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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

OEGEdxN0 xhE9xON x6A0OOxs q
Mrs. Lionel Marks, OF Josephine
Preston Peabody, to call her by the
name which she has made famous, is
a poet whose tendency has always
been toward democracy. From "The
Singing Leaves" her first book of
lyrics, to 1.-THE Piper" the dramatic
poem which received the Stratford on
Avon prize in 1910. and 1.-THE Wolf Of
Gubbio," the poetic representation Of
events in St Francis life in her latest
published book, she has chosen for her
| theme not fantastic and rare aspects Of
nature nor the new answers of her
own emotions, but things that are
common to all normal mankind, such
as love and religion. Also without
seeming to preach she is always ex-
pressing her love for liberty. equality
and fraternity, and. although she new
er dwells upon the overworked term,
she is as devoted an adherent Of the
brotherhood of man as was William
Morris.
Certainly. poetry is steadily grow
ing more democratic" said Mrs. Marks
recently. "More people are writing
poetry today than fifty years ago. and
the appreciation of poetry is more gen.
eral. Most poets Of genuine calling are
writing now with the world In mind
as an audience, not merely for the en-
tertainment of a little literary cult.
"But I do not think that the vers
fibre fad has any connection with this
tendency OF with the development Of
poetry at all. Indeed, l do not think
that the cult is growing. We hear
more Of It in the United States than
we did a year II two ago, but that is
chiefly because London and Paris have
outworn its novelty, so the e H.
bristes concentrate their energies on
Chicago and New York.
you see," said Mrs. Marks, 1.-THE
commonest thing there isl may say
the most democratic thing-is the
| rhythm Of the heartbeat. A true poet
cannot ignore this. At the greatest
times in his life, when he is filed with
Joy or despair or when he has a sense
Of portent, man is aware Of his heart,
of its beat, of its recurrent tick-tick.
He Is. aware Of the rhythm Of life.
When. we are dying perhaps the only
sense that remains with US Is the sense
of rhythm-the feeling that the grains
Of sand are running, running. running
out.
1.-THE pulse beat is a tremendous
thing. 1t is the basis Of all that men
have in common. All life is locked up
in its regularly recurrent rhythm. And
It is that rhythm that appears in our
love songs, our war songs, in all the
poetry Of the human cycle from lula
bies to funeral chants. In the great
moments Of life men feel that they
must be sharing, that they must have
something in common with other men,
and SO their emotions crystalline into
the ritual of rhythm, which is the most
democratic thing that there Is"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
III. F;r,t voyaa~

Tho old sailor came along with .
bucket Of tar. !
what are you doing7" gasped the
seasick passenger feebly. -
.Pitchin' the deck, sor," responded
the salt, with . deep sea salute.
Pitching the decki Great Scottl
Isn't It pitching enough alrsady7-
Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
Net Amor th. Best.

""she says she wouldn't marry the
best man on earth. Plenty OF girls say
that. Idle talk, eh7'
".Oh, I don't know. Some girls actin
ally mean It. Some Of them are look
ing Tor wealth."-Kansas City Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
Making Them Match.

MAKING Thorn Match.
"Do you think he would do well a. q
speaker"
HE might be quite a success II he
confined himself to mixed audiences"
why only that kind?"
Because he Is a mixed r%eas0ner."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07

Electric light in your home will give you all the light you
want, when end where you want it. 1t will light every room in
your house, every building on your place, at the turn of a switch:
No smoke, smell or dirt when electricity lights your home. No
bother Of lamps to clean and fill, no danger Of fire, no burn
ing up of oxygen in rooms where electric lights are used. Surely
this is the system of lighting you should install on your place.
No fear Of fire need interfere with your placing electric
lights anywhere in or around your home, for electricity is the SAT-
est known method Of lighting.
There is no better light for reading or sewing than the soft,
white light from the National Mazda lamps furnished with ell
our electric lighting plants. Think, then, Of having this wonder
full light in your home, ready to be called upon at will, 20 turn
darkness into daylight. Think of the work that will be saved, Of
the benefits to health that will result from The installation of this
modern, hygienic lighting in your home:
It is a long step from the rush light and the tanow dip Of
our forefathers to the modern system of home lighting-electri-
cty-but it is not a greater advance than has been made along
other lines. On the farm we find gasoline engines, cream separa-
tors, automobiles, incubatorx, harvesting machines and countless
other Labor saving devices. In the home, the farmers wife uses
her fireless cooker, oil stove, bread mixer and other household
time savers, and would not be without them. The advantages Of
electricity for lighting are just as great as the time and labor saw
ing facilities afforded by these inventions. When it now is pos
sble to have this best Of all lighting system for your home
at a cost that is we'll within the reach Of almost every farm own
er, you, too, should arrange to install one of our electric Light
ing plants on your farm. Let IL figure on the requirements Of
your house and outbuildings. We gladly submit estimates IN
cost of equipping your home with a complete generating system
and storage battery, all ready to furnish current for as many
lights as you may require.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-04-07
chineee Waya,

Chinese vV1yos
In China old men play q ball and
A. kites. while children told their arms I'm
and hook Y. DIES & I.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Standardizing Of Street Suits Enables
Women to Dress Correctly at All Times
By JULIA BOTTOMLEY

In order that streets may make better showing of aeuy
dressed necessary establish standard
the who doubt what she should call
attention has recently
Of affairs whoepnions worth while standardize the
suit For women, gifted with of Clothes such
needed For them the street has been standardized
for 1t nconspcuous to color and conservative STYLE
when conducting the ordinary everyday business
life Discriminating of fashion be relied to be quite
uniformly CARRIED rather plain beautifully shaped and fautsy
tailored suits when their affairs make it for them journey
about the streets to travel about the country
But there other considerations for andardng the street suit
The first is that getting together than before
clubs and other organizations in the interest of progress If they establish
wearing tailored suit for almost
will home she lacks the dress Such obstacle to
going will exist For the the tailored
the only dress for church The street and church
the places for conspicuous Clothes An ugly inference certain to be
attract attention either place. and the
inference is that she is stupid
It the blouse under the coat that accommodates the street
From the plain tailored shrwas to the eab
blouse of sheer rich fabrics the blouse makes possible
suit the It will reconcile the who loves to
dress richly she may to the of her street suit Do
like to blouses, but when in doubt tailored suit
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Famed Harbor of VaIetta.

Malta is one of the dOOrways OF the
earth. A stream of humanity, pro-
cession of vessels, pours through the
harbor of Valetta. A great city thrlves
here without manufactures, almost
without resources, on the gold it draws
from shipping and from tourists. Pas
senger steamers swing Importantly up
TO the docks like the limOuSines OF So
ciety leaders. Unkempt frelghters
come loosely to anchor with much
ringing of bells and profanity. Inc
war vessels of Great Britain steam in
and out, cutting the water with clean
prows and the air with sharp orders.
Valetta, the Maltese city, is an an
cient and honorable town. For CEN
turtles it was the outpost of the Cru
saders in their endless war on Islam,
the stronghold of the Knights of St.
John. These doughty warriors har-
ried Turkish commerce with great en-
thusiasm and effect, retiring to their
CITY when the Turks attacked them,
and putting up one of the most spirited
defences in history when beSieged.
Their mark is still on the city in a
ring of picturesque Notifications, in
churches and cathedrals, in old cannon
which modern commerce uses for
mooring posts and in a modern arlS-
tOcracy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17

their good husbands TO know how
their names were handed about by
the scoundrel who boasts of making
cOnquests of them.
Such men are dangerous in any COM
munity. OF course their bark is worse
than their bite, hut still they can
wink a good woman's reputation down
in less time than it takes to tell it
and do her a world of harm in awak-
ening suspicion (Which should never
have existed) about her. Men should
take the matter into their own hands.
Instead Of applauding the boaSter, or
giving his extravagant tales the bene-
at of the doubt, he should be sternly
cried down. scoffed at, put to shame.
Those who listen-whO have sisters
at home-can never be sure he will
not select their women folk to mix up
in his cleverly woven falsehoods. Men
who boast of their wealth are bad
enough, but the men who boast of
the women they jolly are many pegs
lower down. Many of these boosters
are not really so bad as they would
have their chums believe them to be.
They invent tales out OF whole cloth
in which they show themselves up as
jolly fellows irresistible to woman
kind. They wed late, if at all. They
have given themselves a bad name
which sticks to them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Good Food Habits.

With the reasonably generous break
fast of the American family, the lunch
or supper is likely to be moderate and
the dinner generous.
On the other hand, it is natural
enough that with the light breakfast
of continental Europe there should go
either the second breakfast and supper
or the hearty lunch as well as the dim
ner.
Apparently the number of meals TAX
en- does not greatly influence the
amount eaten per day, for the man
who goes without his breakfast is
very likely to make up for it at dinner
or supper, while the man who eats an
early breakfast and then a second
breakfast will be likely to take mod
crate lunch or light dinner.
Good food habits do not permit of
Iuttony.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17

of those whom she trusted, the ship
wreck of her affections, should not
judge her unheard. The problem of
the working girl whose path is beset
| by dangers little dreamed of by the
majority of women offers a grave stu
alton for reimbursement. The women
| who employ young, innocent, ineXpe-
rienced girls in their households should
| have their attention called to the grave
error on their part of leaving such
girls in their homes unprotected while
| they go off summering. "We are keep
| ing the house open for my son." one
woman will complacently tell another,
adding: "Annie will have scarcely any
thing to do except cook for him and
keep his room in order. He may bring
home young man friend to pass
few days with him now and them but
young men are scarcely any trouble.
Annie may thank her stars that l do
not close up the house, which would
Oblige her to secure another place
during the summer"
1t would be thousand times better
for many an Annie if they sought new
places rather than remain under such
conditions, especially if she has beauty
combined with innocence and an all
too-trustful nature. Many youth is
an angel for all that his folks know
concerning him, a model young man in
the home under parental eyes, but
quite a different person among those
of his kind with all restraint removed.
Left to his own devices, many son
of q good family commences the dig
ging of a pit for his own feet quite
as soon as mother and father have
turned their backs on home. With
hilarious companions, he starts in to
have good time. His comrades
comment on the good looks of Annie
the redness of her cheeks, the bright
ness of her eye and the trimness of
her figure.
If young master and his guests
choose to have midnight lunches, An
ME must be there to prepare it for
them. Annie is praised for her cake,
fiattered by attention. An intimacy
VI SpIluSS up.
There are no fellow workers about
with whom Annie may take counsel,
no older women to warn her to be-
ware, take care.
The mother is the last one to whom
Annie can tell the story of misadven-
ture when she returns. The son sug-
gests to his mother that he would add
wise Annie's being turned Off-he is
sure she has formed the drink habit.
The girl is promptly discharged. She
goes from bad to worse. Whose fault
is it? The mother would not have
left one of her own daughters in
peril from close association with wild
young men, alone, unprotected, yet
she took no pains to safeguard an
other girl just as young and innocent.
All young men are not wolves in
sleeps clothing. seeking whom they
may devour; probably not one in five
hundred is not all that he should be,
but it is difficult to select that one
from the many. Therefore all innO-
cent girls should be safeguarded from
dangers that menace them even at
home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17

! mansion and the gIri Went her way. pnt
| the memory of her charming ingenious
ness remained with Burton.
He was met at the Dodd mansion
by the keeper. an elfish, weaZen-faced
old man. who showed him over the
house and attended to his needs dur
ing the ensuing two days. Twice,
rambling over the surrounding country,
Burton came across the young lady he
had met the day of his arrival. They
became quite friendly and he made up
his mind that when he came to settle
permanently in the old home he would
know more of her.
Then came vast surprise the after
noon that Burton had arranged to re-
him, crafty expression on his face.
"I've got something to sell to you be-
fore you leave here" he observed.
"Indeed?"
Eyes, l want a thousand dollars for
it. A week ago l discovered some
thing in the desk of my old employer
that the lawyer had overlooked. am
sure you will realize it's value when l
tell you that it is the latest Will OF MI.
Dodd, and leaves the property to Miss
Blake, as he originally intended.
For a moment Burton was stunned.
Then his true nature came out. Inc
crafty bargainer produced the docu-
ment in question, with the threat that
he would go with it to Miss Blake ii
the bride was not paid.
Calmly Burton wrote out check for
the amount demanded. He returned to
the city, sought out the lawyer, recited
the whole transaction, gave up the new
will and-his brief dream of wealth
was Overt
Burton did not go back to his old
work. He secured employment with
new firm. About all he allowed to re-
main in his mind concerning his tenn
porary and inglorious career as an
heir, was memory of the sweet face
of the CIR. he had met at Wildemere.
One day the lawyer sent for him.
"Mr. Burton" he said bluntly, Miss
Blake has refused to inherit under the
new will you discovered unless you re-
ceive one-half of the estate"
"Nonsensew spoke Burton definitely.
81 haven't the vestige of claim to a
penny of it,"
"She thinks differently. told you
once what a headstrong, independent
young lady she was. She is in the adj
joining room and wishes to see you.
Let me remark incidentally" and there
was a gentle glow in the eyes of the
advocate, "that your noble action in re-
gard to the will has won her profound
est admiration"
Burton stood rooted with amazemcnt
as he recognized in the heiress the
nameless young lady of his dreams.
81 cannot consent to accept that to
which l have no legal or moral right,
he said, when they finally became en-
gagged in general conversation.
'Then l can destroy the WILL was
the positive rejoinder. "Mr. Burton,
you are a man among million and you
must share this fortune with me-"
And then her eyes fell, for his, full
of ardor, were gazing longingly into
her own, and in their depths she read
the love she knew she could return.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Beetles and Their Habits.

One Of the most amazing things IN
natural history is the way in which
beetles have triumphed in the struggle
for existence, says Popular Science
Monthly. Of creatures they are by far
the most numerous, no fewer than
10000 distinct species having been
identified-three times the number OF
backboned animals.
Beetles are wonderfully adaptable.
They are found practically everywhere
in the frost-bound tracts of Iceland
and in the hot desert sands of Africa; ;
on the highest mountains, under the
ground, and as fossil, in the deepest
strata; on land and in water; on
plants, among stones, ana In "ooo
and earth; and even in the very era
tiers of volcanoes.
But there is one place where no
beetle has yet been fOund-it is the IN
hospitable land of Spitzbergen, to the
north of Russia. Here are mammals
birds, fish, mOlluSks, crustaceans'
few insects of varied species, and many
SPIDERS but not single beetle. Wmle
other insects have succeeded in some
way in migrating from the MAINLAND
the beetles have apparently been I'M
able to cross the wide, icy waters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
JOLLYING WOMEN.

Oh, if the world were mine, love,
I'd give the world for thee!
Alas! There is no sign, love,
OF that contingency.
So, being poor, we part. dear,
And love, sweet love, must die.
Thou wilt not break thy heart, dear,
No more, 1 think, shall l.
If there is one class of men more
other it is the cad who boasts of his
conquests with women. He considers
himself q lady-kil1er or, in other
words, a specimen of humanity no
female could help admiring-aye. fall
ing in love with.
To hear him tell the story, one
might imagine young women were
standing in line eager for him to Sc
lect a sweetheart from among them
He tells of how he ''jollied" this girl
or that one, declaring with gusto that
she actually believed all he said, fool
ish maid. He boasts with glee OF how
he took this girl away from her be-
trothed lover on dare as to wheul-
err he could do it or not, or cut out
a friend who was deeply in love with
the prettiest girl in the town. Tie
does not say much of his conquests
of widows, for he knows he would not
be believed, for jollying does not stand
with them.
The pretty girls in the shops do not
escape his tongue. He boasts of fiirt-
ing with a new one every day, taking
her to a movie, and not seeing her
when she passes the next time. being
attracted to a prettier face.
Foolish matrons, innocent of wrong
intent. but who cannot keep the desire
of be admired, come in for their share
of his Boosting. These he handles
numerically, in a way which would
uaean pistols and coffee for two were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
MALE FLIRT OF LAST YEAR.

Time is a grief that wastes the heart
Like mldeW on tulips eyes,
When hope, deferred but to depart,
Loses its smiles but keeps its signs.
What has become of the male flirt
of yesteryear, the affable young man
who captured the hearts Of all the
manageable young women at the sea-
side or mountain resorts, the hand
some youth who kept all the feminine
hearts guessing as to which one of
them was to be his choice at the end
of the season? He was wont to ac-
company one girl for an early stroll
before breakfast, sit with another on
the sands at noon, read poetry to
prettier maid in sheltered nook of
the veranda all the cool afternoon,
stroll on the sands in the cleaning
with yet another, take some other girl
for a row on the water in the glorious
moonlight, and dance and f1irt with
every other attractive girl in the ball.
roOm-the first one on the floor and
the last to leave it-far into the wee
sma' hours.
He had way Of making each girl
believe that he was in love with her
and her only. But the last week of
the season he had suddenly decamped,
leaving long trail of signing women
behind him. In each instance, he had
begged for the privilege of correspond
ing, and every girl watched long and
eagerly upon her return home for the
letter that never came.
Quite three-fourths of the disap-
pointed maids and spinsters resolved
on another season at the same place,
hoping for last years beau to return.
These are the women who can never
be made to understand the tactics of
the experienced male flirt. If one
Drawer than the rest makes bold to
make inquiry as to why he left so sud
denly last year and if he is to be with
them during the present season, they
usually learn things about him which
crush their fond hopes at one fell
blow.
ooh, yes, Mr.. SO and SO was called
away suddenly by the illness of one of
his children" answers the hotel pro-
prietor, affecting not to notice the ex-
preston on his guests face. He kept
to himself the fact that the handsome
Beau Brummel had been paid by him
so much per week to make it pleasant
for the young women so that they
might remain the season through.
Of course, it goes without saying
that all men who are gallant to the
ladies are not f1irts, but it is just as
well for women to be careful of their
hearts, keeping them well in leash.
He who makes love to many is not in
love with any particular one-unless
it may be himself. Look out for new
flirt IN last years nest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Endowed Institution, AS Well AS the
State University. Is Not Always Free
By CHARLES r. VAN HISE
President University of Wisconsin

of the dangers of the endowed institution its independence of
public sentiment The governing body sometimes thinks too much of
advancement institution and too little Of the advancement of
the second danger that may feel special obligation to
class mene who support it. The funds that support come from
undue extent reflect the of this class In
occasional instances interference with the staff in such
way restrict academic freedom.
the state university depends
alton became necessary feel exceptional obligation to the
state The first of the dangers university that be inter-
fered with by politics and politicians
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-17
Real Enemies Of America Are Ignorance
and the Useless Waste of Food Products
BY o. H. BENSON
Of u. S. Department Of Agriculture

The real Of America to be found Europe Mexico
Japan but within borde the form ignorance insect
pests and extravaganza We ought to have standing of 100000
boys and girls in army of preparedness
In these days of modern transportation increasing wealth. multi
py Of entertainments it well that consider the education that
points hmewad The Boys and Girls Garden Movement bacto
heome education and helps parents the Capitalization Of those sacred
that lead lifetime value inspiration production
the homely but important arts of the domestic life.
The American people the hess and wastefu EARTH
We waste much food products the American city single
day would feed city of equal size for the
Boys and girls cubwork movement designed help to educate
the boys and girls be thrifty and economical than the generation
charge of affairs The best teach thrift and the
of to teach through the work. how produce
dollar result of the members investment of money time and
energy No properly spend dollar until he has first learned the
language and the cost of production.