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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
~lLI.Y TREADWEI.L and his

lilly TREADWEl.I. II his
chum, Johnny Haywood, were
l%oun"ing in Johnny's room, No.
~ University hall, when there
was Il rap at the door and a letter was
handed in for Johnny. He opened it.
read it and exclaimed:
"That'S too bad.,'
"WhAt's too bad:" asked Billy.
why. my cousin, Bess lIinckley.
who has been at school in Geneva ever
since she was twelve years old. has
come home. She writes me that she is
dying to see an American college and
spend the day with ME. Saturday we
play 'laypole."
cut the game
Cut the game? Why. where will
they get Il pitcher to take my place.
I'll tell you what III do. Johnny.
OF course it will be a sacrifice for me
to spend Il Saturday showing a young
woman the college. but I'll meet your
cousin. tell her of your engagement and
how sorry you are and take her of
your hands,"
Twill you?' cried Johnny, graspine
his chum's hands.
"lm have to: there's no other way oul
of it for you"
On Saturday morning Billy met the
train OF which Miss Hinckley arrived
Seeing a pretty girl answering II
%Johnny'S description Of his cousin look
ing wildly about for some one. h.
walked up to her and asked:
cousin Bess%'
"ie>- how you have changed from
the little boy ! used TO play with
"Ive an auto outside" said Billy
"L.et me take that wrap"
Billy led her to the auto. They 90
in and sailed away.
"Well go up on to the hill, and II
show you the college buildings. Afte
that Well do the country round about.
lin Very anxious to see your chum
Mr.. Treadwell, that you wrote IN
about"
81 wrote you about" said Billy
pricking up his ears.
"Why. yes. Don't you remembe
saying that you had picked him out 70
me-
did | say that: Oh. yes. Now
remember. Bills Il good fellow in hi
I way. But
but What:'
"Well. if I've picked him out for 70
where do / come i'm
1 ooh, you're my cousin"
81 see. Well. You can't see Billy t,
> day. He's pitcher i'm the varsity team
= and they're playing the Claypoles t.
day"
THAT'S too bad"
"That's what he said when your le
. ter came to say that you'd he dow
today"
/ They did the college buildings. the
re-entered the auto and sailed aW;
II the country. Billy addressed b
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
YOUR RAINY DAISY.
Dress as Well For Storms as You
Would For the Opera.

The up to date business woman re-
no matter what the weather ma be.
Rain or shine she insists upon looking
we'll dressed. knowing that her appear
ance is no small part of her success.
The time has passed when the efficient
worker was content to wear amy sort
of clothes. She dresses herself for the
office just as Immediately a for Il
drawing room.
An essential to q neat. attractive APP
pearance on a rainy day is some sort
of waterproof Goa This need not be
II hideous affair of rubber, drab in col
or. shapeleSS as to fit. Really smart
waterproof coats are to be found in
these enlightened times. one seen re-
GENTLY being in pewter gray waterproof
tweed. designed to withstand the wick
eldest weather, 1t was lined With a
lovely wedgwood blue shade of silk
The coat buttoned at the top with two
large tweed covered buttons. or il
could he worn open. 1t had two ca
paciouS pockets at the sides. and tn,
garb was completed by a jaunty and
sensible little hat in blue straw, Will
Il gray ribbon and untarnishahle stee
buckle. and a pair of high waterproof
boots.
The whole was Il judicious mixture
of the picturesque and the practical
and proved that we can wear the mos
perfectly weather resisting garment:
and still look quite charming on Il we
day. The idea that amy old clothes
will do for bad days is quite exploded
nowadays.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
Frills and Fancies In Woman'S Sphere
LET THE CHILDREN DIG.
Nothing Pleases Small Ones Better
Than a Garden Patch.

If you live out of town or spend
study nature first hand in their Owl
gardens. Nothing will teach them more
quickly of trees. flowers. birds and
vegetables than the planning and de
veloping of d small garden.
OF course each child can personally
manage only a very small garden. This
form of certain possessions at various
places in the big family garden. For
instance, YOU might give into II
chilh's keeping q climbing rose over Il
summer house. Il dwarf evergreen in
the far corner of the shrubbery Dor
der. Il row OF beans "a short One) in the
vegetable garden and Il little patch Of
flowers in the flower border. In this
way the child has Il chance nncOn-
sriously to study trees. flowers and
vegetables.
If possible, make the child interested
in all the details of garden growth. II
the child can sketch let him sketch
leaves and flowers and roots, seeds and
seed pods and all the other parts of the
plants he works with. Let him keep Il
little notebook for his sketches. With
out doubt they will prove so Interesting
as he collects them that they will form
the nucleus of an interesting lot of
sketches, which he will refer to eyen
when winter has made gardening i'm
possible.
Buy Il bird house or two for the
child's garden. BY watching the chance
inhabitants who occupy it from ear tC
year he will become familiar with
birds. for his interest in one pair will
lead to an interest in all birds.
Perhaps an interesting book or two
Will stimulate the child'S desire to gar
den. There are children's bird books
and gardening BOOKS and simple guides
! Of all sorts. Then there are botan,
books. fascinating when mastered il
the open, but rather dry work to mos
children indoors.
Let the child have possession of tn,
fruits of his garden-veyetables. flow
ers or fruits, whatever they are. 1t i
a mistake to give a child anything
even q raspberry bush. unless the gif
is free and complete.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
Rell9loue
Bible Society a Hundred Years Old.

Bible Society a Hundred Years Old.
To-day the whole world needs the
Bible"
This sentiment, enunciated by the
Rev. DR.. Arthur Taylor. secretary of
the British and Foreign Bible society.
was the Keynote of the mass meeting
held in New York to celebrate the II
hundredth anniversary Of the Amerf-
can Bible society. The influence OF
the Bible spread to every corner of the
universe through the medium of trans
lations was declared furthermore to
be the force by which nations Of the
world would recover from the ode
hauch of war;
Such was the prediction OF the Rev.
Edward Caldwell Moore. professor Of
theology at Harvard university. who
reviewed the history Of Bible missions
from the earliest times to the present.
Within the last hundred years. almost
within the life of the American Bible
society itself. Professor Moore said.
translations Of the Bible had reached
every corner OF the world. He had
collected for the university library at
Harvard. he said. TRANSACTIONS in "1
languages and dialects: but, he said,
his work had not been half finished be
cause the Bible or parts of it had been
translated into more than 700 lam
guages and dialects. He computed the
total output of Bibles since the holy
book first came off the printing presses
at 1000 GOO, 900 copies.
The centennial celebration of the
founding of the American Bible soci-
ETY. was divided into two parts. one
in the afternoon and the other i'll the
evening. The speakers were Francis
I.ynde Stetson and Judge Carl Mott OF
the court of general sessions. Mr.,
Stetson deplored the tendency to har
from public school curriculums n in
struction in the Scriptures. He suS-
geSted a compilation of certain parts
of the Old Testament which might be
used in the public schOol without OF.
Tending any UNCONVENTIONAL sentiment
+ while we recognize that it is nc
q part of the duty of the state" SaiC
Mr.. StetSOn. ito force upon the youth
the acceptance of religious tenets con
/. tIdIN W lIttE tlattiltVIlGI IL
: state that denies to its children the
opportunity Of drinking from the deel
Il wells of spiritual truth. found as no
g where else in the Holy Scriptures
1 lea V the soul of its people to die o
$ thirst.
Il nm willing to recognize the valid
ity of the Jewish objections to suc]
a public reading of the New TeStamen
and OF the Roman Catholic objection
t. to the use of the Protestant translation
y of the Old Testament. There nigh
1t be prepared a book of selections frol
v the Psalms. from Isaiah. from EZekie
* and from some OF the minor prophet
n which would involve no controversial
t. point and which might instill in tn
minds of the child images never to b
forgotten and tending to call them on
: of sordid materialism and shallow rs
tionalism."
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
Toddier's Apron.

\ charming little work OF play apron
is made of soft pink linen with a yoke.
sleeve bands and hem of white, The
little apron buttons at the back of the
yoke and is cut with t1aring lines. so
that it spreads wide at the hem. There
is a cross stitched design of Little Bo-
peep and Il couple of her wee lambs.
The same apron could be made in blue
and white. with any other Mother
Goose character or animal or flower
in the cross stitch.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
Try This.

Here are tWenty-one common words
Frequently misspellcd. Get some II
to dictate the following paragraph t.
you and see how many of them you
can spell correctly:
THE privilege Of Separatin. ninety
miscellaneous calendars arranged in
two parallel lines was against the prill-
riple> of the superintendent, so his
niece. not TO disappoint the government
or cause it to lose business. removed
the principal calendars and thus re-
lieved her uncle of Il strain which
might have brought ON Il disease. Thel
She believed it had become truly neceS
Snry for her to receive her instruction
in grammar. American Boy.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
"Threadinq the Needle"

\. good game 10 De played at Il party
is called "threuding the needle"
Seat four or five girls across The
needle. Then set a. many boys at the
other m OF the room. each holding Il
thread in his hand.
At the word the boys run up tn amy
OF the girls and try to thread the
needle without touching it. Any boy
who touches the needle is disqualified.
The boy first succeeding is the winner.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-07
Transactions.

She was Il - pupil. hut she -
sought to avert her teachers di>pleaS-
ure by giving her Il love that WAS lit
tie short OF -. Fill the blanks with
words containing the same eight lei
terS differently arranged.
.AusWers.-Dilatory, auroltly, iuola,
try.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
"coatsr Often Become Leaders.

One of the oldest active newspaper
men in Philadelphia was telling me
the other evening Of the ancient days
and how men might be misjudged.
II was city editor CT an evening
paper" said he. "and had six report
ers on my stan. One day the pro-
prietor ordered a reduction in ex-
penses and l had to dismiss one OF my
reporters. The lowest salaried man
was getting Sc a week. and so I fred
him."
We'll you didn't save much by
that" I suggested.
Verify not" was his answer. The
lad l dismissed was William c. Reick,
low publisher Of the New York Sun.
But 1t didn't kill his ambition, as you
can see, to lose his job On my staff"
It has sometimes happened that the
goat" Of his class at West Point has
in after years led armies, while the
star" man remained a coffee cooler
In Washington.-Girard In Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
poo Thuo Steals Gem,

Junior. q real aristocrat among Bos.
ton bulldogs, went walking in Central
park, logged out In a b~eJeweled collar
and a plush robe. A half-hour later
he returned to his owner, Mrs. X. D.
Slavens. of st. Louis, at the Hotel
Majestic, minus one diamond and with
q nipped tail.
A mere mutt Of a dog-one OF these
that play hide-and-seek with the SPUR.
rels and never wear a muzzle-saw Ju-
Nor, and thinking he was some strange
thing that the circus had brought to
town, started to investigate. Filled
with resentment when he saw the
degradation Of one of his own race,
he challenged Juniors right to wag a
tail. There was a zip and a yelp, and
then Juniors man attendant scooped
him up and carried him home. A vet
erinarian was called and said the arts.
tocrat was not injured except for q
few teeth marks on his tail and q 90
we're shock.-Boston Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
Throuah Aprl Dusks.

When April trips along the road
and twilight settles down, she passes
lightly through the mist Of springtime
gray and brown. And as she goes
along her way the stars peep out and
glow, the moon smiles down with mer.
ry smile, a cleaning silver bow. And
old folk. sitting in the dusk, lift up
their weary eyes, and look along the
springtime road with unconcealed sur.
prise. And, half uncertain, half sur.
prised, they hear the song Of love. the
song Of youth and happiness, the
songs from heaven above. And hall
bewildered, half amazed. they know
that through the land a train Of Low.
ers softly walk together. hand in hand,
They know that farmers plant their
crops, that mothers sit and sew; that
robins build again their nests; that
music. gentle. slow. is singing on the
breeze Of night; they know that flow
ers spring upon the brown of we'll
loved graves; that moss and ivy cling
with tender arms about the earth thai
guards each sleeping form: they know
that resurrection comes and banishei
the acknowledgement E. Sangster, Jr.
in the Christian Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
TrueBlue!
SO
TVY
Blu SAIDEE BALLOON

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
Robert Laidlaw faced life, serious
and practical, at the age of eighteen
and took up its burdens like the sen
sible young man that he was. A sud
den call from home had torn him away
from pleasant student life, to find his
father dying.
ITS the breakup, Robert" his faith
er had the strength only to say, life,
fortune. future for me-. l have lost
about all l had. The doctor says |
have only a few hours to live. | saw
what was coming and l wrote to my
two brothers. James and Henry. Here
are their replies. Choose for yourself,
Robert, between the two
"As to what, father" inquired Rob-
ert.
AS to which you will live with.
Both want you. Both are bachelors.
Both will leave a fortune. 1t is a vast
relief to me to know that you will
not be without prospects"
1t was a week later and after the
burial of his father and the settlement
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
CARVING the Law.

Very few of u lawyers carry the
green bags which were once a badge
of that profession.
81 think the sight of such a bag
once kept Joseph H. Choate from
coming to Philadelphia to make a
speech" Mr.. Conlen said.
Mr.. Conlen and another lawyer had
gone to New York to invite the ex-
ambassador to England to deliver an
address in Philadelphia. Mr.. Conlen's
companion carried a green bag, which
he laid upon Mr. Choate's table. evil
IDENTIFY to the great lawyers annoy
ance.
What do you carry in that thing?"
he asked.
81 have some law books" the young
Philadelphia attorney replied.
when I was a young lawyer" Mr..
Choate said rather coldly, 81 was
taught to carry my law in my head"
And the invitation was declined
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
Medals for A 3 c plplomats.

Miss Janet Scudder, one of the
leading sculptors of this country. will
design the three gold medals which
are to be presented by the United
States to Ambassadors Naon Of Argen.
tina; Da Cana of Brazil and Suarez
of Chile, commonly known as the "A
B c m%ediators." Secretary Lansing
awarded the designing to Miss Scud-
der.
The medal will bear an inscription
stating that they are presented to the
ambassadors for their generous serv.
ices as mediators in the controversy
between the government Of the Unit
ed States and the leaders of the war.
ring parties Of the Republic Of Mex
ico."
Miss Scudder lives in New York and
takes a prominent part In suffrage
work.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
EDITORS CHANGE OF HEART.

~
During the wet and dry campaign
Of the state of Washington, the Sc
attic Daily Times worked vigorously
for the vets. After one month Of pro-
hibition this Is what the editor said:
I'VE fought prohibition on economic
grounds alone. We believed that in
a great seaport city with a popula-
ton of upwards of 300, 900. prohibit
ton would be destructive; that II
would bring on economic disaster.
We believed that under the license
system we had the liquor traffic as
we'll controlled as 1t could be; we
wanted to let 1t alone and We fought
as hard as we could fight. But In
spite Of all we could do. prohibition
carried and went into effect January
l.. It's moral effect has been tremen-
dous. Seattle had 260 saloons and
we had an average Of $500 arrests a
month for crimes and misdemeanors
growing out Of liquor drinking. In
January we had only 400 arrests and
60 Of these were made January 1.
and were the result of hang-overs
from the old year."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
Borrowing a Piano.

Suburbanites are INDUCING in vari-
u cooperative measures in their
thirst for economy, and neighbcrs are
getting accustomed to an extension
of the borrowing principle. But one
man, who lives not far from Man
chester. at least thinks the idea has
gone too far. He was surprised the
other day by a request for the loan
Of a piano by a neighbor who was Civ
ing a musical evening to some friends.
Il have a patriotic reason" he ex-
planned. as I have sold my piano to
buy Exchequer bonds" When he was
refused he played another card.
We'll, perhaps" he said, you wouldn't
mind me bringing my friends here for
some Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19

of his poor business affairs, that Rob
ert sat down to read over the two let.
tiers his father had given him.
One was from James Laidlaw and it
read: Il shall be willing to practically
adopt you, but | want to state the situa-
ton clearly at the start so there are no
afterclaps. l have acquired a fortune
and my high position in life by fol-
lowing a system. # you come to me.
l shall expect you to accept and live up
to its conditions. You are old enough
to have done with the follies Of youth,
and my disposition is such hat at the
evidence of any delinquency or short
comings on your part l would dismiss
you promptly"
Rich, but selfish, as father has often
told me-" unused Robert over this cold
formal epistle. and then his face bright
ened as he perused the second letter.
Il am q lonely old bachelor" wrote
Uncle Henry. but not SO old or per.
verified that | do not realize that IL you
are a live, up-to-date young man we
shall have a famous time together. 1t
will do me good to have a general
shake-up through such co~mpanionship
as | am sure yours will be. I under
stand that Brother James is also bid.
ding for you. Well, he has the rocks,
and If you come with me you will have
to work, but I'll be your good friend
IL you stick to me-"
In one moment Robert Laidlaw made
his decision. He wrote a tote to I'm
Gle James thanking him for his kind.
ness, but declining to make his home
with him. He indited a second to I'm
Gle Henry, also thanking him and an
nouncing his intention of accepting
his kind offer.
All that Robert fancied this latter
relative to be he found him-a jolly
careless old man living in an %antiquat
ed mansion, reputed wealthy, but per
sonally insisting that his means were
as a dime to a double eagle compared
with the massive riches of Brother
James. From the start Robert felt
that his life had fallen in pleasant
places. He started out on his own
initiative to find work the third day
after his arrival.
I've found employment, Uncle Hen
ry," he announced hat evening.
Have, hey?" remarked his relative
with a quizzical CLEAN in his kindly
old eyes-"what line, now"
Down at the steel plant"
You don't mean common labor
ing"
About that. See here, uncle, my
bent at college was along mechanical
engineering lines and I've made up my
mind to learn all there is about metals
and construction from the ground up
It was not all work and no play with
Robert. Uncle Henry never talked o.
his riches, but Robert learned hat he
was regarded as a substantial mar II
a capital way. Besides his possible
wealth, however, his long honorable
standing in the community had made
him respected, and the old man was
in fact listed with the a~ristocracy O
the town.
He Introduced Robert among geo.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
HISTORIC CITY OF THE EAST
Kashan Said to Have Been Spot From
Which the Three Wise Men
Started to Bethlehem.

The brief dispatch that the Russians
have taken Kashan in Persia brings
another romantic name into the the
alter Of wal operations. It is almost
q sacred name. as tradition says It
was frcm Kashan that the wise men
started on their holy pilgrimage to
Bethlehem so many Christmases ago.
Every step taken both by the Rus.
sian and British expeditions in this
corner of the world is in a country of
interesting history and tradition. The
British, from a base on the supposed
site of the Garden of Eden. operated
against Bagdad, the city Of the Ara
bian Nights, and the Russians in their
advance on Kashan recently took
Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, which
contains, according to the MohaUme-
dams, the tombs Of Esther and Nor.
decai.
Tho belief that at Kashan the wise
men Of the East first saw the star of
Bethlehem has found support among
learned Christian theologians. But,
however that may be, Kashan became
a great city in ancient times, espe-
cially after 1t was rebuilt by Zobeideh,
wife of Haroun-el- Raschid. It once
had $500 houses and 40 mosques, and
was renowned for its silk weavers and
brass workers. But civil wars, earth
quakes and economic causes brought
about its decay. There Is still seen
the famous leaning minaret, 100 feet
high, which once served as an oriental
divorce court. Unfaithful wives were
dragged up the spiral staircase to the
top and showed of.
-Four miles from Kashan are the re
mains Of the wonderful palace bull
by Shah Abbas, the greatest of the Per
sian monarchs. The oasis constructed
by the shah is still green, its pavilioni
are gay with paintings and mosaics
and its gardens full of roses, wateret
by streams that run through blue.tilet
channels. In this palace q politica
tragedy was enacted in 1863. Mirz.
Khan, prime minister and own brother
in-law Of the reigning shah, was con
demned to death. He asked permits
sion to commit suicide, ard opened
vein in his arm in of the ancien
tiled bathrooms of the palace.
The ruined palace, with it's summe
houses amid trees and gardens, SUI
rounded by desert, is described as tn,
most beautiful thing of its kind In tn,
near East.
Kashan Is also famous for its scol
pions. which are said to be among tn,
largest and most poisonous in tn
world.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
Plan to pomesticate Mink.

The United States department Of ag-
riculture will attempt to domesticate
the mink which has been bred spo-
radically in captivity fer fifty years
or SO. The large number Of types of
American mink, no less than ten,
prove it to be a plastic animal, and
the governmental purpose is to devel-
op a higher and more valuable type
than any of those low known.