davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
Mana sing . Husban

Do not encourage your children to
wear their clothes long time and
never try to alter them so that they
may last longer. When garment be-
gins to show wear. to get little out
Of date. just cast it aside and get a
new one. New clothes look SO much
fresher and smarter than old ones, and
one feels so much better in them.
Be generous with your husbands
money, Do not try to economic too
much. You know it is the liberal soul
that grows popular.
, II your husband comes home de-
pressed and discouraged and thinks he
needs q little sympathy. soothe him by
telling him your own troubles and trials
during the day. Remind him that you
need cheering up: that he always has
the headache or "the blues" or some
thing else, and that he is never joyial
or polly like other men. This will act
as tonic, will bring him out Of his
respondent mood very quickly, and he
will soon be jolly and happy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

hood. He was good politician, but
he never allowed that to interfere
with his vote. Lincoln did not wait
to hear from some labor union or
corporation attorney before answering
roll call. neither did he make habit
OF returning home and promising pork
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
a crv.e,aI TEST.

Have you made any notes on the
speech. you int TO ss.!se.. :" - -
s No. replied Senator Sorghum.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

The Clinton Herald believes that:
eff $4,000 wardrobes are essential to
entitle American men to classification
as gentlemen, there will be few OF the
latter in the country. Fortunately
however, the merchant tailors now in
session in st Louis, do not establish
anything except styles. They are not
the arbiters fixing the line between
men who are and who are not gentle
men It is a case in which actions
speak more huently and effectively
than clothes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

am going to speak extemporaneously.
When prepare a speech in advance
Tn liable to read It over q few times
and then. being something OF critic
Of speeches, lose my nerve."-Wash-
inGton Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Women, and children killed by
bombs reads a headline. And we once
thought Indian warfare was cruel"
concluded the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

"Once upon a time Abe Funk was
suggested for more political offices
and got fewer than any other Iowa
politician: then il vas 1nduTiice CoII
molly, and now the mantle has fallen
upon the shoulders OF Wilbur Marsh,
Waterloos only simon pure, bona fide,
blown in the bottle, dollar-for- dollar
millionaire remarks the Burlington
Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12
SENATOR CUMMINS' AMENDMENT
[Des ,Moines Capital

Senator CumminS amendment to the
Philippine bill. which amendment was
voted down. proposed 10 have the Fill
pino people decide by ballot whether
they wanted to be freed from the
United States or not. and also decide
fly ballot on the style of constitution
(which they desired
The senator's amendment presup-
posed education and Intelligence on the
part OF the Ffltpinos A great many
people have made up their minds on
the Filipino question on the same sup.
position. knowledge upon the part OF
the Fflipinos has been within the reach
of everyone. 1t is common knowledge
es per cent OF the people are ignorant:
s. per cent are vicious. To submit q
constitution or . proposed form Of
government to such people would be
quite ridiculous. We presume the SEN
htor did not expect his amendment to
prevail. He probably only sought to
emphasize his idea that the people
everywhere should govern.
Submitting a constitution to 50 per
cent Of the Filipino people would be
like submitting one to the poems Of
Mex.co. "a -..ra
This is an age Of big events for the
American republic and men like Sena-
tor Cummins should proceed with care
in what they do, because the people are
relying upon them to determine the
right course.
RESULTS OFF WAR IN EUROPE.
tCouncil Bluffs NoppareilI
Some Newspaper man has tabulated
the results so far accomplished by the
Germans in their campaigns against
the allies In Europe This tabulation
is as follows:
1. Conquest Of Belgium, including
Antwerp and Zeebrugge.
3. Occupation Of the northern part
Of France, including Lille.
3. Occupation Of Russian Poland
and the effective holding up OF the
Russian armies.
4. Destruction OF Serbia and the
establishment with the help OF Bull
garia Of thru route to Constantine
ople
5. Check to the British attempt, to
pierce the Dardanelles.
This Is certainly rather formidable
list Of accomplishments for the cen
trail empire to have achieved in the
year and half the war has been in
operation. but the allies are cOnsOl1nS
themselves with the fact that the Ger
mans have failed to accomplish the
following objects:
1. Failed to crush the French ar
mics
2. Failed to crush the Russian ar
mics
3. Failed even to wound Great
Britain.
4. Paris and Calais remain untaken.
5. Petrograd and Moscow are in
tact
6. Englands seapower mistaken
while German submarine warfare dies
down.
7. Failed to save her colonies.
8. Failed to stem the sure attrition
of German strength in men and ma
terial.
| However. ones preferences may be
| with reference to this war IL will be
! conceded that the man who tabulated
these facts has given pretty fair epit-
ONE Of the situation as II stands to-
/ day. Without any question the war is
one of attrition and 1t is a question
j whether German efficiency can prevail!
over the unquestioned superiority OF
! the allies in resources .,.r.. $3.50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

me Giidden Graphic objects to
iowa republicans talking about any
otner Iowan besides Cummins for
president on the ground that outsiders
VIII make mountains out Of molehills
of gossip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

Noting the Davenport Democrat's
defense of the administration for It's
rearrangement of rural routes in Iowa
on the ground that the interest Of all
the people should be held apore those
of 1900 rural mail carriers, the Cedar
Rapids Republican suggests that sit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

Colonel Irish is on the wrong side
OF the question and will be wasting his
eioquence," says the Webster City
Freeinan-Tribune. in comment on the
former Iowan's Forthcoming stump
ing tour In opposition to equal suf-
frage. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

The Fort Dodge Chronicle says mine
of every ten republicans in the Tenth
district dislike Frank P. Woods. but
are apathetic when it comes to re-
placing him in congress and suggests
that the democrats "have an oppor-
tunity that they should study with
great care and then do what the
Eleventh district found it possible to
do two years ago."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

'Tf bootlegging becomes an industry
in Iowa, give SAINT Kirkpatrick
chance as chief of the constabulary,
advises the Dubuque Times-Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-12

= nos tho CARRIERS who are under dir
cushion. but the farmers who arc
supposed to be served by the 49, 900
carriers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
A Hymn of Hate" Which Clever Woman Has Write

malicious so brutal as a woman's hand
glass First like all devils. it begins
by flattering her when she's young.
Then suddenly, one day after long years
of cunning fattery-suddenly- thatW
She snapped her fingers in his still more
astonished face. Like that the hateful
thing tells her the truth-that she is
growing old! Oh, just a shadow here,
a line there, the first gray hair, moth
ing really, only, from that day, on and
on, relentlessly, the message the odious
message, never stops! Oh. If anything
ought to be buried with a woman, like
her wedding ring, it ought to be her
a part of joy and pain as the ring hast!
Isn't it refreshing to hear one wom-
an say so cleverly what all women
feel?
Then, on the other hand, was not
the mirror quite as ready to yield her
in youth, not flattery but-truth?
Occasionally it comes over every one
of us that the reason truth" is said
to be found at the bottom of the well,
is because water is natures hand mir
ror; the stream reflects the willows,
the blue skies, the clouds above it; the
spring reflects the face and form of the
Indian girl; the deeper waters of the
well give back again the image of
whatever bends over the well curb; yet
with this difference-stream, spring.
well reflect reality softened-idealizedI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

re-reading SHADOWS of Flame" and 1
was impressed quite much with the fact
that at last woman had written a
hymn of hate to her mirror; that
much despised, brutally truthful friend,
which reveals every defect and Shows
us up as we really are.
That Ameie Rives has expressed this
sentiment in prose makes no difference
since it voices universal feminine
thought.
in Shadows of Flame" the Princess
Troubetzskoy sings this hymn of hate
that many women have chanted solemnly
and sorrowfully in secret to their own
hearts.
Charlotte says to her dignified and
courtly husband Judge Macon, You're
a man, so you DON'T know about one of
the worst tragedies in woman's life
the tragedy of the handglass''
1.-THE what?" asked her husband.
THE handglass, Joe. That little, in
nocent looking bit of silver framed glass
that you think I only use to do my
hair with. Oh, some great poet ought
to write an ode to a woman with her
handglass! Talk of familiars,' of 'dev-
ils'-theres no imp out of hell''--
"Charlotte!' cried her astonished hus-
band
Il said out of hell" she repeated
firmly-"there's no imp so cunning. so
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

13 battleships of the dreadnaught type,
20 of the pre-dreadnaught type, four
battle cruisers and nine armored cruis-
ers. The United States had. eight
dreadnaughts, % pre-dreadnaught and
no battle cruisers. Japan had two
dreadnaughts, 10 re-dreadnaughts and
two battle cruisers. On July 1, 1914,
the United States was considerably
ahead of Japan, having about 80 first
line ships as compared with Japans
II. There is no assurance however
that this rating has been maintained
On the face of it the Senate naval pro-
gramme for four dreadnaughts and
four battle cruisers for 1917 would put
the United States considerably ahead
of Japan, whose naval programme in
cludes five modern superdreadnaugh
either built or building and three more
within the next seven years. 1t is
given out that Japan's programme will
not be finished for seven years, but
it Is well known that the moves of
that nation are kept secret. Whenever
an old vessel is discarded in the Jap
anese navy the maintenance fund is
used for the secret substitution of a
new and more powerful battle cruiser
or dreadnaught. 1t is doubtful whether
any nation will ever know just how
far japan has gone with her navy I'M
til she becomes involved in naval war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

made by the device of men is the exact
mirror of science, rejecting pitilessly
good and evil.
There is but one way to triumph over
this mirror of scientific analysis; it is
to so endow a face with personality,
with soul, with the light of love and
generous, honest emotions, that a more
spiritual beauty is reflected from the
mirrors depths than rests upon the
countenance, and this higher beauty is
reflected from the mirrors crystal
depths.
Since the hand-mirror must needs
speak the truth, let it reflect the beauty
of the soul-the soul that boasts i'm
mortal youth immortal life.
Nevertheless, all women will feel
rather grateful to the clever Princess
Troubtzskey, who had her little fling
at one of femininity's greatest enemies;
that she voiced that little hymn OF
hate" to the ruthless disturber OF
woman's peace of mind!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
The Nayies of the Nations
r. Logan in Leslie's.

Thomas f. Logan in Leslie's.
Because of the European war no Of
fetal information regarding the naval
building progress of the belligerents
has been obtained by the navy depart
ment in washington for publication
since July /, 1914. The official fig
ures of that date show that Great
Britain had 20 battleships of the dread
naught type, 40 battleships of the pre-
dreadnaught type, nine battle cruisers
and "a armored cruisers. Germany had
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
as Written to Her BrutdlZy Truthful Hand Mirror

business man who allows himself to be-
come petulant, excitable, timid, and pu
sillanimous pays quite as dearly himself
for his lack of self-control as the up
happy folks upon whom he vents his
crankiness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
The Cost nf Emotion

The Business Man With Nerves." by
Charles Phelps Gushing in the Worlds
Work.
Men of science know what influence
the Unpleasant emotions have on the
body, for they have tested them by rap
oratory methods. They know that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

bV6ry LIIIB I Itdu q UOUh I
find something different to attract my
attention; the first time 1 read a story
I'm generally tremendously interested in
the plot and how it's all going to turn
out; even turn to the back sometimes;
the next time the diction and the con-
struction of the story attract my atten-
ton; and the third time-well, most of
the time, there amt no third time" as
the little bootblack said about the ap-
pie, there amt gwine to be no core"
But as I said, the other day l was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

77 - THIN the past few days I've
NA\U been re-reading Amelie Rives'
WV story, Shadows of Flame"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

Natures mirrors are as 1t were, mir
rors of love; while the hand-mirror
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04
Carved ]
Writes About the
Totem Poles
Wood

before the great cold" which dis
persed them, they used to go. after the
end of the salmon season, to a great
mountain, where they hunted mountain
goats On one of these occasions, when
there was a great slaughter Of goats,
young man who had taken some red
paint along to paint his arrows for
good luck, caught a kid whose life he
spared. setting it free after having
painted its horns red.
The next spring two white blank
eted strangers appeared in the village,
who excused themselves for refusing
the hospitable offers of the indians to
feast on goats flesh and other food,
hut who very cordially invited the
whole community to visit their (the
stranger's) village, offering to serve as
guides.
The invitation was accepted. and the
next morning everybody set out under
the lead of the strangers. They
crossed the river and climbed the great
mountain until they reached what
seemed to be a broad. level place, in
the midst of which stood feast house.
The visitors enjoyed a great banquet,
and then the chief of their hosts began
to dance and sing, strangely repeating
the words. Il am shaking my hOofs
over the mountain side" and at that
the rock seemed to open and close
again. But the indians thought it was
all magic intended for their entertain
ment, and when night came on they
went to sleep on the outer edge of the
platform on benches prepared for them.
But the young man who had spared
the kid was drawn aside by a young
stranger, who had his face painted red,
and who asked him to share his sleep
ing bench on the other side OF the plat
form
In the middle OF the night the
strangers rose in silence and pushed
their visitors over the precipice, and
they were dashed to pieces. Only the
young man was spared, and in the
morning when he became aware of the
sad fate of his friends his protector
assured him that he reed have no fear,
and. taking off his shoes. which seemed
to be hoofs and putting them on the
young hunters feet. told him to jump
fearlessly from cliff to cliff in de-
scending the mountain. and when he
reached the base to take off the shoes
and leave them in certain place
where their owner could find them
again.
A notable point in this story is the
reference to the great cold. which
in ancient times had dispersed the
people. Here seems to be surviving
tradition which may run back to an
unknown antiquity in the history Of
that part OF the world, preserving
dim memory Of some extensive and dis
tasrous climatic change.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04

for sure what date the Fourth of July
comes on"
You'll never be happy II you are all
the time looking for something you
can't have, and forgetting all the good
points you've got" said the Head Bar
Der
But there amt no harm in wishing
you had a good education" said the
Manicure Lady. "Of course. you think
you've got education enough Just be-
cause you can make out the words in
a racing chart, but often a girl like me
gets to thinking of higher and better
things, and 1 get to wishing that had
went to Vassar."
The Comparison
You make as much money as a
school teacher" said the Head Barber.
and have things easier, and more
bright folks to talk to-"
Meaning folks like you, I s'pose,"
said the Manicure Lady. You despise
yourself. amt IT so. George"
Il amt taking off my hat to no col
lege professor" said the Head Bar
whiskers knows all about ancient Bah
ylon but one Of them couldn't find his
way to Babylon, Long Island, II you
put him on the right train"
You're Jealous, George, just Jealous"
said the Manicure Lady. "All of them
delights of n trained mind is denied
to you, so you make out there amt no
such pleasure. If you had wen ito col
lege think how different you might
have been"
Z don't know" said the Head Bar
Der. I'D rather be a good barber than
a poor bookkeeper-"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04
The Daily Novelette,
THE FLYING TOP.

~IMOTHY TIDDLES entered Tan
nenbaum's toy store and asked for
something to amuse his two little
nephews, Ipecac and Tarr Tiddles.
Now. here's a flying top. I can't
fly it around here In the store because
] amt got any flying license. but it
will 20 up. You put it on the ground
like this-push it with crowbar and
up she'll 20 like an angel after Weiner-
wurst" demonstrated the toy man.
Timothy bought II but the nephews
couldn't make 1t go up after working
at IL for seven hours and a few sec
onds. Then Tim came on the job, re-
moving his collar. coat, vest, etc, and
tried all the afternoon and evening Of
the same day, with no result
-Four days later. amid a crowd OF the
curious neighbors and after continual
experimenting, Tim succeeded in rails
ing the thing. He threw it disgustedly
on the ground, gave II a kick and 10,
and behold The top scared heaven
ward
Bravo! Two Bravos," crelled the
yowd, 7 mean, yelled the crowd. They
were about to place our hero on their
shoulders and exhibit him throughout
the village. when the top came down
and struck a horse in the eye Where
upon the horse dashed through a plate
glass windOw-stampeded 10 spring
bonnets valued at S9S176. thereby Civ
ing the milliner a tango fit and she
had to be sent to the nuttery for
month.
Timothy riddles received a bill. dam
age suit law suit and a torn suit, all
Of which cost him S2,S2609 to get
out Of
(The End)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04
Holland Plans Retaining
Zuider Zee; Would ProUide
Homes For 10000 Easily

Amsterdam. Holland. March Proposals
for retaining the Zuider Zee will shortly
be laid before the second chamber OF the
Dutch parliament. The carrying into eff
dect OF the scheme wouI1 mean the recla-
nation Of SIS square miles OF the Zutder
Zee and the conversion Of the remaining
90 square miles into a fresh water lake.
The cost Is now estimated at about SlO5s~
100000 The time required to do the work
is 50 years
The land will be reclaimed by the con-
structiOn OF an embankment 1873 miles long
from Ewyksluis across the Amstel channel
to the southwest corner OF the island OF
Wieringen and from the northeast corner OK
the island to Piaam in Friesiand. Inside
the space enclosed by the embanhment 1t 10
proposed to form four pOlders. or reclaimed
areas. It is believed that in the nth year
after the beginning Of the embankment por-
lions Of these pOlders will be fit for habtta-
tion and cultivation A total population OF
100000 is expected to find support in the
new province
The fresh water lake part OF the pros
posals Is even more important than that re-
lating to land reclamation. as fresh water
Is greatly needed in Holland. The water
course OF time all the brackish water would
be emptied out Of the Zuider Zee and IL
place taken by fresh water from the IJse3
"a branch OF the Rhine) and other rivers. -
Another very important result OF thSl
making Of the new embaukment would Dc
the removal OF the danger OF such disas-
trous floods as those which have occurred
recently.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-04
Romance
BY GARRETT p. sERvIss.


"HE enormous popularity of movies
is an outgrowth of one Of the
4 strongest instincts Of savages-
the love Of seeing stories and tradi-
lions represented in images and pic
lures. Sometimes the savage supplies,
as well as he can, the element of mo-
ton by having his images carried about
in procession.
the pictured stories always in some
conspicuous place before his eyes The
totem pole offers an opportunity FOR
pictorial representation that has been
fully improved among some of the
Alaska indian tribes.
T. Emmons points out In the American
Museum Journal, preserve not only
legends and traditions, but much of
the life history Of the tribes
Very interesting is the work OF the
Tsimshian indians, who seem to pos
sess a particular degree Of skill. and
whose artists have sometimes been en-
ployed by other neighboring tribes.
Lieut. EmmOns says; IheSe stories
told in wood go back to the time When
men and animals We're supposed 10 oe
very close to one another, when they
inter married. and saw each other IN
der a spell Of witchery that made all
appear human, except that the animals
wore coats Of fur which they could, at
will, remove and appear in human form
or put on and become as animals
Some of the wooden columns contain
several stories told in carved figures,
like the one shown IN the photograph,
which records no less than four stories
which could be read, no DOUBT with
great delight and wonder, by the saw
ages to whom the traditions and the
symbolic figures were familiar. Sim
liar poles may be seen in the American
Museum Of Natural History.
These stories as interpreted by an
old indian to Lieut. Emmons are full of
imaginative power, and as good, in
their way, as the legends Of any other
primitive races, and not inferior to
some Of the folk stories that we have
all of US listened to with delight when
we were children. For instance, take
this story of the mountain goats:
long time ago, when the hltesan
tribe lived on the upper Skeena rlVer'