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l0DAYS q
/ BOYS and GIRLS
bret Ambitions Of Parents for
Their Children.
1pE AIDS IN DEVELOPMENT
|. We'll to Realize That Backward.
,.ss or precocity Does Not De-
termine a Child's Pos
sibilities.
sIpoNIE M. GRUENsERG.

LICE, almost three years old,
\ was very busy scribblins forest
N and cloud effects on the back Of
4 n circular letter; and she was
te oblivlons to the presence and CON
sotion of her mother and II visitor.
In she write yet?" asked the visi-
"Oh, no." beamed the mother,
I do not wish to hurry her. But
does love to play with pencils and
Ter, and | think she Is going to be
foutbor." The visitor smiled indul-
Stly. But this Is what she thought:
5She is just as likely to become a
IAN clerk or u fourth-rate stenog-
Sher." Which is quite true; only
re- is no use discouraging parents
! early in the game.
Parents naturally hnrbor secret am
ons as to the future of the children !;
Know that, because they sometimes
sthe secret out. And it Is quite nat
Il that they should, because they
bsfer to their children the hopes of
r OWE childhood, the hopes that
er cystallized into reality. We can
refore understand why the scrib-
kgs of Alice should suggest fine
hing to the mother, or why Tommy's
kering with the decrepit alarm clock
hid remind the father OF that other
kmas, the great inventor.
lot only is it easy to understand
parents do such things--which
1t appear rather stupid or conceit-
To the parents OF other children
it is very desirable that they
bid continue to do more and more
The same. For entertaining hopes
hut children Is about the sureSt
Of guiding our plans and bring
unity into our treatment OF the de-
ping personality. The hopes can
fainly do no harm-unless they
d us. But there is the real danger.
or II we have nothing to go by ex-
our hopes, we are just as likely
e moved or paralyZed by our fears.
, natural for parents to translate
random activities of their children
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FIRST TO BE LAID OFF.

Big business has taken stand
against the man who drinks. This
not because Of any particular interest
in the effects of alcohol on mind and
body, scientifically considered. but be-
cause it finds the nondrinker the
more trustworthy employee. Returns
from employers of 100000 men show
that they forbid alcoholic liquors in
their Industrial plants. A large cor.
poration recently discharged 80 em.
ployees who signed an application for
a liquor license. Another concern dis
charged 6s men, and accompanying
each dismissal notice was kodak
picture showing the employee entering
saloon. What about personal lib
erty"? --E
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INTERESTING FACTS

Ice Is made use Of in Texas or
chard to retard the budding until de-
sired.
with an automobile tire In mind an
inventor has brought out fire hose with
a removable inner tube that can be re-
newed when injured.
Two American express companies
have recently opened ofices In Hon1.
Kots. There il considerable parcel
pcet business hatween that part 81
as worle spd the DATED statss. Il
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To retard the speed of motor trucks
or stop them entirely II not running
too swiftly Frenchman has invented
a wide blade fan, horizontally mounted
beneath the vehicles.
The government Of Norway has es-
tablished . censorship Of motion pic
ture filns Intended for public exhibit
ton.
Swimming apparatus made Of rub
Der cushions that can be inflated
through an air valve and 70 compact
Il can " carried u 1 pocket has beea
,nseatsa n
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CARS WISE MANEUvER.

This story is told by the Paris cor.
respondent of the Standard: A German
general, taken prisoner, repeated at
Petrograd the following remarks of the
kaiser: II was certain Of crushing the
Russians when they were freely given
to drink, but now that they are sober
the task is much more difficult" And
he added in a melancholy tone. "Who
on earth could have foreseen the anti
alcoholic coup d'etat perpetrated by
Nicholas III" ...
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sure Scheme.

Young Wife-I am determined TO
,aarn nj what hour my husband comes
home at night. Yet, do what VIII,
cannot keep awake, and ne IL always
cerefni not to make particle OF noise.
n there any drug which produces
wakefulness1
IN Wife-No need to buy dfosA
eorinkle ths fooe with tacks. 90 -
6Sntinsls Nj
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Fek Henry Alternated Hunting
With Extreme laziness.

possibilities for achievement. But
Just as natural to translate the
ylng or unconventional activities
gnawing fear.
Parles Darwin tells us in his auto
aphy OF being rebuked by the
p'mastcr for wasting his time on
subjects as chemistry. We should
IN this by saying that the school
|er mad no appreciation of a SUBJ
~ which he was totally ignorant.
ne tells us further that he was
" mortified when his father once
10 MIN: you care for nothing
iootlng dogs and rat catching, and
VII be disgrace to yourself and
Pur family" Now Darwin's faith
is not an ignorant man, and he
uot unsympathetic; but his imagi-
was not equal to interpreting
hi'ds interests and activities in
other than those of loafing,
ing and rat catching.
IL the experience of Darwin
iead anyone to predict a great
ine career for the son of similar
iues, he must be warned. The
VI Patrick Henry was charac-
Dy alternating spasms of rum
WIN and hunting in the woods
peils of extreme laziness. mo
sloh could bring him either to
VI TO work." his biographer
and every omen foretold
pest of mediocrlty, II not Of in
uanee. , Which only supports the
.splcion that you must not put
uch trust In omens.
~ and again we find cases of
- VINO filled their parents with
ano their teachers with dis
only to emerge later into men
leh w. OF distinction and high So
.ue' The timid youth, backward
wi and slow to give any sign
,, .nal nres. develops into a leader
sht or In action. This should
s. aAe US translate timidity and
vness w into signs Of leadership.
t," "ard Beecher WINS 10 bashful
seat HI, as boy that he gave the
s.on, according to his sister, OF
stupidity" In addition to this
n, { 20 poor writer and spellet, and
sMck utterancs.' 4 NJ -. .yvo1ld
',sssd that tlsls ". n iioad ~ |
oseome : bfilllsi seis I :! 4
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ward show either of fear or excite
ment, for l had crew composed OF
men who show at their best only In
time of danger. Scarcely a word was
spoken until, in the midst Of a wild
upheaval Of the two madly frightened
Manta beneath US, the boat was flung
from their backs and was turning over,
when l shouted. "High side" which or
der was instantly obeyed, two of the
men, except for an arm and a leg,
throwing themselves entirely out Of the
boat.
The boat struck head first and
shipped lot Of water over her bow.
but we were now clear of the two Man
ia, who raced together on the surface
for a short distance.
These two Manta appeared to have
lost all fear of the boat and its occu-
pants we were many times in touch
ing distance Of them and they both
passed under the boat several times.
The first was a female, well above 10
feet in width, and l was about to at
tack it, when l saw, nearly mile
away, the largest Manta that l have
ever seen. 1t was on the surface so l
ran the boat down to it. and never
have l wanted to kill any one thing
quite as badly as I wanted to kill that
great fish, for 1t was fully "a feet in
width and must have weighed not less
than 1900 pounds. was uncertain
however, as to its gender, and fe-
male was absolutely necessary.
She was now swimming on or near
the surface with mate following, al
most touching her all the time, and,
with all ready, we moved to the attack.
AS she was passing, quartering across
our bow, gave the word. Charlie and
I drove our harpoons deep into her
broad back; then, with great splash
of her fins, she plunged below and
ahead. AS the drogue was snntched
under, 1t threw water high In the air
and the shock was so great that 1t
brought the great ray to the surface
in that awkward, wheeling, edgewise
leap that Manta make, after the man
ner Of wheel turning over. Before
it's tail had reached the perpendicular,
folded in cylindrical form, thrown high
in the air, and heard Captain Jack
eXclaim, did you see that? The young
one has tail longer than the old one!"
The embryo quickly unfolded Its fms
and, catching the air horizontally, Its
descent was retarded until after the
mother fish had disappeared beneath
the surface.
When had hurled my harpoon and
reached behind me, the spade lance
had been instantly placed in my hand,
but as saw this embryo feebly flap
ping on the surface. passed back the
spade lance and yelled "Give me an
iron, quick" (the harpoon is always
called an irony and while not five Sec
onds were taken In the exchange, that
was too long, for as threw back my
hand to strike, the male swept the en-
bryo beneath the surface with one Of
its fins.
Ipassed back the harpoon and seized
the spade lance, as saw the wounded
female, now on the surface, charging
down on us at highest speed. l was
forced to strike instantly and there
was not sufficient time to clear up the
line attached to the lance handle, SO
the point Of the spade lance was slight
ly detected. with the result that the
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ROOMS TO RENT,

"FOR RENT-Several rooms, large
and small; centrally located; plainly
but durably furnished; efficient at
tendance; meals free. Apply to Sher-
if Pfost, Ada county jail"
In this fashion the Boise (Idaho)
Statesman announces that the county
Jail Is without tenants. For the first
time In the history of the county the
Jail is empty, and over the sheriff's Of
flee rests an oppressive hush. The rea-
son Last January the prohibition law
went into effect in Idaho and almost
simultaneously the criminal class be-
gan to decrease.
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fatal spot was missed by few Inches.
However, the force of the blow, which
was delivered with both hands without
1t depressed the creatures head. and
the head-on collision did not crash in
the side of the boat as it probably.
would have done otherwise. The top
of the head struck the bottom Of the
boat, breaking the lance handle short
off against the side, and I was con-
fronted with a very serious defect in
my equipment. l had acquired, by,
years of work with the lance, such
confidence in my ability to place it
where 1 desired that had not thought
1t necessary to provide more than one
spade lance but now my fish was very,
much alive and fighting mad and I
was without spade lance.
The water was so thick that the
Manta could not be seen until very
near the surface, but Charlie kept the
slack of his harpoon hauled in and the
line showed the direction in which the
fish was travelling under water. Cap
tain Jack steered the boat, which was
kept running, and that it was we'll
handled is shown by the fact that not
once in more than dozen rushes did
the devilfish reach the surface without
finding our boat on her back. Each
time drove the lance through her
heart or brain one or more times, and
after the fight she showed % such
wounds.
Through all this fight there was one
uncertain and disturbing factor that
we were not In position to guard
against-namely, that the great male
mate of the wounded Manta kept near,
us until the fight was over and three
times nearly capsized us by pushing
the boat from the back Of the female.
Once, just after we had been nearly
capsized by heavy blow from the
head of the male, and when the female
was fighting most violently, when we
were all covered with the blood of our
victim and the boat was almost filed
with water, the youngest member Of
the crew (Luther Dixon), thinking that
the end for all Of us was near, tried to
force harpoon into my hand as he
screamed, Iron the big bull and let's
all go to h In tow Of q team Of
devils!" I quote this to show the tenn
per Of the men, for while Luther, and
probably others of the crew, thought
this our last fight, neither he nor any
other man showed even a trace Of fear.
Then the dying Manta raised her head
against the side of the boat and gave
loud harsh bark or cough, and as I ex-
claimed, watch her eyes looking two
ways at once!", the stricken creature
slowly rolled one of her eyes, until
with that one only, she seemed to look
at all Of us behind her In the boat.
Before striking the Manta I had
looked at my watch and called out the
time, and as the big fish died, again
pulled it out and asked, "How long1"
Not one Of the crew placed the time Of
the fight at less than two hours and
when told them that 1t had taken on
ly % minutes, they wanted to see II
the watch had not stopped. The hight
was now over, the great female Manta
that we had come for was dead; but
there was still a man-sixed job In front
of us and we at once made the flsh
fast to our stern and headed for Blind
Pass, more than mile away.
The Ordway new era., 1916-08-04
ALWAYS BEEN DRY.

A good many men who have hereto-
fore been neutral on the saloon Ques-
tion, are now going about saying,
"Why, I've always been dry" Some
Of these days, 1t will be as hard to
find man who will acknowledge that
he was ever for the saloon a. It is
to find man who will admit that he
was 1 copperhead during the Civil
war.--Exchange.
The Ordway new era., 1916-08-04
WHEN is A MAN DRUNK

The law against drunkenness is
more rigidly enforced in dry cities
than in wet. In a wet town man is
not recorded as intoxicated unless he
is found clinging to lamp post or
holding to the grass to keep from fall
ing off the earth, whereas in dry terri
tory inability to walk a straight line or
to see a policeman block away is
likely to land the victim In jail.
The Ordway new era., 1916-08-04
UNION PACIFIC DRY.

Throughout its entire length the
Union Pacific railroad has barred the
sale of liquor. No alcoholic bever-
ages will be sold in its diners even in
wet territory. The system comprises
the Union Pacific, the o. w. R. 4 N.
and the Oregon Short line. The states
traversed by these lines are Oregon.
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyo-
ming and Nebraska.
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y. LArs
M AR KET
GU oTATIoN s
Western Newspaper Union News servics.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Cattle. I|
steers (pulp and grain fed).
good to choice .$S.5019.00
Steers (pulp and grain fed),
fair to good ........ S.0O08,5O
Steers, grassers, good to
choice ............. S.0O@s.5O
Steers. grassers, fair to
good ............... 7.25@s.oO
Helters, prime ............ 7.00@7.5O
COWS (pulp and grain fed),
good to choice ........ G.75@7.5O
COWS (pulp and grain fed),
fair to good ........... G.OO@6.75
COWS, grassers (good) .... G.25@6.75
COWS, grassers Uair) 900. 5.50@G.25
Cows. Gamers ....... 4.75@5.25
veal calves .$S00@1 1850
Bulls Also $50
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ............... G.5O@7.25
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good 5.50@6.25
Hogs.
Good hogs ................e.4O@s.G5
Sheep.
Lambs, spring ..........$97501O
Ewes ................ 6.25D 7.OO
WetherS ............ $3.50 7.5O
Yearlings ............ 1860 8.25
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
F. 0. B. Denver, Carload Price.

ray.
Buying Prices.
Colorado upland, per ton. $14.00@14.50
Nebraska upland. per ton. 12.00@13OO
Second bottom Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton 9.50@105G
Timothy, per ton 18.5O@19.O0
Alfalfa, per ton ....... 9.00010.O0
South Park. choice. per
ton 17.5O@18O0
San Luis Valley, per ton. 15OO@1600
Gunnison Valley, per ton .16.00@170O
Straw, per ton 4.50
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alnformaslen wanted.

Bacon-This paper says AZ 4 deer
hunting state Vermont now rivals
Maine. with 5000 deer killed IN 1875
compared with from 5000 to 1O,000sfnl
the Maine wilderness. i
Egbert- Nothing said AZ 70 whicA
state leads in the sniplng cf gafdsst e
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Vegetables.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Meta, Market Quotations.

Spelter, Denver-$S.42A.
Copper, casting-$2S.12a.
Lead, New York-$6.35.
Bar silver-63Ac.
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten per unit
Of so per cent, $40 to $22.50.
The Ordway new era., 1916-08-04
London Wool Auction.

London.-A mixed selection of T.
600 bales was offered at the wool auc-
tion sales. There was steady de-
mand for all but wavy sorts.
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Fruit.

Fruit.
Apples. Colo, fancy box. .1.OO02.5O
Apples, Colo, choice box. .85
Apricots, Colo. crate ......1.OO@2.OO
Blackberries, Colo, crate... 1.75
Cherries, Colo, pint crates .1.50@1.75
Peaches, Colo, box ....... .6O@1.OO
Raspberries, Colo, crate. ..l.O0@1.50
Strawberries, homegrown.
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Live Poultry.
The following prices on live poultry
EGGS,

Eggs, graded. No. l net, F.
o. B. Denver ..........22 Q23
EGGS, graded. No. 2 net. F.
o. B. Denver .16 @17
Eggs, case count, new
less commission ...... .5.35@6.35
Eggs. case count, misc.
less commission 5.25@ @6.25
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The More tl,e l0str..I.

Musketry instructor (to Eseruit Wh6
insists on gasing At hl1n3 Why 6oa4
ycs lsok iat ths nightsf n
Rscruit aaeanss ~ wl3 iEsI
~ se.nl o. y 4. NJ.
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soMgrHsMo pRoHloIrEp.
Evlky iaw IA the statute bo0ks pccr
htbdta speAst stAlns. Il:
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Grain,

Wheat, ch. mill, 100 lbs, buying. .1.62
Rye. Colo. bulk. 100 lbs. buying 1.3O
Idaho oats. bulk. buying ...... 1.6O
Colorado oats, bulk. buying ..... lbs
Corn chop. sack. selling .1.6S
Corn In sack. selling ..........1 .1.65
Bran, Colorado. per 100 lbs,
selling ................. lis
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Butter,

Creameries, ex. 1st grade lb. 29
Creameries, I'd grade, lb... 26
Process .............25 @26
Packing stock ............ Il
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chicago Live stock ouotatlons.

Chicago.-Hogs-Bulk, $9.5O0 1O.OO;
lirht. S9,45@1O.12M; mixed, $3.50
% 1o15: heavy, ;e.o5010.12h; rough,
as'o5@9.25; pigs, $7.60@9.50.
Cattle-Native beef cattle. $1,000
1850: Western steers, 36.7608.60;
sfockers and feeders, 5000 500;
cows and heifers, $3.50@s.s5; calves,
3S.50012.00. .ao Y ~.
n. e0@775; lambs, 37.1s010's0.
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ceffoN Market.

Nss 4 York. Cotton - Oct0nof'
- io@ DScenber, 13.47s JAnuArys
.is,SS: laAfch. 1sssl ~, q ~ S1 iss IsFS
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FTER several days of
windy weather, which
had made successful
Manta hunting impos-
sible, the morning OF
April II, opened calm
and hot.
To kill a Manta,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-31
BY BASIL M. MANLY

washington, May Slime income
tax thieves, whose annual loot Of
S32O,0OO,0OO has been uncovered in
the preceding articles, are literally
stealing fleets of dreadnaughts, regi-
,ments of troops and sQuadrons Of
aerOplanesi
The income taxes frauduIently
withheld from the U. S. treasury
would pay the entire cost of the great
increases in the navy recommended
by the secretary of the navy, the
great increase in the army provided
for in the Hay bill, and would leave
an enormous surplus to be expended
for those great social measures, such
as oId-age pensions and unemploy-
ment insurance, which must be the
basis of any genuine national eff
cheney and preparedness.
It must be remembered that the
$32O,OOO,OOO theft, which l have ex-
posed, is not a matter of the one
year, 1914, but is re-enacted every
year, and will continue until drastic
action is taken to stop the thefts. IT
these frauds are permitted to con-
tinue, at the end of five years the
American people will have been
robbed of more than one and half
billion dollars!
The army and navy estimates are
based upon five-year programs, so
that it is easy to compare their total
expense with the revenue that is be-
ing lest through the income tax
frauds
The estimate of the secretary of
the navy involves the expenditure
during the next five years Of $780,
482,214, and provides for the con-
structiOn of ten dreadnaughts, six
battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers,
fifty destroyers, 100 submarines and
the necessary aerpolanes an6 auXil-
larry ships.
The Hay bill involves the expendi-
ture during the next five years of
S229 622 Gas and DrOVidpS for an on
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-31
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs CONVENE

NJ - ~ . ANANl~ - WV v -lNG
State Prohibition convention con-
venes at Peoria today. Ex-GOv. Sui
zeI, Of New York and ex-GOv. Eugene
FOss of Mass, who are seeking the
"drys" nomination for president, will
speak. 1t is believed John R Golden
viii be nominated for governor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-31

IN INCOME TAXES!
regular army by the addition Of ten
regiments of infantry, five regiments
Of field artillery, 81 companies Of
coast artillery, Is companies of en-
gineeTs and four aero squadrOns,
making a total increase Of 10000
men and 1850 officers.
The billion and a half dollars of
revenue, which the U. S. govt stands
to lose during the next five years-if
the income tax frauds are not
stopped - would pay the total in
creased cost involved in this army
and navy program and leave seven
hundred and seventy million dollars
to pay for more preparedness, if we
need more preparedness, or if we
don't need it, enough to pay for old
age pensions or to dig another Pana-
ma canal
The income tax thieves are not
only stealing the price of adequate
national preparedness, but are loot
ing the government of the surplus
revenues which must be the basis
for all the big social welfare pro-
grams which the American workers
will in the near future demand from
their government as they have been
demanded and secured by the work
ers Of England, France and Germany.
-O-O-
WANT IRELAND AS A NATION
Friends of Irish freedom will ask
each political party to incorporate in
its platform the promise that United
States, if acting on arbitration board
at close of war, shall recognize Ire
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-07-14
ed-Correspondents.

The Enterprise desires a good
live news gatherer in each 10.
cality in the county, especially dc
we want a correspondent at Mt.
Pelia, Sidonia, Kimery, Mt. Arie,
Greenhill, Como, Jewell, Palm
ersviIle, Dukedom, Austin Springs,
Hyndsver and Ralston.
By news gatherer we mean a
person who will send us either
by mail or over the rural tele-
phone all the important happen
ings Of the communities. We do
not care for the Sunday visits,
which interest no one. Let some
interested person help US obtain
a good news writer at each place
mentioned.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1916-07-14
WE HONOR THEM.

Some weeks ago, upon the re-
turn of our BOYS and girls from
school, the Enterprise had an
editorial telling Of our apprecia-
ton of these young people. Some
may have thought this Aattery,
but we were sincere in this as we
are in everything we saY-wheth-
er sugar or brim- stone coated.
We are proud Of the boys and
girls OF Dresden.
The town is proud Of them.
They are well-mannered, ener-
getic, ambitious, moral and up
right in every particular. They
are this because they have been
reared by good mothers and good
fathers. There is practically no
bad conduct among our young
people. This we consider the best
advertisement that could be given
the old town.
Nice, polite, civil, courteous
upright young people speak more
for town or community than
ANYTHING else could possibly
speak. Our boys are a manly,
polite, energetic set of fellows.
No idlers are found among the
boys Of Dresden. They, some
times, make mistakes, just as we
older ones do; they may visit a
watermelon patch, "tick-tack"
some crouch to hear him howl
or play any other OF the large list
of innocent Jokes on other people,
but you do not hear Of our boys
getting in serious trouble.
Our girls are the prettiest, the
sweetest, the most lady-like, the
politest and the most Industrious
to be found on the globe. Fact
is, there are more young men
coming to Dresden seeking wives
than, we dare say, any town in
the state. This speaks well for
the town, the girls and their
mothers and fathers. Any girl
in Dresden can cook a meal,
operate a sewing machine, keep
house, wash and iron, and a
number Of them are members of
the canning club, doing the
family canning and will have a
surplus to sell. They never get
into mischief, they help their
mothers, they are thoughtful of
their fathers and they are affec-
tionate toward their brothers.
Dresden has the best set of
young people on earth.