The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14

tainted with horror at the sight. But
she quickly recovered, however, and
then she poured forth such a stream
of angry words that are not often
heard.
Mrs. Graves, hearing the scream,
ran out of the house to find out what
happened. She soon learned for Bob
bic, seeing his mother, ran into her
arms, and tearfully confessed his
wrong doing. Mrs. Hagen raved
madly on and Mrs. Graves became
frightened. Bobbie saw this and sob
bing more and more tried to console
his mother by telling her that his pa
pa would fix that angry lady all right.
After time Mrs. Hagen W.
home only after promising Mrs.
Graves that she would be revenged
for this outrage.
That night when Bobbie fell asleep
his mother, before leaving the room
for the night, stood at the bedside,
smiling down on him. His tousled
head lay buried in the pillow; his
flushed cheek still bore the tear-stains
of the morning. She thought to her
self, "I know he's mischievous and Of
ten does wrong; but after all, he's no
coward. And he's truthful and honest
and brave as he has shown to-day; and
Pm proud of him."
Leone Ingram, Sophomore 1918.
Why I Like a Small Town.
My reason for liking small town
are altogether practical. They are
reasons that an ordinary laymen
would consider before deciding upon
the size of town to live in. These
reasons feall under two big heads,
namely, the financial and social bene-
fits of small town over those of a
larger one. My idea of small town
is a town of not more than 1000 in
habitants.
The financial benefits of small
town over thtat of larger one and
numerous. They may well he seen by
stating a few of the seemingly trifling
differences in the living expenses in
the one place compared with those in
the other. For after all when we con-
slider that it is but these trifing diff
ferences in the price of any commod-
ity that increases the cost of living or
else decreases it. We are apt to look
with a keener inetrest at Ties facts
which I am ahout to sttae. keIel
ring to any. daily paper Of the larger
cities, you will find that any vegetable
is from 70 to 80 per ceut higher in
price in the larger cities than in the
smaller towns. In any other article
of foodstuffs, care not what 1t is, you
pay, on the average, Is to 50 per cent
more for 1t in the larger cities.
About IL per cent Of the population
of any city or small town is composed
of people who rent the houses Or fats
that they live in. So it is of the great
est Importance the amount of rent one
has to pay in either IF the two places.
A family on moving to the city wants
a house situated in neighbornood OF
people that are of their social stand
.ng and in order to do this they have
to pay from ten to twenty dollars pei
month more for same sort of house
and same sort of neighbors that they
would have in smaller town.
The street car fare of a single mar
that is in business down town amounts
to three to four dollars month. This
is totally eliminated in a~town OF
smaller size where street cars are
useless.
In a smaller town where everybody
is Known to each other there is nc
need for dressing up every time you
want to go any place. In the larger
city, however, nobody wants to be seel.
on the street unless dressed up in hi
best. This is possibly more true of the
women than of the men. But on the
other hand the men of city are "o1.
the go" more than in small town
and it costs more to be "small bug
in the large city than a "big bug" II
a small town.
The next reason is the social bene
fits derived from living in small
town. The advantages along this line
are shown in religious work. The op-
portunities in religious work are muc
greater, for a person as an individ
ual is taken more account of. 1t is i'm
possible in any large gathering O.
people to have the same personal feel
ing for each other as in a smalle-
town. Every one takes a more per-
sonal interest in the welfare of his
neighbors and in turn are not back
ward in doing their part of the church
work. On Sundays in small towns
there are no attractions to draw ones
attention from the church.
Social functions in small towns are
much more enjoyable than in large
cities for, as I have said before, you
are we'll acquainted with every one
and, therefore, can enjoy yourself thai
much more. You are interested il
each other as your topics for conver-
sation show and you are not apt tc
criticize or be criticized on the kind Of
attire you wish to wear. Smalle
crowds can always have a better time
,han larger ones. You can participate
n many games and many other meth
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