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Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
MEXICAN LOVER "PLAYs BEAR"
Must Be Possessed Of Unlimited Pa
tlenee for courtship 10 Slow and
Difficult Process.

This is the manner of courtship in
Mexico, says the World Outlook. A
young man sees young lady on the
street whom he admires. and follows
her home. Having reached her casa.
he begins to 'play the bear" by
walking back and forth in front Of
the house or standing on the street
with his eyes fixed upon her windows.
for hours at q time, day and night
alike.
The Mexican young woman Is coy,
and. even If greatly interested. she
will remain back of the curtain. BY
the slightest movement of the cur
tains or blinds she gives sign that she
is not entirely Indifferent. After q
day or two she may even show her
face or wave her hands as further
mark of encouragement. and, after
several days. she may appear on the
balcony for a few moments. II she
goes to church the lover Is probably
not far behind, and an occasional
smile or glance from her eyes Of mid
night is given him as reward for his
faithfulness. Next come daily salutes
and smiles when the lover appears.
Flowers in which notes are concealed
are sent by the aid Of the water car
riers or charcoal vendors.
When the courtship has so far ad-
vanced that the lovers may talk, the
moonlight nights are devoted to the
love-making and several pairs Of low
ers can be seen on almost any street
he on the sidewalk, she at the window.
Perhaps in the most casual way imag-
Unable she may let her fingers slip
through the bars, for there is just a
chance that mamma may be asleep.
Later he may be invited to call at
the house by the father or mother aft
er family council, If his antecedents
are all right, for of course they have
been Investigated by the sagacious
parents.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
If
BY w. kee Maxwell.

ny w. Nee MAXWELL.
II that old flag should cease to float
Beneath these spangled skies,
II. while the alien victcrs gloat,
; Another flag should rise
Then tell me, Stacker, tell me true;
How much would life be worth to
you?
II all for which cur fathers fought
Were crushed to earh today;
II all the noble work they wrought
We're rudely swept away
How much for you of honest worth
Were left upon this dreary earth?
II liberty were but a dream
And home an empty word,
II tyranny should rule supreme
And justice ne'er be heard
What were the fruits of coming yea RS
But bitterness and futile tears?
Ch, That old, Flag must ever fly,
Unspotted, bold and free,
A pledge of freedom, floating high,
Through all the years to be!
And you who shirk to shield its fame
Must ever bear the brand of shame!
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
The Squirrel Dog.

There is no accounting for that un-
canny faculty that enables homely,
long-legged, sad-eyed pup to go un-
erringly to lofty oak tree In whose
higher branches bit of animated
brown fur Is secreted. Another dog
Of the same or more prepossessing np-
pearance and Of better breed might
trot unconcernedly past that same oak
tree without SO much as casual sniff.
But not so with the real squirrel dog"
He'd pick out the right tree in the
densest grove a hunter ever penetrat-
ed. And II that squirrel started leap
Ing from tree to tree, that dog would
follow 1t over a square mile of tim
ber.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
Nations Defense.

The wealth of nation must be de-
Tended as well us constructed. E.
Even II the days of absolute conquest
are past, there are yet thousand
liabilities to violent encroachment on
the honor and rights Of a people which
they cannot be passive under without
sacrificing national spirit and we'll
nigh dlssolving the bonds of govern
ment itself. But where lies the
strength of nations defense? In
such things as money purchases
ships, fortifications and magazines Of
war? No. The real public bulwarks
Of nation are public love,
wisdom. and high command, attach
ment to home and bravery.-Horace
Bushnell.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
FIJIAN RACE IS DYING out
South Sea islanders No Longer Saw
ages and cannibal But Humorous,
Good-Natured loafers.

The Fiji islands abound in reputa-
ton. To our grandparents they were
the last word in barbarism, a simile
for anything at once remote and ter.
rible. a place where missionaries got
stewed-by the cannibals-and clothes
were worn not at all.
The general impression Of the South
Sea islands as wild and degenerate
part Of the world was sOftened and H.
lumined by the writings Of Mark
Twain about Hawaii and by Robert
But no one wrote anything important
about the Fijians and that Is why the
islands and people today are so very
different from what you would expect
to find them.
The Fijians are not only no longer
savages and cannibals, but they are
fast disappearing altogether. Hindus,
Englishmen and SamOans are the toll
ers Of the islands. The fierce Solomon
apt to be hunting your laundry than
your head. The Fijian, still distin-
guished by the frizzled aureole of his
hair and the scantiness Of his attire,
is humorous, good-natuxed loafer.
His native island is rapidly being
taken away from him by more indus
trious peoples, and his race is dying
out; but these things worry him not
at all. He lives by the fish Of his
rivers and the wild fruit Of the Jungle,
and by the skill Of his wife in pottery
and other handicrafts. He has given
up caanibalism in difference to popu-
lar opinion. 1t is true. but in other
ways he still lives his life much as he
pleases, which is more than most of
us ever achieve.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
THURSDAY, JULY 18th. 1917.
OUR GREAT DEMO-
CRATIC GOVERNMENT

This government was founded and
has grown to be the most powerful
OF any on earth, upon the principles
of democracy that guarantee to all,
be they of high or low birth, the
right to aspire to the highest OF the
land, providing their mentality merits
their advancement.
Many of our eminent statesmen of
the present as we'll as the past were
Of humble birth, but their mental
powers were such that they soon
forged to the front as statesmen and
men of wealth and influence.
Abraham Lincoln, who became pres
ident of this republic and successful
ly carried the nation to safety dur
Ing the Civil war was born from
humble parentage in a log cabin in
Hardin county, KY, and his facilities
for education in youth were meagre
in the extreme. Henry Ford the great
manufacturer, was also born of hum.
BILE parentage, but his ingenious
mind under the freedom of democra-
cy was allowed to soar until he now
superintends one Of the greatest man.
ufacturing plants of the world.
These men in their lines, became
men of national responsibility and
stand side by side with our educated
and cultured president, who now
directs the worlds destiny regarding
freedom OF country and sea.
Our democratic form of government
Is based upon capacity. and not upon
royal taint, where the offspring Of
the lowly can forge ahead on the
same plane as the rich. and it is hard
for us to understand how one who is
permitted this toundless realm Of
freedom can antagonize the govern
ment in this war for the worlds free
dom.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
ALL REQUIREMENTS OF HERO
Mcriwether Lewis, President Jeffer-
sons Secretary, Had Qualifications
Demanded In Fiction.

When writer comes to the fashion
Ing Of a hero usually he wants a tall
young mantle ladies love that sort.
Meriwether Lewis was tall young
man, gOodly In inches and In thews. A
hero must have courage, or the ladies
will not like him. What hero of fact
or fiction ever showed more courage
than he dld2 question If Christie
pher Columbus ever needed more cOur-
age or ever showed more than Neri-
wether Lewis.
A hero must be trifle Of an ele-
CANT also, else the ladies will not like
him. Meriwether Lewis was once
called "a splendid dandy" He was
not only President Thomas Jefferson's
business assistant, but his social Sec
retary as well, and arbiter Of good
form in the early days of Washing
ton.
The ladies like hero with a past,
with certain air of melancholy about
him. No author need imagine these
things for Meriwether Lewis-there
was mystery and romance in all his
life. Dead at thirty-five years of age,
he died as he had lived, surrounded
still with a very halo Of mystery. en-
veloped in a splendid reticence which
shielded him against all the world.
That mystery exists even today. The
full story Of his life has never been
told, and may never be told. In short,
he was hero. with all the elements
Of heroism. OF him certainly 1t might
be written that he lived always gen.
tleman unafraid. Officer, gentleman,
soldier, statesman, born leader and
born lover-why> heroes when
such as this exist Emerson Hough
In Southern Woman's Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
NIoht Owls Are Safe,

A celebrated scientist, who has made
a lifelong study of different forms Of
bacteria. recently made the interesting
announcement that there are more
microbes In the air ut nine o'clock in
the morning and ut nine o'clock at
night than during any other periods
Of the day. He says that he has also
discovered that the percentage Of MI
crobes in the atmosphere is less' Mt
three o'clock In the morning and at
three o'clock in the afternoon than ut
pny other times.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
CARRANZA BAlkS ON
TAKING KAISER'S OFFER

We have always claimed the kaiser
was a comic sort of cuss.
Who must always have his little
jest.
Take the stunt he pulled on Belgium; ;
twas Teuton brand of joke,
Though he failed to land the gal
lery or their laughter to invoke
Then he sank the Lusitania in the
grimest sort of jest;
But OF all the bulls he ever pulled.
his latest is he best.
We wonder. how Carranza took the
kaiser's snappy note,
When he offered whiskers Texas if
he'd held to get our goat.
Somehow we think we see him when
he read the message DER,
And in our Imagination we can hear
the muffled roar
When he called in his chief minister,
a-growling in his throat.
Exclaiming, when he saw him, "Dios
hell of motel"
Kaiser Bill would give me Texas.
(Now, what dye think OF thato
If would cross the river and help
him in his spat.
might have delirium tremens, throw
an epileptic fit,
But l refuse stick of dynamite
with the fuse already lit.
Yes. Old Bill would give me Texas!-
grab the wireless quick and tell
Bill he might give me TeXas-and
Texas give ne hell.
Bill might offer me a wildcat for a
roommate, or he might
Send me an invitation whole cage
of lions to fight.
II | would help him lick the world, nc
doubt he would be glad
To offer larger fer my pains-a
tiger fighting mad.
Yep. If | would join HIM in his spree,
he might be willing to
Turn me loose stark naked. in a
fighting, biting zoo.
"Old Bill might think he's funny, but
. his humor's sort of stale.
If Williams just a-kidding NE, his
efforts wholly fail
l might drink carbolic acid. or take
concentrated lye.
Or walk up to Jess willard and
soak him in the eye.
I'm talking 20 you wilhelm. so get
what ! relate
There amt ro guy alvin that
could hand me Texas state."
LATER
Since thinking over that there note
er-wha you wrote about.
might take your proposition-i
ycu'll just leave Texas out.
w. b. Kay, in Saint Jo, (Texas)
Tribune,
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
Pay, Pray and Pea Away.

In Long Island village there used
to be ana still is group of people who
thought u good deal Of each other In
spite Of what they said, which was
frequently Of an unsympathetic ma
ture, according to the New York Sun.
The group existed under various self
imposed names and had u semi i-humor-
Gus motto which ran, PAY, pray and
peg away"
All the members Of this little asso.
ciation are still alive. kicking and
good-natured.
Now seems an apt time to suggest
that their motto be made public and
urged for more general adoption.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

:. In our opinion the crazy picketing
at the White house irdulged in by
the erratic members of the suffrag-
etts, is delaying the cause of nation-
al female suffrage by many, many
years.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Silver has now reached the highest
point, so. since its demoneuzation
In 1898, and with prospect of still
going higher, as China. the United
States and several other countries,
are In lhe market COPPER and lead
are still high. ard If Ihe smelters
would only give n fair price for these
by-products, mirirg would he In a
more prosperous condition.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

From recent dispatches we note
that several of the German cabinet
have been asked to resign and they
have accepted Of the invitation. Sup
pose Denver asks its congressman to
do likewise. and thus relieve congres
and Colorado Of this congressional
wart.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

1t isn't hard to see why woman
thinks that she has shapely chest.
Some women are SO saving that
the only thing they imagine isn't
worth keeping is secret.
Once in while you will meet a
woman who would be good looking If
it wasn't for her face.
A mule never brags about it's exc
cutive ability. And yet 1t Is as big
a kicker as some men who do.
Another. reason why a corn fed
girl looks so cool on a hct day is
because she is sweating where you
can't see it.
We don't care how hot it gets.
The waists are so flimsy that girl
might as well not wear any, and the
corset covers are so skimpy that they
merely emphasize what they are sup
posed to conceal.
A smart wife never insists on hav-
ing her own way. She just has 1t,
and says nothing about it.
When girl is dressing to go out
on hot day she sings that glad re-
frain: LET Little Sunshine In"
Even when a girl knows that the
attendance at her home at the even
ing performance will be limited to
one lone man, she does as much doll
ing up as if she expected full house.
Never judge man by his son-in-
law His daughter and his wife usual
ly wish that relative on him without
his consent.
Married men ous hit to make better
soldiers than single men. They know
whole lot about strategy and are
used to fighting.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

When Uncle Sam ! was sending
Berkman and Emma Goldman to the
pen, he should have gone a little
farther. and either deported or in
termed about regiment of the lead
ers of those l. w. w. that are now
creating trouble in the mining camps.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Thomas Chapple has lost his large
st. Bernard dog. Tom thinks that
either some l. w. w. has captured
him or that a German spy has pur-
1oined him for the purpose of hunting
Italian soldiers in the sleeps of the
Alps.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

When we think of Geneal Perish
ing with 10000 American soldiers at
the battle front in France within 70
days after the declaration Of war up
on Germany, we begin to realize that
We have not such slow secretary of
navy or of war.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Poor man! No sooner does his
mother stop following him around
with hot water bottle and advice
than his wife begins following him
around with lot of questions and
a bundle of bills.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Spencer Penrose CT Colorado
Springs, should have the gratitude OF
all Colorado, not only in his magnifi.
cent gift to The Red Cross, but for
his outspoken sentiments to the rich
millionaires of the state who refused
TO come across according to their
means.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
Wasted Words.

"What do you do when your wife
asks you for money!"
Il deliver lecture on the high cost
OF living, the folly Of extravaganza
and my limited income"
"What does she dot"
"She huns little tune"
"Then what happens?"
Il hand her check for the desired
amour"
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Chira's return to monarchy was
of short duration. as the boy EN-
peror has already vacated the throne,
and a new president installed The
cy and will have none other
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

We think it is high time that the
government took drastic action with
the Il Won't Work. people. Either in
tern them ON half rauons fer the per-
led of the war. or ccnscript them
and send them to the front.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Colorado girls are now studying
wireless telegraIhy and ere long we
may expect to see them operating
airplanes and joining the army in
France.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

When man asks for your "love,'
Dearie. what he really wants is your
flattery. your qisses and your cook
ing-a combination quite as satisfy
irS and great deal less nerverack-
ing.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

The present congress has shown
that hereafter the people should
choose men for senators and repres-
entatives fer their patriotism and
love Of country, ra her than for their
political belief.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Let congress quit playing politics
and shortly rass he food bill govern
Ing high prices. before an outraged
public gives them a chance to hunt
new job.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Governor Gunter has called the leg.
islature to convere in extra session
Wednesday, July lSh, fer the pur-
pose of dealing with war measures.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

The Russian army in Galatia, that
has been idle fer many months. have
reorganized and are now victors over
their common enemy.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Time and tide wait for no man. hui
an united woman has to wait for any
man who, chooses to keep her wait.
ing.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

When President Wilson appointed
George Creel ON the censor beard he
perhaps had not heard OF what a
farce he made OF the Denver Fire
and Police board when he was its
thairman.s
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Clarence Cowling ard mother re-
turned frcm a visit to Little.cn Mon.
DAY. night.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Married men oue hit to make better
soldiers than single men. They know
whole lot about strategy and are
used to fighting.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Once in a while you will meet a
woman who would be good looking if
1t wasn't for her face.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12
LUKE meLukE SAYS

1t isn't hard to see why a woman
thinks that she has d shapely chest.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

When a girl is dressing to go ou
on a hot day she sings that glad re
frain: LET a Little Sunshine In"
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Never judge a man by his son-in
law. His daughter and his wife usual
ly wish that relative on him withou
his consent.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Some women are SO saving that
the only thing they imagine isn't
worth keeping is secret.
Gilpin observer., 1917-07-12

Even when girl knows that the
attendance at her home at the even
ing performance will be limited to
one lone man, she does as much doll
ing up as if she expected full house.
The Washington times., 1917-02-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST
In AND ABOUT TOWN
Happenings of the Day In
. Various Parts of the
Nations Capital.

Girls will be girls. even a college
education can't make them other
wise. And the proof of the assertion
is TO be found at George Washington
University, where the girls still are
amusing themselves with childish
things, just as they did when they
wore short skirts and bows on their
hair and ATTENDED grade school.
The semester grades at the
university range from a, the highest
mark, through Is, c, d, and f to F.
the lowest mark. The G. w. u. girls
are just getting their semester re
ports, and they are having a jolly
time noting the combinations of
their marks to see what they spell.
so far 1 have a ID. an f, and an
A." said a pretty freshman. with a
toss of her head, land I'm just won
dering if my fourth mark will be
d or an +. There's not much choice
between Dead and Deaf"
A senior chirped in, her eyes twink
ling with deIign..
well, got all A's-A-A-A-A-A-A-
and my report makes a noise like
goat
other girl students then had their
say, and at the end of the sympo-
sium these combinations were sum-
married: Deed. Bee. Dad, Cad, Add,
Bad, Feed. Bed and F-FF-FF, a sort
of horse laugh.
The Washington times., 1917-02-22
TELLS OF TEMPORARY WIFE
Bennet's Tale In All-story Magazine
One Of Many Features.

Robert Ames Bennet Is a writer
who believes in quality rather than
in quantity, and his story in this
weeks All-Story, on sale February
%. His Temporary Wife," is one of
the best this young author has turn
ed out. 1t Is a story OF love and
marriage. The plot is a novel one.
A temporary wife, a man discovers,
is an unhandy thing, and the way he
extricates himself from what seems
to be a most difficult situation Is
charmingly told.
George Allen England, who began
his story OF a modest man turning
pirate. under the sobriquet OF "Billy
Jenkins, Buccaneer." in last weeks
issue, continues the serial with good
effect in this weeks number. Frank
l.. Packard's story, "The Sin That
Was His" and the argus Pheasant,
by John Charles Beecham, are two
unusually interesting tales OF love
and adventure.
One complete novelette,. "The
Kings Jewel" by Stephen Chalmers,
Is sufficient to provide an evening $
enhancing entertainment. Five short
stories are included. and some inter
esting verse.
The heart-to-heart talks OF the
editor possess the inherent quality Of
attraction that has made them fea-
ture OF the magazine.
The Washington times., 1917-02-22
BEQUEATHED PAINTINGS
Widow of Colonel Eddy Made Insti-
tuition Gifts.

Mrs. Mary Houston Eddy, widow of
Col. 4. r. Eddy, by a codicil of her
will. filed for probate in the District
Supreme Court yesterday by Attorney
Stanton l.. Peele, directs that her coll
lection of paintings and worries be
given to the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Gallery of Art.
Sallie Houston Carr, a sister, is be-
queathed 81 900. Her son, II. NJ. Carr,
is left a similar bequest. The bulk
of the estate is left in trust to the
American Security and Trust Com
pany to pay certain incomes to rela-
tives. If there are no heirs after the
Limitation of the trust the Little Sis
ters of the Poor, of this city. will
receive $4,000. and all the rest is to
go to the Washington Home for
FOundlings and to the Children's Hos
pital.
The Washington times., 1917-02-22
FREAK ART is ABSENT
No Cubist or Futurist Pictures in
Capital Artists Exhibit.

Cubists may come and go, futurists
may rise and fall, but painters and
sculptors of the. National Capital, as
represented in the twenty-sixth annua
exhibition of the Society of Washing
ton Artists, will have none of freak
art
There is not cubist, futurist, or
post-impressiOnist picture among the
1O2 in the exhibition, and only few
of them bear a faint suggestion of the
impressionistic. More than sixty of
the pictures are by artists who reside
in Washington or have attained artis-
tic recognition here.
The exhibition opened with a recep-
ton and private view last evening,
and today il was thrown open to the
public. The pictures and sculpture
will remain in place until March Z.
No awards will be made.
The Washington times., 1917-02-22

Players at the Central High School
tonight at 8 o'clock. Mr.. Gluck will
take the part of SNAP" in the play
and Miss Frances Geschickster VIII
play the part of Susan, the maid.
They appeared in "Disraelf" at the
Belasco last spring.
Miss Katherine Moran, a member
of the freshman class, will have the
leading feminine role. Other MEM
bers Of the cast are Eugene Under
wood, Franklin Krock, Daniel Hig-
gins. and Charles Rothe.
DIR. James Dickinson will give an
organ recital preceding the play. The
proceeds from the entertainment Will
go to the dramatic and athletic as
sociations.