Ferguson and
Frank Vierus motored to Devils Lake
Tuesday returning in the evening. =
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Mrs. Murchie and two little sons,
and Miss Rosenberg of Sarles, visited
Mrs. o. E. T%ourtellette Monday.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

J.sVvoboda and J.. Miller were Law
ton visitors Monday evening.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Mr.! and Mrs. Ole J.. Wig and little
son, Ruben, were Devils Lake callers
Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
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KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY

Agnes Repplier in the Atlantic Monthly.
Henry Jabes once told me that the
only reading Of which he never tired was
history. THE least significant footnote
of history" he said, "stirs me more
than the most thrilling and passionate
fiction. Nothing that has ever happened
to the world finds me Indifferent.
I used to think that ignorance of his
tory meant only a lack of cultivation
and loss of pleasure Now I am SUI e
that such ignorance impairs our judg-
ment by impairing our understanding
by depriving us of standards of the
power Of contrast, and the right to esti-
mate. We can know nothing of any ma
ton unless we know its history; and we
can know nothing Of the history of any
nation unless we know something of the
history Of all nations.
The book Of the world is full of knowl-
edge we need to acquire, of lessons we
need to learn, of wisdom we need to as
simulate. Consider only this brief SEN
tence of Polybus. quoted by Plutarch:
Tn Carthage no one is blamed, however
he may have gained his wealth." A
pleasant place, no doubt, for business
enterprise; place where young men
were taught how to get on, and extrav-
agance kept pace with shrewd finance A
selH-eatisfied, self confldent, money get
ting. money loving people, honoring sue
CESS and hugging its fancied security
while In far Off Rome Cato pronounced
It's doom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
CALL FOR A .GoURMETs GUIDE,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Why asks writer in the New York
Sun, is there no "Gourmets Guide ia
Manhattan" Why, it may be added, is
there not such a guide for every Amer
lean city? Here as elsewhere the large
hotels, the glittering restaurants, the
oyster houses, are known of all men
But would that gastronomic supremacy
which is one of our own citys most
cherished claims to fame be secure il
lit depended solely on these? Many peo-
lple Judge the value of an article by
what they pay for it. That is the rea-
son for the popularity of the Manhat-
tan lobster palaces, "the hunger-un-
satisfying places of noise, astensation
and steep prices" as the Sun CORE
spondent characterizes them. The true
gourmet tolerates them on occasion.
But his enthusiasm is usually reserved
for some obscure purveyor of comesti-
1t may be French, Italian, German
Hungarian or even an emporium of
"home cooking. Whatever it is he
guards it jealously, fearful of obtru-
sive alien patronage which will spoil
the flavor of the food and the place
alike. Thus the alumni of "Old Maria's'
in New York still deplore the changes
that popularity have wrought. The
unique" restaurant that fails to lead
Ia furtive existence soon robs itself of
that abused adjective.
No connoisseur of sauces, no dilet-
nte of rich and strange entrees, ever
ally agrees with any other. AS for
e inexpert feeder, his wants are few
d small His gastronomic fancy takes
harrow range. He finds a place where
food is what he like and sticks to
Not for him excursions into unfa-
= liar parts of the town, to dingy base
ants or back rooms or gardens" AS
eaters the American people are sadly
lacking in imagination; witness the
potency of the ungrammatically remi-
niscent legend, Like mother used to
make" Why, the modern girl with a
blazer and a delicatessen shop can
serve meals at which mother would
have stared. 1t is true that the indis-
eliminating adventurer will accept in
an exotic atmosphere what he would
reject at home. Red ink may be to him
as nectar and dubious chicken as am
brosia. 1t is not to such that the
"Gourmet's Guide" would appeal. Per
haps the fact that it's circulation would
be unprofitably small is the reason WHY
it is still unpublished.
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he also noticed that in England ana on
the continent only the walters and valets
were smooth of face, while the guests
and masters were distinguished by some
variety of hirsute adornment Many an
American prepared for his second TRIP
to Europe by raising mustache. ne
explained II don't want to be taken TOT
a waiter when I'm over there AND tnac
was how the style in mustaches returned
to America, after our young Aponos ana
athletes had gone clean shaver for many
years.
But these things go in cycles. There is
now a growing movement among the civ
ilians in France to shave off their mus
taches. 1t is no longer good form 10
wear them, and hereafter (time has It's
revenge) they will be tolerated only on
the garcons in restaurants. The mustacne
has retained it's prestige because of its
retention on the military face where 1t
has heretofore been obligatory. But now
a new military pronouncement author
izes soldiers to shave the upper lip. Away
goes the mustache!
During the eighteenth century and the
IlISI Two uCCduS0 VI thC AiliSNOchsiH' NAAS
smooth face was fashionable. The fash
ion of mustaches grew out of French
sympathy for Greece in her struggle for
freedom from 1921 to 1885 The young
Frenchman then adopted an imitation OF
the fierce mustaches that adorned the
Greek soldiers of the time. But the con-
sentative governments of the time
frowned on the fashion-in fact many
small German states forbade it under Sc
we're penalties.
Maybe We'll never catch up, over here.
A few years ago the European sneered
at the American because The has a smooth
face, like waiter" Now the continent
tai can sneer again because the American
wears a mustache, like waiter" 1t
might be well for us to go back to the
national style of chin-w hisker, la Uncle
Sam, and stick to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
RUMANIAN FOLKLORE

The Rumanian peasant is much given
to superstition, and he has a sign for
everything. If shingles are not nailed on
roof in the proper sign, they will turn
up at the ends; if potatoes are not
planted in the proper sign, they will
grow on top of the soil and be fail
ure; if you have money in your pocket
when you see the new moon, you will
not go broke at least, not until an
other new moon has come. On the other
hand, it Is held to be dangerous to an
nounce to those in the house that the
new moon has appeared, for in that
case all the pots and pans in the kitchen
will be broken before the waning moon
passes.
when a peasant child is christened.
all OF those present assume the rela-
ton of godparents, and it is a supersti-
ton that there must be no intermar-
riages between godfather and godmoth-
ers. The result is that christenings are
not widely attended, and those with
matrimonial ambitions eschew them en-
tirely.
1.-The utmost care is taken by some to
prevent child from seeing its image in
a mirror before it is three years old,
for if it does it will become a victim
of the falling Sickness which will send
it stumbling through life.
There are many customs which still
proclaim the ancient rule and influence
of Rome that have persisted through the
centuries since the departure of her
glory. For instance, there is the old
Pyrrhic dance, the robes with bells on
sleeves and girdles. The Rumanians still
shout in unison to prevent Saturn from
hearing the voice of the infant Jupiter;
and even their oxen proclaim the glory
that was Rome in their names, for here
you may see Caesar and Brutus as yoke
fellows, and there Cassius and Angus
tus"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

stuff announces that if the men
continue to refuse the women the vote,
the women will see to it that there is
scarcity of boy babies in the future.
Huh! And what will the girl babies do
when they reach a manageable age?
The reason why wife has to have
so much patience Is because her hus-
hand hasn't any at all.
When we make a mistake, we realize
that anyone is liable to make a mis-
take. But when the other fellow
makes mistake. there is absolutely
no excuse for it.
Some women buy door mats. Other
women marry them.
One way to be unpopular is to point
out the faults of friend and lecture
him on them for his own good.
While microbes are very plentiful
we know a whole lot of people who are
never bothered by germs Of thought.
Why Is it that the married man who
doesn't smoke. chew or drink Is Just al
hard up as is the married man who hal
all three habits?
This may be iconoclastic. But WI
don't believe that the way to honor the
dead is to go into debt to the living
for flowers and tombstones.
Maybe you don't believe it. But tn,
sewer cleaner and the garbage Wagon
driver swell up just as much as thu
other fellows when they hear the ora
| tor talk about the dignity OF labor.
One reason why we have quite pat
| ronizing colored wash women who ar
supporting their husbands IL becaus
when we did our socks always cam
back with holes in the toes.
When a girl gets her engagement
ring she wonders why someone hasn'
invented a diaphanous glove that
diamond will show through.
| OF course, he never tells her any
thing about it. But, after man ha
| been married for ten or dozen year
| he often wonders why his wifes hand
are not as white and soft as those o
the girls he sees downtown.
There was time when We looked TO
the moral when we read book. Blu
nowadays we look for tho immoral.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17

Or II I live, is 1t not very like
The horrible conceit OF death and
Ya' 7ssS night, .ssis ,afss s.ssf' s.i&
Together with the terror Of the place,
As in a vault. an ancient receptacle.
Where, for these many hundred years,
the bones
OF all my buried ancestors are pacis'd;
Where bloody Tybait. yet but green In
EARTH. $50 w
Lies fostering in his shroud; where. az
they say,
At some hours in the night spirits re-
sort;
Alack! Alack! Is it not like, that !.
So early waking; what with loathsome
smells.
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out
of the earth.
That living mortals, hearing them, run
mad
o. II i wake. shall ! not be dis
Environsd with all thss. hid.ou.
Ana msdiy play with my forsf.sA.r''
And pluck the mansisd rybalt from
his shroud?
And. in this rage. with soma great
kinsman's bone,
AS with club, dash out my desperate
brains? s.
o, look. methinks I see my cousins
ghost
Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his
body
Upon rapier's point. Stay, Tybalt
stay!
Romeo, comet this do drink to thee
(ehe throws herself on the bed.3
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
CONCERNING THE MUsTAcHE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
OF recent years. the youth OF America
have been cultivating the growth OF hair
on their upper lips. The fashion has by
no means been whole-hearted one; the
mustaches have been uniformally small
close clipped and eyebrowesque. The up
per lip of Charlie Chaplin is adorned with
what is intended as a caricature OF this
fashion, but which falls short OF carica'
ture as every attempt must which mas
the ultimate extreme as model.
A number of years before the war
young Americans travelling abroad noticed
that mustaches were worn by young Eng
lishmen, Frenchmen and Germans Inc
American was Immediately recognized pS
his smooth face and his hobby shoes. And
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
VIZ II ASHINGTON, November Is.
WV (Special.)-"The great bulk of
Rumania's population belongs

IN \
wy tsDeoial'-"rhe great bulk of
w Rumania's population belongs
tQAthe peasant class, for there are COM
pafatively few cities and most of them
SMALL" says a bulletin of the National
Geographic society on Rumanian folk
lore and customs, which gives an init
mate insight into the home life of the
nation that so recently aligned itself
with the entente allies in the great Eu-
ropean struggle. The bulletin, which is
based on a communication to the society
from John Oliver LaGorce, says:
MANY of these peasants live on the
great estates, where their forebears for
generations have farmed for the alb
sentee landlords. And an interesting
class these peasants form, with their
peculiar customs, their primitive ways
of looking at things in general.
1.-THE evil of race suicide has never
invaded rural Rumania. 1t is regarded
as worthy of honor to be the head of
large family. AS in all lands where
many Of the people are more or less il
literate, there is a high death rate,
though the fact that the hottle-fed baby
tends to overcome the high infant NOR
tally that would otherwise result.
1.-THE average Rumanian peasant is not
given to the kind of thrift that leads
him often to a savings bank. The mat
rimony of his sons and daughters is
I, ,v,1
honest mind than it is land, or money,
or houses. So narrow is the margin
upon which q young couple starts out
in life that it has come to be a proverb
among them, married today and out at
the elbows tomorrow For children
come apace. and the prices of the
things the peasant has to sell are even
lower than the prices Of those he has
to buy, and not until his own labors are
supplemented by those of his sons and
daughters has he much chance to pre-
pare for even the shortest of rainy days
when a young Rumanian peasant
| lads thoughts turn to love and his mind
begins to incline toward marriage, he
goes to his mother rather than to his
sweetheart with his tale. The mother
acts as an ambassador to the father, and
| if he can be induced to look with IA
vor upon the lovers choice, he calls in
| two of his best friends in the village,
tells them of his sons dreams, and asks
them to accompany the said son to the
| house of the object OF loves young
| dreams. Mayhap the girl herself has not
received from the youth single hint
Of his love, but even SO, as he and his
spokesman approach the house she sus-
poets the object Of his visit and peeps
through any crack Or Granny that is
convenient.
IF it happens to be winter, the father
Of the girl invites the company in, and
surmising their mission. gives some hint
as to his attitude by the way he looks
after the fire. If he keeps 1t burning
brightly they know that he is favorable
If he let's it die down little, they un.
derstand that he is only of an open mind
on the subject. But If he let's it so out
entirely, there is no use arguing the
question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
MOTOR CARS ON THE FARM

From the Kansas City Star.
A motor car comes in pretty handy
on the farm, as anyone can see by glanc-
ing at the Hume Telephone. The Tele-
phone tells of the rescue Of two cows
that fell into well on the John Coon
farm. Ropes were tied about the ami
mails. they were hitched to a car which.
"in low" drew the cattle to safety. In
the same issue is told the story of Ceran
Thompson, who uses a motor car as a
one-man tractor in gathering corn. Mr..
Thompson bitches a wagon to his car,
which has the steering gear set straight
ahead. lie then trails in behind gather
ing the corn and throwing it into the
wagon. On account of the scattering
crop this year the task is comparatively
easy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
THE SLEEPING POTION

From shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"
Juliets Chamber (Exeunt Lady and
Nurse). F.
Juliet. Farewell! God knows when
we shall meet again.
have = faint cold fear thrills through
Z my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat Of life:
TIL call them back again to comfort
Nurse! What should she do here?
My dismal scenes needs must act
alone.
Come, vial.
What IL this mixture does not work
at all?
Shall be married then tomorrow
morning?
No. no: this shall forbid it.-Lie thou
there.
What II 1t be a poison, which the friar
Subtly hath minister'd to have me
dead:
Lest in this marriage no should be dis
honored. 7s.
Because he married me before to Ro-
fear it is; and yet. methinks. 1,
For he hath still been tried a holy
man:
I will not entertain SO bad a thought
Now If, when / am laid into the tomb
| / wake beforeithe time that Romeo
Come to redeem me? there's fearful
point!
Shall not then be stifled in the vault
To whose foul mouth no healthsome all
breathes in.
And there die strangled ere my Romeo
Comegf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
SANTA CLAUS
from the Montreal Star.

From the Montreal Star
A citizen writes to a Toronto newspa-
per in advocacy of the ''wiping OUT of
Santa Claus whom he charges with be-
ing German. The professor says that
in the days of his youth in England
people never heard of Santa Claus So
he would "let the Huns have their San
ia Claus and keep him" 1t is to be
feared that the children will not take
kindly to the suggestion. They have
long regarded the famous hero who
comes on the sacred eve with his load
of toys as a benevolent international
character Furthermore, it is well
known that the old fellow and his REIN
deer hail from away up north in the
land of ice and snow. Maybe it will be
just as well to let Santa Claus con-
tinue his good work. He did not make
the war
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
HOTEL LOBREEs
Big Night at Jefferson

May Irwin has always been favor
lite with the college boys all over the
country" said Brown Parks of the JEFF
ferson theatre, land we expect a tre-
jmendous crowd Saturday evening from
the football teams to give her a big
greeting.
I'm every town she plays, where there
lis football game. she always draws
large audience and in her latest play,
Ss Washington Square, she is seen at
her best.
The critics say that Miss Irwin fairly
surpasses herself in the comedy role
she essays in this clever play, which
is dramatization of the brilliant novel
of Leroy Scott, which was so widely
read year or so ago. Few people who
see this popular coincidence know that
she is very domestic in her tastes, and
that she is one of the best amateur
cooks in the country; she excels in the
kitchen as she does on the stage, and
her recipes are famous among discrim-
mating epicures. Miss Irwin will well
come the football boys Saturday eve
ming with big welcome and therell be
a jolly audience to make things lively"
Convention of Farmers Union
THE Southeastern Passenger associa-
ton has granted rate of 11s cents per
mile to the national convention of the
Farmers union, to be held in Palatka.
Fla, on November 81" said o. p. Ford,
state president of the Alabama division,
we expect an unusually large attend
ance in Florida this month, owing to
important matters to be brought before
the national body. Organized farmers are
beginning to make the old-time politicians
side-step, and from now on we are going
to demand of all candidates promises
that will benefit the farmers. Fanaticism
at our state capitol has been running
riot the last session or two, and we want
results that benefit the farmers and
other working classes as well as the rich.
the idea of running the poor mans taxes
up 100 per cent and exempting foreign
corporation for 10 years don't look
right to the farmer. We want some
state warehouses scattered about wnere
we can hold our commodities at actual
cost.
THE organized farmers in North Da-
kota have just swept that state, electinS
every officeholder from governor to con-
stable, and turned the trick on just such
a platform as outlined above. l certainly
believe this is an entering wedge, and
that further gains along this line are in
store for us in the near future"
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the west, the voice is placed in the
nose, which is also the case with the
country twang,' which seems to be
disappearing"
Nine. Gilbert has never visited
the south. Being an actress of cul-
ture and having the critical faculty
highly trained, she might find minor
defects in voice tones, but on the
whole she would be quick to admit that
the southern girl speaks with a charm
all her own.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17

Of Emerson and Lowell, but they know
what he's talking about.
Eastern newspapers are wasting
| time in plying women OF western
states who voted for Wilson They
don't need pity.
The autobiography Buffalo Bill" is
contributing to one of the magazines
contains some first class motion pic
ture material.
X *
The Hearst newspapers and the Brit
war. but so far there have been no
casualties.
Who knows? Colonel House may be
looking forward to one or two more
European jaunts, clothed in an air of
mystery?
While it is true that Irwin Cobb was
a stanch supporter of President Will.
son, he has no designs on the cabinet.
Elisha Lee says the railroads want
to do what is right For once, give the
poor railroads the benefit of the doubt.
Soldiers along the border are de-
serting because of the cold. Villa would
doubtless be glad to make it hot for them
Why shouldn't an invitation to visit
the west tug at the heart of Presi-
dent Wilson? He's not ungrateful.
1t isn't necessary for Chairman Wilcox
to keep in touch with headquarters. He
has already heard the worst
King George and the Car are not
exchanging enough fluctuations these
days to cause remark
The battered form of the G. o. p. eIe-
plant has been placed in cold storage
for four long years.
Birmingham received the club wom-
speaking. of course
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-17
LARGE SUM INVOLVED


Guess yen have ter break a dollar
BILL" said the rural visitor with a reck-
less air. II amt got thing smaller"
That's all right" answered the CASH
Ter Of the help yourself restaurant
'I'n break it out in the alley so the
noise won't disturb our patrons"
NOTHING TO US. HOWEVER
Sad news from Milwaukee,
Distressing to hear;
'Tis said that the brewers
Will charge more for beer.
REPRESSIvE ACTING
But why don't you like this leading
mann"
HE doesn't make love to suit me.
He's too cold and calculating"
But remember, my dear The woman
he's wooing on the stage is another
mans wife. He has to keep his wit
about him, more or less"
BEHIND THE SCENES
Full many a mans a pacifist,
Philanthropist and all of that,
Yet scolds a wife who can't resist
And slams the door and kicks the cat
A FRANK CONFESSION
What does your wife say to you when
you've been out later
do you know" replied Mr.. Jibway,
I've been hearing that speech for seven
or eight years and haven't memorised 1t
YETI" PAUL COOK.