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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
STREET DANCING

To the Editor: A large number
opinion that dancing greatly tends to
lower the standard of morality of the
community. And it can not be de-
MED that the public dance has led to-
the ruin of many young men and
women.
And no public dance is more OBJ
jectionable than the so-called pave
ment dance" which seems to be so
essential CD to the homecoming eel
ebrations held in honor of our SOL
dier and sailor boys. In such pro-
miscuous street dancing the frivolous
and immoral take greater liberties in
the large, unwieldy and noisy crowds
than they ever can pin a well con-
trolled and supervised dance indoors.
The homecoming celebration is a
community affair, which not only tne
dance loving citizens are asked to
support and help make a creditable
success Every patriotic citizen is
anxious to help give the boys hearty
and worthy welcome. But large
percentage of the people in Lake
county object to the paving dance as
a part of it, 1t certainly is not essen
tial to a good time. Or has 1t come to
this, that a community cannot ar
| range for a successful patriotic af-
| fair without having a dance in con-
nection with it?
There is certainly no lack of OPP
portunity for the dance-craZy public
to indulge freely in this city. Public
/ dances are advertised for three to
! four evenings a week some times
When our citizens arrange for a
celebration to be given by the whole
community is it not just and fair to
/ eliminate such parts from the pro-
gram that we know very large num-
4 Der of our citizens object to? Who
is helping to hold high the standard
ard of morality, the dance and the
!. dancing public or the church and the
christian citizen?
To show to what extent this limo
vation of street dancing already ha!
become Objectionable, not only tt
leaders in the church and to the re
lgious press, but even to some of oul
leading daily papers in the larger
cities, let me quote what Washing
ton correspondent of an eastern pa
per has to say on the subject:
Street Dancing.-A few week
ago it was announced in the evenin'
papers that on certain evenings theI'
would be dancing for soldiers AM
sailors on the Capitol Plaza. Th
christians of the city were appalled,
t feeling that there was even now to-
e much familiarity on the streets o
: Washington with the many new peo
!, pie who do not have the restraints o
D home. The following morning DI
g w. f. Crafts called up the assistan
/. secretary of the navy, Mr.. Roosevelt
v as Mr.. Daniels was at that time alb
; sent in Europe DR.. Crafts said abou
r this: DO look at the New York Time
: of yesterday and see how strongl
! block dancing is condemned in tn
!, city of New York The Times say
If that ii has occasioned untold immoI
e ality, and the mayor and city counc
t have stopped street dancing entirel
o because of that immortality; and no.
n we are told that we are to have put
n lie dancing in front of the capitol {
the United States at the time whe
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
GROWS BUGLEsS POTATO
Crosses Tuber With Weed and Pests
Let IL Alone.

By crossing a weed with potato
plant, Aaron Bell, a Lyons (Kan) truck
gardener, has developed bugless po-
tato. The leaf of the new plant has
a weedy taste, Mr.. Bell declares, which
the bugs do not like, and they will not
touch the leaf. On the other hand, the
potato plant is not harmed.
While last year was a poor potato
season. Mr.. Belt grew 65 bushels from
seven bushels of seed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
Detectives Capture
Three Bank Robbers

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 16.-Three
of the five bank bandits who robbed
the Mendoza State bank of $4,000 in
currency this morning were catpured
by detectives after a thrilling gun
battle. All of the loot was recov-
cred.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
STEEL WORKERS To
STRIKE MONDAY
10000 WORKERS In CHICAGO
DISTRICT EXPECTED TO
QUIT WORK

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Orders for a
strike of the steel workers in the
here. The strike will affect one hun
drede and fifty thousand workers in
Lake Michigan ports from Milwaukee
to Gary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
Sioux City Live Stock

Sioux City, Sept. 16.-Best butch
ers sold up to $3.50, with light
grades on down to $s6.75. Mixed
class cleared at $15.75 @ 1850. and
heavy packing kinds changed hands
at $15.Oo@15.50. The general bulk
of sales was effected at $3.50 q
1850.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
BANDITS HOLD UP
MINNEAPOLIS BANK
FIVE ARMED BANDITS SECURE
$4,000 AND MAKE THEIR
ESCAPE

Minneapolis, MINI, Sept. 16.--F1ve
armed bandits held up the Chicago
Lake State bank in Minneapolis to-
day, escaping with $4,000, after
locking three employees in the vault.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
American Delegates
Endorse Treaty

Paris, Sept 16.-Members OF the
American peace delegation todkJ is.
sued a statement endorsing without
qualification the German peace treaty
and the league Of nations covenant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
Warning Against
Check Swindlers

Canton, Sept. 16.-Check swindlers
appear to be unusually numerous in
the cities and towns of South Dakota
at the present time. and warnings are
being issued for merchants and other
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
1000 BODIES STREWN
ALONG TEXAS Shores
TROPICAL STORM TAKES HEAVY
TOLL OF LIFE-PROPERTY
DAMAGE ALSO HEAVY

Austin, Tex, Sept. 16.-At least
one thousand bodies are strewn along
the shores of Nueces and Corpus
Christi bays, according to telegram
received by Governor Hobby from
Brigadier General j. F. Wolters, of
the Texas National guard. The mes
sage stated that reliable information
to that effect had reached Houston.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16
u. S. Treasury Faces
Enormous Deficit

Washington, ID. c., Sept. 16.---leep
resentative Good, Of Iowa, today told
the house that the federal treasury
faces deficit of over three and one
half billion dollars for the fiscal year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16

condition caused BY Clceged Or irregular
bowels. They cause no griping on nan~
sea nor will they encourage the 'sptn
Sold everywhere. " u I.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-16

A Foley Cathartic Tablet is q prompt
and safe remedy for sick headache. bill
iousness, bioating sour stomach, gas. bad
breath, indig estion. constipation. or other
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
In Behalf Of Homely Girls.
The Lancer. in 10. Angeles Times.

The greatest fortune that can befall !. girl is to be homely-and
know it. This raying over a woman because her nose doesn't happen
to be crooked and because she can put paint on her. lips so cleyerly
that one doesnt discover the fact until-whoeVer knows the flavor
of certain kinds of rouge viii understand! There have no doubt been,
perhaps still are, some pretty sensible women. But there is nothing
that s steadily makes a fool of them as a mirror. There may be a
little reason for praisng1 and admirlng the woman who, in spite of
great natural difficulties, has acquired beanty-as we praise ard
admire any artist who can work wonders, but the ahern beauty
she deserves no credit at all. Accident gave her the face. True, in
these days the face helps her to earn a living before the picture
camera, as The same camera has brought into prosperity a kind Of
plaster-paris male lncky enough to have been born with an effeminate
prettiness traced on his mug. a
Pretty women are conscious thst they make a stronger sex appeal
than their more fortunate sisters; but If they better understood how
susceptible men are to appeals of the kind they would not think it
such a desirable distlnction-except to those engaged iii what kiplng
has called 'the oldest profession in the world. - 1t may interest the
lounge lizards and blase beauties 70 hear that the famous women of
dubious character, but OF unmistakabie influence. who have held the
neses of kings between thumb and finger, overturned thrones and
made themselves nncrowned Occasionally getting even the CROWN
ennresses have not been pretty. They have been intelligent. 10
praise and admire an Unfortunately pretty woman is not a bit more
justi6able than to praise another woman for having been born with
two thumbs. But tired business men-that is, tired Of their wives
and poets must have beauty - and for some obscure reason it is
thought to be a beauteous advantage if a woman doesn't have to
purchase her hair.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
The oistribuaon of the HurdsN q
Htuh Prices,

High Prices.
From q Lecture By Prof, ]. S. Nicholson.
London. England.
A survey of the burdens of high rricee
would not be complete which did nat In
clude a reference to the middle classes.
whose incomes are determined by sAlsrles
or by fees which have remained, rela-
uvly, unaffected, There Is no need to cite
eSamples--you are all familiar with cases
OF hardship. But there is need so#cali
attention to the econcfnic principles ln-
volved.
who supply the greater part Of the profess
sional element. and OF those responsible
for the organisation OF the whole business
Of the country. One of the best tests of
national ogre Is the growth OF the
middle class as, compared with the manual
workers, on the n side, and tha rich
capitalists on the other.
I do not wish to lead you astraX by en-
phasising details. ! ask you to look at the
picture during the war. of the distribu-
ton OF th~esburdens of the high prices on
the great classes who mak up the nation,
Profits, In general, ave risen, and iH
some cases, very greatly, so that the rise
has more than compensated the rise III
the things on which the profits are spent,
IN many cases. the makers OF profits,
after all their taxes, "a increased thetr
monied wealth. AslRrgespart of the work
Ing classes during the war also on balance
improved their economic position tset
Labor Gazette for May. 1879, especially
IT, we take the family as theSu unit.
Relatively it is the middle classes whe
have felt most the burden of high prices
Relatively also they have suffered mos
by taxation, and they have contributed
most to the war in the a OF brains.
Still the /. w. w, bolshevlsts, Prole
-tariat and adventurers all shout death t.
the middle classes"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
Mr.. Ftetcher's Report
From the New York Post.

The questions addressed to ambassador
Fletcher in the hearing on idextcan con-
ditions were drawn so ~ to let nothing
that might be damaging to the Carranza
government escape. Yet Mr.. Fletcher. In
his frank and ju1fcious testimony. said
that he thinks the Carranza regime IL
Fulfilling tts mission as q government
towards the people of Mexico" IIe de-
Iclared that withdrawal OF American recog-
milton of Carranza would not make for
the establishment OF a moro stable. gov
efnrnent, and that II do not see any reyo-
lutionary leader in Mexico who has q
sufficient following" to attempt it. The
ltsting to al! factions OF our embargo on
arnl4. he asserted. would have the effect
CT increasing tbs turmoil. ':pero be sure.
he testified to the existence Of banditry In
various Eectiors. ABOUT 50 murders OF
Americans nave occurrcd since he went to
Mexico over twoAyears ago. But he did
not, es headiiueS~suS5est, say no punish
| Inc;lt had been imcted out. on the cons
tfai.. he spoke Of the capture Of 'jaftdits
alleged to be eoncerno1 IN outr1ges on
J Americans, and of short ~siritt." given
them. Arl the uot Impression from his
testimony Is that.Oe iota:'Is The present
Mexican government. taking srtns against
q sea of trnahlt@. rs the is"t trepe of
gcafe arl 0r6ey.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
The Tactical eIunder.
From the Outlook.

t|nI Tx htOS -H N a-
The League of Nations is very likely to
be the Issue of the 1920 presidential cam
paign. And some good political judges
prophesy that Mr.. Wilson may accept
the challenge and run for a third term on
that issue. We do not believe that he will
seek a re-eiection on the ground that he
should be rewarded as one of the authors
of the plan. But ii the republicans persist
in attacking, opposing, or emascnlatins
the treaty which has been framed by the
five chief allies, 1t would not be unnatural
for him to take a third nomination in
order to defend what he has constantly
INSERTED to be the great issue before the
civilized world.
1t is our belief that as the people OF the
United States continue to think about the
matter they will say to themselves:
The proposed league doubtless has
defects: like the constitution, it may
need ultimate amendments rs the re-
suit of practical experience: but We
are tired of fighting and appeals to
force, and we want to try any reason
able experiment that will give us some
escape from such cataStrophes as that
which has just overwhelmed us. II we
don't try this experiment now. nobody
knows when we shall have another op-
%portunity. We don't propose to jeo-
pardize this chance by further discus
sion and criticism. We want to get to
work and do u tinkering later.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
The "3eet EEaters
From Bulletin National Geographic

-.--y
The warders, known as beef eaters
probably because they once were fed on
rations of meat, form one of the curiosi-
ties Of the Tower OF London, for visitors.
They wear Tudor costumes, n like the
Swiss ~bodyguard of the pope, they keep
their ancient costumes, undisturbed by
current of modern fashion.
Just before midnight the head warder
and the porter, carrying a bunch of huge
keys, go to the guardroom, summon the
escort of the keys" made up of beef
e~aters,' and then proceed tremendously
to lock the great outer gate. The pass
word is given formally to sentries as the
procession passes, and in conclusion the
detail salutes the keys as the porter cries
God preserve the king" Every three
months the reigning king or queen SENDS
the password OF the tower to. the con
stable, signed and sealed. and the mayor
OF London is the only other outside per
son supposed to kno it. This custom Is
a relic OF the time when the W wa:
primarily a fortress.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
Author of "Ren Bolt"
From the Portland oregonian.

From the Portland Oregonlan.
The year includes among its many liter
airy centenaries that of Thomas Dunn
English, who was born In Philadelphia in
1919. English did a prodigious amount Of
work in his lifetime, but all of It has
been forgotten except the single song,
Ben Bolt" He was a physician, n jour
nalist and a politician. as we'll as a poet,
an essayist and g novelist. Now his pub
lie career is forgotten, his plays no longer
are produced, his books Of collected poems
ure uncaiie1 foI On library shelves. But
Ben Bolt marches on. Its vogue Is a
singular commentary on the public taste.
AS a poem it has little or no merit. The
tune which has become attached to 1t, and
which is mot one that English composed,
is not very good music. For that matter.
the author himself did not I've . high
regard for the verses when he wrote them.
Yet this walt took two countries by storm.
1t Travelled to England and the British
possessions. It went all over the United
States and Canada.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
Coffee AoaTted.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.

From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The explanation that che increased
prices for coffee are the result of a coffee
shortage and killing frosts' in Brazil are
met by the statement that official figures
reveal that more thar 1000, 0GO, 1000 pounds
Of coffee have been boarded in the United
States in the last four years. This very
thing was predicted as far back as 1917 by
the American consul general at ITO ae
Janeiro, A. L. NJ. G~ottschalk. Brazil then
had an enormous harvest, and with
Europe closed by the war was at a loss
what to do with 1t. Before the war this
country consumed an average of $50, 600, 900
pounds yearly. Since 1914 imports have
grown until q balance of 1.314,C 600. ooo
pounds is shown. This, the New York
Herald says, has not been shipped out of
the country, and it would have been Inn
possible to consume 1t. In fact, some trade
experts put the amount at 1,500, 900, 00t
hounds.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
England Way Of Revolution.

The question ofs government ownership OF mines In England is
$3.50 being thresheds u before III caY cMnmtsson. This word piccuTeso 9 ~
@A the commission was written for thu New Republic by Walter WayitS e
One suspects Ia even the .bohbM. at the door q an inklns of the
truth HI is the Ideal London policeman. as automatically English as Vest
minister ITSELF In front Of b doorway ON hous of lords r. stands. 81
stiff IS a caryatid. while inside revolution hollis is fun dress rehearsal. Out
swaIny he preservesh his professions cheMy aloofness THE Goa ommissions
sr?.1ts In he king robing room Ye. sir. Night Aheads sir. ~ even
for a Londou policeman h has experienced q Shings. It Is q 1T confusing
% stand gusId over aHrevofnaon.s II Is like escoTtSg q hurricane across the
street sssM@&@#@@F8
As for tie rest Of London, 1T Is skepucai of revolution which, Ike suicide, s
thing ~ Goes t do" IN thsr espectahlo English View revolution liz &
foregn malsdy the indica of which are riots. the rlease o prisoners.
pruIniscuous shooting m thu streets n Sabbath breaking. None OF thesec Agns
do % note when you pass HI policeman and enter the kings robiAg room,
"a spacious, lefty chamber h walls brilliantly decorated with Ecenes from III
ives of King Arthur n Sir aIahad. Six men site Q one side NJ long table
and six on a the n between thems uav n witty Justices eEkey. prestd-
ing officer AID moderate. The II men IN. the labor side d not ckWy bombs
and will lot noun barrhades. The men n h other side are Nso very
capable tut intellectually less distinguished The witnesses are clever. duh,
facne pedaatc. Some OF the testimony is technicah aome abstruseS some
b@ksh. Al times you imagine thatiSca are watchdn&Aa hMitatinE eiaci4s not
q rapid revelation #M4 A&&8
III Is only in England that revolutions take place In the kings robng ro0M
the minutA of a col commission. % & go #
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
PETIT NAL.

DR.. c.. M. would like to see an article on
petit mai in Its eelation to accidents, es-
pecially automobile accidents. II am OF
the opinion" no says, that some OF the
apparently unaccountable ones are due to
slight lapses OF conEciousness-from petit
NAL or other conditions not generally
understood"
I think he is right. An automobile
driver bases his decisions on his dag
nosis Of the other fellow Intends
to do. He may not know it, but he is
constantly deciding to speed up or slow
down. to go to the right or to the left,
on the basis OF his estimate. Of the in
~tentions Of other drivers and of pedes-
TRANS. He sizes up the speed, position,
direction Of the other man and of his
intentions based on these considerations.
Ninety times or oftener out Of every
hundred he guNsses rightly. But every
now and then the other fellow does the
unexpected. If the other fellow happens
to be a woman, the sex is charged with
mental ~incapacity to think straight, to
do the obvious. to decide. and so forth.
If the other fellow is drunk. straight
thinking is not expected of him, and the
driver governs himself accordingly.
Occasionally there just seems to be no
explanation. The other fellow just lost
his head"
You are right, doctor. Many of the
men who 'aose their heads" ARE para
UZeC WIN lear, are udZeu, are De-
Wildered,' "are In a trance'-many OF
these are suffering from attacks Of petit
NAL.
Petit NAL is a mild form OF epilepsy.
In most cases the attack comes on sud-
denly. Although the patient loses con-
| sciousness, he does not fall He may be
walking, and, IL so, he may not stop or
ever hesitate. II he is speaking, he. will
stop for a moment In a fraction of a
minute consciousness returns, but the
subject remains in a doze or in q dreamy
state for a short while longer.
During the stage Of Inconsistencies an
experienced observer can generally no.
tice some twitching in one Or more groups
| OF muscles. but the ordinary person no
tees nothing except tina the subject has
halted in a daxe for a moment or / has
acted peculiarly for a few seconds Could
any condition more conductive to acct
| dents. aspacidclv on crowded streets. be
conceived Of
No n knows why attacks ct epilepsy
occur. Engineers make use Of seh-empty.
Ing devices Which stAld upright as they
fill. but which are so poised that wher
l. the fill reaches a certain level the de
vices tilt, empty. af.d then right them
selves. In epilepsy it looks as though
the human vessel sat upright until he
filled. then, without anything being diff
then uDrighted. = Perhaps 1t is storage
battery nerve cell, and peshaps 1t is stor-
age battery ductless gianGa which spill
Nobody knows.
1ae fap,e Is true Of petit NAL Perhaps
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
Cant Have Everything"
From the New York Sun.

senator Williams, of Mississippi. was
contending that the United States had no
right to seXpect to get everything from
the peace treaty. We could not "
everything our way" he said. A friend
wrote me the other day about this ques-
ton. I told him he reminded me OF one
of my little daughters. She had straight
hair, and another of the little girls had
curly hair. The little straight haired one
was a little envious OF tho curly haired
one. One day the curly haired girl was
complaining OF some hardship of some
sort, fancted, OF course. and the other one
turned to her and said:
well. you can't have everything and
curly hair"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
German Travellers.

From the New York Times.
The Joint legislative committee investi-
eating seditious activities in this state OBJ
tanned yesterday a complete list of a party
of some 600 Russians, including Nicholas
Lenine, who received free passage from
switzerland to Russia through Germany
Russia and Germany were still at
war. h was on the eve of the Novem-
Der, 1917, coup d'etat through which the
belshevists seized the reins Of government.
In Russia the newcomers became gen
orally known as the German travellers"
and the aid extended to them by the Ger
man government wa regarded among pa
triotic Russians generally, according to
the testimony, as a sure Indication that
the kaiser's HAND was in the bloody up
rising that put Russia at the mercy OF
the German invaders and paved the way
Tor the peace OF Brest-IAtovsk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-14
Rave to podae.
A COLD

A cold in the summer time. as every
body knows, is the hardest kind OF a
cold to get rid of. The best and quick
est way is to so to bed and stay there
If you can, with a bottle of "Boschee's
Syrup" handy to insure a good nights
rest, free from coughing, with easy ex-
pectoratlon in the morning.
But If you can't stay in bed you must
keep out of draughts, avoid sudden
changes, eat sparingly of simple food
and take occasional doses of Boschee's
Syrup, which you can buy at any store
where medicine is sold, a safe and eff
cient remedy, made in America for more
than fifty years. Keep 1t handy.-Adv.