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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
ElOcution and the Chautauqua.

the English language SO that the
audience cant tell it from Esperanto
without buying a libretto. After a
person has studied elocution for
S speyet hers and 'eyethe err Without
ducking. Elocution is more popular
on the mid summer chautauqua than
anywhere else although several TO
bust brands are to be found in the
pulpit Nearly all of our leading
auctioneers are, graduates of some
them to aim their voices in any di::
rectiCn without soaring up. One Of
the most engaging personalities in
our communal life is the amateur
elocutionist who can recite the finale
to "Thanatopsis' Immediately after
a full meal without removing, his
coat and vest. Elocution would be
business interests if somebody would
curtail it soon after it passes the
Judges stand. The trouble with
most elocution is that it has about
as extensive a repertory as the ket--
t tie drum After a man has heard lear q
Charge of the Light Brigade sew
eral times in succession at chau-
tauqua assembly, he is liable to lose
interest in what is going on about
him and fall into dedal bass slum-
Der. The highest form of elocution
is assisted at critical periods by, the
hands and feet with a little help
from the eyebrows and shoulder
blades. Some people are able to elo
cute with considerable talent, with
out using anything but the alphabet,
while others charge upon the audi
ence with the abandon OF dement, !
ed windmill Elocution was invent
ed by Demosthenes who discovered
it by filling his mouth with pebbles
and deadly adjectives and later intro
duced it to the lyceum bureaus.
When used as a filler between bell
ringing act. and tenor solo it pro-
duces a very soothing and soporitic
effect and enables the listener to rest
up. The better grades of elocution
drift into Shakespearian drama and
decorate the stage with primeyal
rhetoric and some that is not so
high prce.-HOWard Ram.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
Silent Musings.

| am sitting all alone in my real
estate and loan office in Davis City,
Decatur county, Iowa. (the best lit
tie town on the map. sitting and re-
calling past events as they rush
rapidly by, upon the wings of light
that just ~ years ago today, on
July II, 1870 at 6 p. M. was
married to my beloved wife. at
Brooks, Adams county, Iowa, at the
farm residence of the late hev.
Jacob Delay, marrying the oldest
daughter Mary e. Delay. Oh, what
changes have taken place since that
time. in this old world of ours, es-
pecially Leon and Decatur county,
since my arrival here.
At about 8 O'Clock a. m, July 49,,
1870, l took the stage for Osceola'
to board the train for Brooks, which
left Osceola at that time about y
o'clock, but it rained on us all the
way to Osceola and ] was two hours
late and had to wait until 2 a. m.
Sunday morning. July II; 1870; be
but arrived at Brother Delays
about Z a. m. and we had to go to
Quincy. the county seat, 8 miles,
horse back to get the licenses. But
at 6 o'clock p. m. we were finally
married and partoOk of a fine sup
per, and the marriage ceremony be-
ing over, which has remained to this
day, 40 years. -,
with my parents. John and Margery
Tharp ldeceased) and landed in our
old log cabin, two miles northeast of
Leon on a 100 acre farm on old Mac
Gruder, which will be &C years ago
next November, 1919. l see by the
Leon Reporter, Brother J. NJ. Chas-
tain of Leon, attended the first cele-
bration ever held in Leon, on July
remember it we'll as l was there at
the time, and as near as | remember
It, they had three roasted beeves in
stead of one. l was then only IL
years old but I can almost taste It
yet. Mr. Chastain came In 1855,
and l came in 1853, two. years
ahead of Brother John Chastain
| often think what the poet said
when quoting these words:
Days and years resolve but slowly,
Time is tedious to the young
in our hope of coming pleasure,
Oft we wish our days were gone,
But soon they fly we know not
whittier
Age comes on us unaWares
All our hopes of coming pleasure
Pass away with passing years.
So wife and l are all alone, but
when the storms of life are raging.
with an eye of faith we look beyond
the clouds and can see the rainbow
Of promise leaving the horizon of |
hope, and we go climbing the sky
until the wheels of life stands still
forever and we ascend the mountains
Of God forever with all loved ones
gone before.
Joseph Tharp, Davis City, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
Decatur County-Tbe Wonderland.

and publisher Of the great and only
Charlton Leader, strayed off down
into Decatur county, beholds the
wonders Of that commonwealth and
Decatur county has long been con-
sidered the realm of occult mystery
the land of natural wonder. All
this is weekly demonstrated and
vouched for-and sworn to-.and
religiously asserted in the columns
of The Leon Reporter, which is
blue grass grows SO tall that it in
terriers with the transit of the stars;
Jack rabbits roam in herds and are
as large as Missouri mules in their
stocking feet, domestic fowls have
developed into quadrupeds and are
in especial demand for hotel tables;
booze ships pass in the night from
beyond and there are 50 many
strange things that we have not
time or space to enumerate. The
writer has never visited the Orient,
never voyaged up the Nile and be-
held the castles, of antiquity has
ancients or ran the gauntlet of the
Catacombs, has never viewed the
cathedrals or been awed before the
holy shrines OF magic worship, has
never explored the deserts of lost
tribes or mined diamonds in the
fields of South Africa, but he has
been on aflying trip to Decatur
county, and that is an achievement
comparatively few can boast Of.
The town of Leon was practically
deserted, although of week days it
is lively place, and all indications
prove that it is up-to-date and pro-
gressive. 1t is town Of fine homes,
good public buildings and finely
paved streets, but on this occasion
appeared lonesome, SO we talked TO
the. pol-parrots in the park in sew
eral languages, visited the cemetery
and read of the achievements of the
original inhabitants and learned
whittier they had gone, lounged up
on the lawns and drank health at
game out at Axes had abated, when
the population returned and painted
Welcome" upon the thresholds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
Wind, Hail and Rain Did Much Dam.
age.

A severe rain, accompanied by a
high wind and hail, visited this sec
ton last Wednesday night and did
heavy damage to the corn and stand
ing small grain. The storm made q
Corydon and six or eight miles
north, the heaviest wind and rain,
however, passing through this town,
with the largest hail a few miles
north, where the corn was almost
stripped and the oats and wheat
beaten to the ground. In many
fields the grain was beaten out of
the heads. Some of the farmers
have been trying to cut the grain
even though it was on the ground,
but others thought it was useless to
do anything toward trying to salvage
it.-Corydon Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
When Pa and Ma Get Sick.

When pa is sick
He's scared to death,
An ma an us
Just hold our breath.
He crawls in bed,
An puffs and grunts,
An does all kinds
Of crazy stunts.
He wants the doctor,
An mighty quick;
For when pas i'll,
He's awful sick.
He grasps and groans
An sort of signs,
He talks so queer.
An rolls his eyes
Ma jumps and runs,
An all of us,
An all the house,
Is in a muss;
An peace an joy
Is mighty skeerce-
When pa is sick
It's something fierce
When ma is sick
She pegs away;
She's quiet, though,
Not much to say
She goes right on
A-doin' things,
An sometimes laughs,
Err even sings.
She says she don't
Feel extra we'll,
But then it's just
A kind of spell;
She'll be all right
Tomorrow, sure;
A good old sleep
Will be the cure.
An pa, he shifts
An makes no kick,
For women folks
Is always sick.
An ma, she smiles,
Lets on she's glad
When ma is sick,
1t amt so bad.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24

When q visiting woman is driven
past notable residence and she has
not one at home equally as large she
an Institution to suit me-"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24

The most common flavor in the
world Is frying bacon. And IT beats
orange blossoms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-06-05

Where are thc fathers, mothers and
friends vho used to
occasions. They, too, have gone TO
IL Promised Land until today In town
thors remains - few that ! can almost
esunt them upon the fingers Of my two
hnnds once repeated
Bscause u the changed character Of
thans assenblies upsa these occasSons.
49, - ase - interested and aAseeb-
- = ~ evenfs u u preoeat vAr.
] hnve tAeggek + would - integesting
ond tnstTuttivs. especially - 'tAs
yUuag peopae anA - ~ soadien jnst
rse1sned ffem evsEseas an4 caaQs,
many q wilson ~ are Fejeieed - -
hers tsday. = spsak q IL Civil War
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-21
a splendid future for the district Anchorage Times.

Arrangements to start dredging and hydraulic operations for the season are well under way in the vicinity of Dawson. The Yukon Gold has a number of men at each of it's camps, and will have everything in readiness as soon as the water is available for power and in the hydraulic ditches.
 The Canadian Klondye Company is preparing to start it's various dredges, says H. G. Blankman, the receiver and manager, as soon as repairs are com pleted on them. No. 4, which operated all through the winter, and was shut down recently, will be the first to re- sume work, and will be under way, he says, in very short time now. MT. Blankman completed arrangements re- gently whereby he removed to Bear creek the last of the dredge material which had been accommodating on the White Pass wharf since 1911, and tdluCu dL P1OOsOOU. 4hC 1eOAAeAA AAA cluded seventy large bucket lips and five tons of steel ladder rollers, all of which were taken out of Dawson last week by a string of rigs moving in procession. Leading the procession was the powerful Tuba tractor, with two heavily laden wagons trailing. Following that>was one six-horse team one four-horse team, and one single team, all drawing full loads.
 Mr. Blankman also is arranging to have the big c. K. M. pumping plant, at the mouth of Hunker, start as soon as the water is available It will pump water for the Harry Jones hydraulic properties, on the left limit of Last Chance. MT. Jones already has a crew of several men there working on the preliminaries.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-21
MINING NOTES
 GATHERED IN Y NORTHLAND

Hule Goodell is down from the Will low creek quartz district and is stop ping at the Crist house. MT. Godell expects to finish his business matters and he reports the tunnel work on the Fern-Goodell property is progressing satisfactorily, as is the general preliminary work throughout the district. In point of service MT. Godell is one of the oldest prospectors and miners in the district. His \pros- pect work has always been thorough and he has discovered several proper ties that are destined to become valu- able.
 Among others he reports that the Bassil brothers have established permanent camp on their property To- cated at the head of Craigy creek. They have a good showing and will spend the season further prospecting the property.
 Holland and Long will continue the work on their claims located north of the Gold Bullion on Purchase creek. They have moved material for cabin to be erected on the property that is one of the likeliest prospects in the district.
 According to MT. Goodell the pres ent work under way is of a more sub- stantial nature than formerly and he has reasonable grounds for predicting
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-21

Spring suits make their appeal to us from new angles this season, for there are almost none among them that so much as suggest severity of line or finish. They are easy and graceful and decidedly chic. They look thoroughly comfortable for summer time, and rely upon the vestee to provide warmth for crisp spring days. They are more or less ornamented with narrow, fiat or soutache braid, or with long and short stitch embroidery or couching. Among decorations, embroidered band effects are in great demand. Crisscross tucks or narrow silk braid, faultlessly stitched on, in crisscross band pat tern, are among the details that have captivated the devotees of tailored clothes everywhere.
 These decorations of embroidery, pin tucks and beautifully stitched braid are among the luxuries, for they add as much or moEe to the cost of suit as is asked for the goods 1t is made of. Some women who are clever with the needle buy plain, well-made suit and embroider or braid 1t to suit them- selves. This lifts it out of the ordi- nary immediately and places it on a new plane among those aristocrats in street suits that are priced at some thing like hundred dollars or more usually more. These high prices are explained as the result of the great advance in the rxice of labor. If this
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-21
Jet Buckles, White Shoes.

White buckskin shoes shown for the South show Jet buckles of va rious sorts. Usually they are very effective. One method of mounting the buckle is to place it on foun- dation composed of closely plaited black ribbon, which extends just far enough to give the buckle a little backing. Sometimes, too, white satin evening slippers show jet buckles, or small jet buttons fastened hat against the tongue section or the edge of the shoe as 1t slopes up t0 the instep.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-21

is the case it is some consolation to consider that those who do the work are being well paid for it.
 The suit pictured is the most popu- lar of new models and Is of beige-col- ored tricot. The skirt Is without deco ration and has a four-inch hem. Sou- tache braid, stitched on one edge, forms the attractive ornamental band that enriches the coat. It widens at the center where three small bone but tons are set in each side of the center panel. The round collar and f1aring sleeves are embellished with braided pattern.
The evening world., 1919-01-23

one Of the most agreeable amenities
OF civilized marriage. The man who
does not practise it is lruor, the
woman who omitJ II from her reper-
tory a prlg.
Moreover. all persons possessed by
any feeling worthy the namo Of love
feel Jealousy. Noluptuarics do not
But they are the Bolsheviki of the
emotional world and, being bankrupt
of sentiment themselves, wish TO
make others so.
No woman can love man OF whom
she finds 1t impossible TO be Jealous.
She may marry him, OF course, for any
one OF the thousand reasons by which
women persuade themselves TO take
the step for which only one reason
Is adequate. But whatever her mo-
tive may have been. common civill.y
requires that she shall express at eas
polite concern about his fatal fas-
cination, even II she is unable to feel
any. SO II you cannot be jealous. be
as jealous as YOU can.
The evening world., 1919-01-23

famous song. will admit that know
absolutely nothing about the psychol-
ogy OF the susceptible seX--an awful
admission for any woman to be COM
PEELED TO make.
Jealousy Is to-day the most un-
fashionable Of the passions.
1t is indeed part OF the cult OF fem
inism TO deny jealousy.
mo sensible woman is Jealous OF her
husband" men solemnly assure us
having derived this information from
the source OF all masculine wisdom
about women-their own wives. FoI
not being jealous is one OF the new
poses among us. a regrettable pose,
think. since it deprives so many men
of the innocent thrll of being sus-
pectcd. Moreover, It gives women lcrs
rcsolutely modern an indisputable
advantage. lunchcd the other day
with "A husband and wife.
"While We were waiting for YOU"
connded the young woman, "a girl
walked by us three or four times and
she stared at my husband terribly. |
wanted to hit her with beer bottle
Che classic weapon. | understand
since The Lure" went on the road
some years ago). lnvoluntarily '
WINGED under the candid avowal and
glanced toward the man to see how he
was taking II. lie bloomed. cNpande 1,
grew radiant under this far from SUBJ
tie fattery. though he is middle
aged writer OF musical criticism. And
l realized then, as often before. the
mistake 80 many of US make in try.
ing not to be crude. subduing our
effects, indeed, as II we were plannin.
them for other women instead OF for
the simple, crcdulous children that tn,
best men are.
To many women-indced TO me-nc
The evening world., 1919-01-23
PAT ANSWERS PHONE.

nAT|lCk, lately over, was work
ing IN the yards of railroad.
one day he happened 10 be in
the yard office when the force WAS
out, The telephone rang vigorously
several times, aud ne at last decided
it ought to be answ cred lie walked
over to the instrument, tool, down the
receiver, and put his mouth to the
transmitter, just as he had seen others
do.
"Hillo" he called.
"Hello'" answered the voice at the
other end Of the line, rs this eight
SIX one iiVc- -nine?'
"Aw g'wan! Phwat a. yc tink Oi
ana bOA cai San Francisco Star.
The evening world., 1919-01-23

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We'll, every woman possessing I'M
aglnation is not genius" replied
NJ Davis ,.i,b , emil, "r, ,.o,,la bo
lcrrlOIc th'hg II tney were But as
compared with men, I should say the
averarc was reasopabiv bipb Thor,
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10 s'''oth'"s N'rE d'Iur!ns "oou' III
erature as vocation. Those who
succeed are To be CONGRATULATED. II d,
=, so,roo ~, c,ro,, .,,i.,,,,io, ., o.,
w.
that one can SIT down. ana with II
sheet Of white paper. create an in
tercstinr story In my oninion II ia
- ,',
'hc n'sHest FORM ol Ihu'''nudl eN-
preston. Few men are better stu
The evening world., 1919-01-23

were supposed to have a monopoly
] Of the red b CODED thcmcs-scr; OF a
corner on strength and courage, wiki
a special dispensatioL from heaven
emitting then to write with visJr
and In terms OF brutal finality: all Ot
which was pure unvarnished ROT!
We had novels for ladies and gentle
men. by ladies and gentlemen; we had
stories supersaturatcd with cradles.
firesides and morning glories, and
, ckIntz curtains. famed by summer
winds: soft signs omanatinE from the
lips OF debutantes, sweet creatures,
blending harmonlously with a home
influence"
Mr.. Davis appeared TO be very much
out Of conccit with that period.
when did the change take place? ?"
| asked him.
"For the better" he inquired. "On,
say when the women began to be
writer's, not merely females. why
shouldn't a woman have as broad and
CoIlll'l'holNt Il view VI illt 40 a man
Writing was a profession at one
time monopoliZcd by the male. 1t was
not only bad form for women to write
but undesirable that they should learn
! The first literature from women came
in the form of a protest against the
restraint on the part Of his lordship
man.
There is something very subtle
about woman's appreciation Of char
actcr. She may ideallze people in hex
mind, hut when she sets her conci,:s-
ions on paper. provided she has tho
discriminating quality. there is some
thing very direct and definite abOu;
the product. She has a clcar-sgh ght,l
uncanny prcscicncc concerning me
foiblcs, failings aud charms OF heI
characters.
Some sage once remarked that
Imagination never transcended cx-
perlence. That was before woman
took her pen in hand. She has greater
powers of INSTALLATION than man; a
condition that frequently leads her
| into fantastic conclusions and out OF
| the tranquil waters Of reality. but she
The evening world., 1919-01-23
The Romance Of Words

trade. CIainetmdkcrs Of that day, as
IN our own, wore accustomed TO
smooth over bad places IN their pro-
duct, or TO MI peg holes made through
error with wax. When varnish or
other finishing liquid was applied, the
damaged places could not be seen.
But this OF course was not the best
furniture, and it came to be trade
expression that the finest household
furnishings must be finished sine
cera without wax. II was AN easy
transition from sine cera to sincere
still used to-day in much the same
manner as by the old Romans, for
sincere implies the very thing that
it meant 1000 years ago.
The evening world., 1919-01-23

wall and a good many Of the side
walks. Immediately people began TO
ask what these four letters meant,
arranged in such a strange fashion.
Curiosity was aroused. Q-u-i-z be-
came literally the question of the
hour And it has remained so ever
since, being used IN the sense of ques-
ttuuug another, or as indicating a
hoax.
When We sign letter yours sin
ccrcly' We really say yours with
out wax" This word comes from
two Roman roots, sine cera, meaning
without wax The words were orig
NELLY a term in the Roman furniture
The evening world., 1919-01-23

all modern magicians, has just prophc-
s,cd THAI intelligent communication
with the stars will be quito possible
for the electrical scientists OF the fu-
turc. lie thinks that the universal
science OF mathematics will he util-
tied as a sort OF intcrplanetary Es-
pcrdntO. transmitted through ether
waves that travel on forever, and he
tells OF already receiving strange sig
nails which seen to come out OF the
infinite ocean OF space in which this
earth OF ours revolves.
The possibility OF establishing a
Hello, Mars" line has been for sew
cral years one Of sciences most fas-
cinating speculations. And, for all
| we know to the contrary, Mars has
! been working to establish Hello,
| earth" line. Certainly II the Red
Planet. named FOR the war god. lives
up TO it's nnmc, II should be especially
eager TO establish communications
Just now and be posted ON poison gas,
submarines and the other modern i'm
provcmcnts Of strife.
In 1913, few months before the
war opcncd, distinguished astron-
omcr, NJ. lie Coutre of Geneva, ar
rived at the conclusion that in
habltants OF Mars were signalling tho
earth. During observations which
| lasted seventeen days, he remarked
a series Of luminous apparitions OF n
blush white color. lasting some sec
onds and occurring on several differ
J ent nights. He compared them to
the light of powerful electric arc
| light.
/ The noted French astronomer. Ca
mile Flammarion. and Prof w. H.
Pickering of Harvard, both have de-
clarcd that communication between
Ms and the Martians might be ostab-
lished by light signals, Prof. Pick
ering suggested that "A mirror turned
on an axis toward Mars be used for
rejecting the rays OF the sun.
"I think a st'll better way of put
ting n systcm Of mighty rcflcotors IN
! practica," commented NJ. flam-
marion, "would bo 10y electric light
rcflectors at night as the luminous
projections thus thrown from the
dark surface Of the earth would be
seen much moro easily than re-
Hcctcd light intense enough in Itself
hut ncutralized to certain extent
by the bright surface of the sunlight
earth.
In either case the signals could
! certainly be seen by the Martlan'
, provided they possess instruments
and other means OF perception equiv
alent 20 our telescopes. The expert
mcnt might be tried in any part OF
the world. Supposing the signals
were seen and answered, the res
would be easy
First primitive calls exchanges
would be Just the intcr-pianctar'
tclcgraphic Arc YOU therc| ono
I communication is established the In
I vtnuuu of code of thought trans
/ mission, mtcluglble for both worlds