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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
Bears the
Best of References.

The cook is leaving today and wants
me to give her recommendation, but
| don't know what to say"
"NOu might say she is Il good work
er."
"a good worker! She's anything but
that"
"Oh, don't know. She has worked
us for $50 a month and her board.
hasn't she?"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

marshmallOw put IL IN
the oven long enough Ia
brown them and serve
while they are still pully.
Sweet Potato Pie
Take two cupfuls of hot
mashed sweet potatoes,
add half n cupful OF su.
gar, Two well-beaten
eggs, two tnbiespoonfuls
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing il is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the IRON
builds up the system. so cents.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

IMITATION IS slNcEResr FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
tion has not the worth OF the original.
Insist on la Creole" Hair Dressing
It's the original. Darkeps your hair In
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price 31.00.-Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Dodd's Kidney Pills.
II is now three
years since | fin.
ished taking these
Pills and l have had
no trouble with my
kidneys since, |
was pretty bad for
ten or twelve years
prior to taking your
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

lhlIlS ppSStSStS ulbiiSi
food value than the white
potato, and IL would
seem ut the present prices
that the sweet potato
costs less. For the stuffed
sweet potato select short,
thick potatoes and par
boil Is minutes. rel
them, cut n slice from
the top and remove the
pnntprS with a Shorn
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

that cakes made with 10
viii keep much longer
without drying out than
If made with sugar. A
cake made with butter
and honey will keep un-
I'll the butter grows ran.
cid. Cakes made with
no butter will keep
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

HIVIIItT UNtU 10 IIIWht.
Bread Fruit Cake. -,
Take two cupfuls Of very
light sponge, one cupful
of sugar, one cupful OF
butter. three eggs beaten
light, half n nutmeg, one
teaspoonful of molasses.
two tnblespoOnfnls Of
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
Days OF LuxurY.

"You like stories OF splendor and ex-
travagance7"
"Yes. l even enjoy reading an old
cook book and seeing how lavlshly peo-
pie used 10 toss butter and eggs and
cream around"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
COVETED Bv ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head Of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray. or 10 harsh and stiff. you can re-
store It to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using la Creole" Hair Dress-
Ing. Price $1.00.--Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Many a girl looks to money In
matrimonial alliance because she is
unable to find awnings else worth
having.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

You may have noticed that the
friends who are willing to lend you
money are those who have no money to
lend
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Teach me to dilute my work with
play. 10 brighten my seriousness with
Jest and never take myself no serious
ly that ! crowd from my life the joys
and pleasures that by heritage are
mine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
AN APPREciATIvE LETTER.

Mr.. NJ. A. Page. osceola. Wis, un-
der date of Feb. l6, 1916, writes:
Some years ago l was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

An old bachelor observes that mar
ried men are often as anxious to get
out'of matrlmony as single fools are
to get In.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

The less some women have to say
the more difficult it is for them not t'
say II.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
Horticultural Truth.

The climate and conditions that are
best for apples are best for man,
Exchange.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and
disappear with Doctor Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. In tablets or liquid.
ADV
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

woman Is always ready to admit
mans superior intelligence II he'll
admit that she knows more than he
does.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

WomAN's GROWING GLORY
10 her hair. II yours is streaked with
ugly. grizzly, gray hairs, use la Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change It in
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Figures can't ue."
That must be one of the reasons,
then. why they stand"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
NEWS OF PITTSBURG

Pittsburg, Kans.-'When entering
l suffered terribly. l be-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
eRANDMorHER's COOKBOOK.

We turn back with real Joy to some
of the old fashioned dishes that grand
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

It's not the man who boasts the most
who knows the most.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
APPETIziNG DISHES.

The sweet potato, owing to the large
amount of starch and sugar II con
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
How True.

"What In your opinion is the most
startling transformation"
"When a note becomes due"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Some wirepuliers are telegraph line
men and some are politicians.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

When duty calls deafness becomes
epidemic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
important 10 Mothera

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Millions Of particular women now use
md recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All
grocers. Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07

Cultivate a serene truthful mental
state and YOU need never trouble
about external thiugs; they will all
come right without your Worrying.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
WAYS WITH HONEY.

One of The advantages in the use
of honey. which is most valuable. is
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-12-07
A Hint.

He-1 love all kinds of birds.
She--I don't. hnte Jay.-Balti-
more American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
IN TEXAS.

In the general run of affairs the at
torney general Of Texas is likely to
get on the first page at least as often
as the next fellow. He may be rea-
sonably retiring man, even verging Oh
the diffident, and still his name will be
called frequently.
This is because people Of Texas take
peculiar laws very seriously. They
get after their attorney general anc
drive him to start certain legal pro-
ceedings; then reporters are called in
to tell the story to the country. Most
metropolitan papers these days keep
a Texas man on the staff, whose bust
ness it is TO keep abreast of latest de-
velopments in the 'shivaree" going
on in that state all the time
Just now the attorney general of
Texas is after automobile manufacture
ers and dealers. They have been vio-
lating Texas statute. Though this is
by no means difficult offense, yet ii
may prove serious. Texas people will
have nothing to do with an attorney
general who fails TO do battle for ev-
erything written in the statute book.
What have the automobile men been
doing? They have named agents in
Texas, Just as in other states. Each
OF these agents is given certain ter
ritory that is his, just as is the prac-
tice in other states. The retail price
of cars is fixed for the agent, as in all
other parts of the country
The rest of the country gets along
with this arrangement, in fact hasn't
discovered there is anything to COM
plain about. But in Texas, as in other
states. there is a fundamental law
written and unwritten, that a citizen
with something to sell can offer il
anywhere in the state. 1t is alleged
by the attorney general of Texas that
1t is violation of this Fundamental
law to give a man a circumscribed
territory and say he shall not go out
side it TO make a sale.
Also it is violation of the Texas law
to fix price at which car shall sell
and to say the agent is not to take
less. Therefore, automobile men are
in trouble in Texas.
But 1t is possible that in Texas the
only happy people are the prosecutine
attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28

Are great consultations the surest
day to efficiency in production? A. W.
Douglas, writing in the New York An
nalist. answers this question in the
negative and shows some advantages
which rest with small producers COM
pared with very large concerns. Mr..
Douglas points out that the economic
complications which have arisen in
modern commercial life are due largely
to the fact that the natural man is
always impressed by things of size and
much given to clarifying them because
of their dimensions. In all things the
human mind runs to congratulations,
and il is this mistaken tendency which
obscures and clouds the true relations
of size and economical efficiency.
1t is a mistake, says Mr.. Douglas, to
compare transportation and industrial
problems because the underlying con-
ditions are radically different From
every point of view, whether of eco
nomic necessity or the good Of the pub
lie. or for the benefit of the Organiza-
ton itself, there does not seem any
valid reason for the existence of the
small railroad, save as a disconnected
| local necessity. Successful transporta-
ton today is necessarily a matter of
nation wide scope and connection, 9TH
erwise the needed tonnage cannot be
had
With industrial corporations, how
ever, the case is different. With them,
says Mr.. Douglas, mere size. especially
! if it be much extended, means vulnera-
bility as well as strength. He con-
( tinues.
In general it may be said that the
possibility of general control of the
trade situation by any great corpora
ton depends mainly upon two things
control of raw material and the ability
to localize competition. And these two
conditions rarely occur in the same in
dustry''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
STATE coNsFABULAR1Es.

The logical and sensible movement
for state constabularies appears to be
gaining ground. The recent strike
riots at Youngstown, Ohio, emphasiz-
ed the need of a state police body to
quell such disturbances that has
brought the matter before the coun-
try in the bill introduced in the ma
tional senate by Senator Cummins OF
Iowa, to remove police duties from
the functions of the state militia. Ii
the Cummins bill passes, every state
in the union will establish a constab-
ulary, and even if the bill fails the
trend in the direction of state con-
stabularies is likely to continue. The
Des Moines Register and Leader. in
discussing the state constabulary from
the viewpoint of Iowa, says:
Iowa could establish a state police
force, or constabulary. at practically
no cost, by utilizing the existing police
organizations of our cities, and if there
! is to be any movement of this sort
Iowa should not initiate the expensive
/ systems in vogue where constabular-
4 les are held in idleness awaiting a cal
to riot duty.
/ IF the state will pay 500 a year tC
each of the 80 largest cities in Iowa
these cities will each designate two
/ policemen for state duty. This viii
provide a force of so trained men who
can be concentrated in any part of The
state where abnormal conditions arise
and the cost to the state would BIZ
only So 900 a year The state would
of course, pay the full cost of thu
force while concentrated for state ser
vice, just as it does now with the ia
tional guard.
Sixty policemen could handle an,
emergency that is likely to arise il
the state of Iowa, but if more men ar
needed, an additional $500 yea
would raise the force to 90.
THE state could compel the cite
to furnish these policemen without re
Enumeration, but the payment of
small sum would insure selection 0
the most fit officers and would com
pensate the cities for the possible ali
sence of part Of their police when
state call was sent out
Sixty men held in a state c0nstah
ulary without other police function
would cost at least $4,000 veal
i Iowa has no need of such an outla!
| This is an orderly state. The militi
. is not called out once in five years
, a. constabulary is to be established t
. take ove- the police duties of the m
: litia. it can be made up Of men train
, ed and accustomed to the work, an
: at negligible cost of $4,000 year b
: utilizing the city police force"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
The Daily Story
A New Starry Edna T. Stewart.

From childhood I had a passion for
pers0natinS some character. In other
words. | was born with dramatic in
cllnations. When quite little girl
read Shakespeare plays that found
in my fathers library and took pleas
ure In spouting the lines OF the hero
Ines. One day I would be Juliet lean.
Ing over the famous balcony; another
] would be Queen Catherine; another.
Rosallnd.
When | was fifteen years old my IA
Their died. leaving my mother with six
children to support and without the
means to do so We all had to do
something to put money into the fami'
ly treasury, even if it were only tile
very smallest amount Very natural
ly | chose the stage. That is, wished
to 60 on the stage, but how to get
there | did not know. Had | been a
boy l might have gone from one the
alter to another till found Il position
as supernumerary and from that
vantage point watched for an oppor-
tunity to take small minor parts. Be
ing a girl, could not do this.
How | finally got on the stage
doesn't pertain to this story, which
deals with an opportunity to get into
public favor l am speaking OF the
days when real plays were enacted on
the stage, before the coming on of the
scenic wonders. burlesques and the like
that have driven the drama away. |
had been taking minor parts for sew
cral years and had been an under
study for one part. Had the actress
under whom | was studying ever been
sufficiently indisposed to permit me to
take her place it might have enabled
me to make hit But she never fail
ed to appear. :,
A celebrated playwright wrote play
which he called Joan Of Arc" He
wrote the part of Joan. expecting that
Nine. g.. then the most, remarkable
tragedienne on the stage. would i'm
personate the Maid of Orleans. Mem
bers of our profession when they once
climb to the top rornI Of the ladder
are apt to forget the snubs they have
endured when they we're struggling On
the lower rounds end to delight in
showing their independence, or perhaps
it is the memory of these very snubs
that gives them a desire to exercise
their own sweet will. At any rate
Nine. G. without giving any reason re-
fused to play the part.
The author of the play was in dis
/ tressing position. He had speat many
| months on it; he had written It espe-
cially to display the remarkable histrl-
! onic ability of Nine. G.. and there was
| no other actress who. so far as was
known, could aspire to play it. The
/ playwright's friends did all they could
| to win Nine. G. over, but with no sue
cess. She remained obdurate.
One evening | was surprised at call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28

at home the senator has not called In
his boom. Then there's Elihu Root,
who stultfied his own public record in
keynote" speech at the New York
state convention in the effort to create
a campaign issue, and who is thought
to cherish hopes In spite of the fact
that his own convention refused to in
dorse him. Yes, and there's Henry
Estahrook. who nobody heard of until
Ormsby McHarg, Roosevelts rounder
up of colored delegates four years ago.
assured the public that he really e1-
listed, and whose mimeogTaphed-le letter
boom has been helping the stamp sales
of the New York postoffice for several
months. And there's Fairbanks and
Hadley and Borah, and the Lord only
knows how many horses so dark they
can be scarcely seen except when they
throw a searchlight on themselves.
And then there's the grinning spec
tire. the deaths head at the feast, the
beginning and end of trouble. the fear
ed and fearful Teddy, who may prance
into the convention hall at the 18th
hour, ruthlessly rope and throw Bill
| Barnes and Boies Penrose In the path
iof their own steam roller, scalp
| Fighting Bob's shining dome, step on
Burton. throttle Cummins. give Root
the merry ha-ha, and nominate him.
self Chicago will be no place for a
man seeking a quiet and restful atmos-
phere in the early weeks of June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
TIL PENALTY OF RECKLESS
NESS

Reckless handling of an automobile
Saturday night on Fort Armstrong
avenue resulted in injury of dozen
persons, two Of them being near death
when gathered out of the wreCkage.
This accident will not put an end to
carelessness OF the automobile pilot
Fer the time being he will remember
what occurred ON Fort Armstrong
avenue, and may be sane in his driv-
ing, but this wreck will soon be for
gotten. as have others, and there will
be more wrecks with lives lost and
bones broken and bodies maimedA
Disasters involving great peril to
the public, and due absolutely to
recklessness on the part of auto driv-
ers, as was surely the case on Fort
Armstrong avenue, are likely to hap
pen daily both on the island drive be-
tween Rock Island and Davenport. and
on Fifth avenue between Rock Island
and Moline. On both Of these thor
oughfares lodging around vehicles
and cutting across in front of street
cars is q matter of common practice,
and it looks as if only the most drastic
and severe measures and penalties
will put an end TO this outrageous
abuse of the privileges of the road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
MuzzIing the Dangerous Sneeze

The bureau of public health and
hygiene, New York city, has instituted
a campaign of education which, if fol-
lowed up throughout the country, will
materially reduce the incidence Of
sO-called colds have been running
wild through the community with little
effort to prevent them. People have
wilfully shut their eyes to the con-
and refused to accept the teachings Of
all modern authorities. because these
teachings have seemed to run counter
TO old traditional belief, namely, that
colds sore threats and ailments &C
companied by cough were due to
weather conditions.
In the propaganda of the New York
bureau excellent uses being made of
certain posters and stamps. The pos
tiers were designed by school children.
One depicts a conventionalized black
and white view of two little>tots hold
ing handkerchefs out before them,
and these words are printed below: If
You Use These For the Sneezes You
Will Stop the Dread Diseases. Another
poster is in colors. 1t shows in the
foreground gentleman sneezing in
his handkerchief, and in the back
ground a person sneezing open-face
fashion and knowing gentleman has
tenlng to escape from the vicinity. At
the top these words appear: Protect
the Public From Disease-Use Your
Handkerchief When You Sneeze.
Both posters and stamps may be
had at minimum cost Such posters
should be utilized by health depart
ments everywhere. And every school
room should have one of the posters
on display as a continual reminder and
lesson to the pupils. The stamps NAV
go everywhere, on letters, packages,
books. and carry to every destina-
ton much-needed lesson. We have
pretty we'll learned the dangers of ex-
pectoration and of the common towel
and the common drinking cup; but
we have yet to realize what a tremen-
dously harmful thing it is to sneeze
openly. This vulgar and extremely
common habit is, beyond question. the
cause OF a great deal Of preventable
illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28

from an actor who was 70 havo
peared in Joan Of Arc and had ~.
greatly disappointed that tho ~
could not be produced. Withou, !.
planning the object Of his visit h. -
ed me to read few lines fran,
eral Of the parts Of Shakespeare. ba.a
ines. When had finished he l.f,
IN abruptly as he had come. The nav.
day he came again with the suthov !.
JOAN" and ! WAS obliged TO read q.
parts had read before. They lef, -
me the play that had been written q.
Nine. G. and asked me to Learn .
They came again when had don. :.
heard me recite certain passages 80
dellghtedly told me that they wish,
me to assume the principal role
When the time for rehearsal cam.
round an audience Of some tyentv !.
thirty persons. mostly CONNECTED v..s
the stage, was present. What wa, a.,
surprise to see among them Nina 4
| inferred that she had come IN "a. !,
indeed, there was person who coma
take her place. Her presence did wo,
ders In squirting me to do my best
received great applause. and Nina q
clapped her hands languidly. Tn,
faint praise spurred me on stiIl tpr.
Their. and | surpassed myself.
Whnr tln MIA a..
went to the author and said:
II am ready to take the part q.
joan"
I looked at him. wondering what h.
would say. A light came into hin az.
rs he replied:
Madame, this play was written far
you. supposing that you were the onlv
woman In existence who could take the
part Your refusal instead of helm,
a misfortune has turned out a benefit
A new star has appeared above Tia
horizon. You have enjoyed exclusive
prominence for a long while. From
this hour you will have to divide /,
with another
Nine G. disappeared. and I, running
to the author. threw my arms abou,
his neck.
Her friends endeavored to persuade
him to throw me over and give the
part to Nine G., not that she could
play it any better than I, but on &C.
count Of the eclat she would give biz
work. But he stood firm for me.
/ nerved myself for the first per.
Torrance. realizing that must stand
or fall by it. The story had got abroad,
and the house was packed. largely BY
theatrical people. many OF whom had
suffered from Nine G's selfshness.
| forgot everything except that I was
Joan Of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, and
throughout the evening received enthe.
siastic applause The authors predic.
ton was verified. I was indeed new
theatrical star. From that time ny
reputation began to grow. and that Of
Nine. G., who was getting old, began
to wane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28
SOME CANDIDATES.

1t happened that three aspirants for
the republican presidential nomina-
ton formally called public attention to
their lightning rods within "a hours of
each other Senator Robert NJ. LaFol-
lette was the first of the trio TO let
the people into the great secret, but
ex-senator Thomas f. Burton of Ohio
and Senator Albert B. Cummins of
Iowa were not far behind Fighting
Bob"
LaFollette avowedly appeals to the
progressive faction of the republican
party for support; Burton is an old
school standpatter, and Cummins is a
mild progressive guaranteed TO stand
hitched TO a conservative platform If
he has TO.
With these three added to the list of
gyowed and receptive candidates, the
Chicago convention will not lack in
interest and the material for a bit of
speculation before William Barnes,
Boies Penrose and the other managers
and engineers of the steam roller start
the machine on its deadly course.
There are lot or others with prob
able dtsappointments in store for
them. Our own Larry Sherman is ex-
pected TO get his states vote for one
ballot at least And there's Senator
John Weeks of Massachusetts, who &C
tually labored under the delusion that
he was a candidate until bunch OF
Massachusetts republicans made a
loud noise TO the effect that one T.
Roosevelt was the man of the hour,
and even with this cold water douche