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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"MRS. %GRUNDY."

~ NOE upon a time-and not
" so very far back, at that
there was a real Mrs. Grundy,
the wife of Judge Felix Grundy
of Nashville, Tenn. The lady
belonged to the best social set
of the Southern city and her
opinions on good form were
highly respected though, in the
light of modern usages, they
would be considered extremely
straight-laced.
During the time at which Mrs.
Felix Grundy ruled the social
set of Nashville it happened that
a theatrical company visited the
city, presenting a play known as
Speed the Plough" History
does not state whether the piece
was humorous or serious, vulgar
or refined. In Mrs. Grundy's
mind it was enough that 1T vas
a dramatic production for the
wife of the judge held that the
%ater-going was a pastime which
should not be INDUCED in by
ladies and gentlemen because of
the fact that it was frowned
upon by the church. BY a Curl
II coincidence, n of the char
acters of the play was also
named Mrs. Grundy and the
audience laughed whenever she
was mentioned. The connection
was later explained to Noah M.
Ludlow, manager of the com
pany, and the name was launched
in theatrical parlance a S the
title of a mythical person who
rules the social and moral des-
TIMES of a community.
After Martin Van Buren's
election to the presidency. Judge
Grundy was made attorney gen.
eral of the United States-but
his claim to fame is as nothing
when compared to that of his
wife.
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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27

: THE GIRL ON THE JOB
: How to Succeed-How to Get
: Ahead-How to Make Good
: By JESSIE ROBERTS
RAINY TOMORROW

~ XPERTS are agreed that sooner
T. or later there may be a slump in
financial matters, and that money will
he much harder to get than it is now.
Salaries may fall, there may again be
much unemployment-in short, after a
LOT of fair weather, rain may be looked
for.
Are you getting your umbrella n
overshoes, metaphOrically speaking,
for the wet spell2
Tn other words, are you laying aside
some of the money you are getting to-
day for the time when you find 1t diff
cult to make as much?
No woman in business or employ
ment of any kind should spend her en-
fire income. Even with h best or
luck there is likely TO be a time when
money is badly needed, and when a
sum in the bank or properly invested
may be really a life saver.
A spell of illness, an accident, a
sudden responsibility--tEese things
are apt to come to any of us, to all OF
us. To meet them we need more tfia1i
the regular sum we make; we need q
reserve. And it is a fatal mistake to
snend YOUR entire income in h full
DAYS. simply because you take it for
granted that you will always go on
making as much as you are now, or
even more. You may do so, you may
make more for awhile, and again you
NAV not. And If you have never de-
veloped the habit of saving part OF
what you make you will be no more
secure when your income grows larger.
because you will continue to spend
it all.
II is no use counting on it always
veins FAIR AND WARMER for you.
Make sure that some day it will read,
RAIN TOMORROW, and that it will
he right. Be prepared. And espe-
cially now, when the world is in a
most upset condition, and when any
thing may happen. maxi your own
future as secure as you may by lay
ing something away each week. and
by buying sound securities when you
have enough laid by to do so.
(Lopyright.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27
OH, Man!

He had to quote Kipling to hold his
own with his bright young lady. So
he lightly did so. GAS Kipling says,
dear, Woman is a rag, a bone
and a hank of hair "And man."
she sweetly smiled, lis a jag, a drone
and a tank of air." Which served
very nicely to change the subject.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27

Nah was in Wolf Point Saturday and
Sunday on company business.
Miss Lillian Anderson, clerk IN
the superintendent chief clerks Of
flee has resigned, and expects to go
to her home in Grand Forks IN the
near future.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27
BUT WHY "SLIGHT?"

Gree speech" is a grand principle,
but a slight tax on the output OF it
in Washington wouldn't hurt. Col
umbia Record.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27
~Burglar-Proof Safe.

Ability to resist the most potent
cutting tool so far known, the acety-
lene torch. Is the remarkable charac-
teristic of a burglar-proof alloy now
safes. says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. In an official test. a four-inch
plate of the material showed only a
small hole. two and one-eighth inches
deep, after nearly four hours work
with a cutting flame.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27
COUNTIES GET SOME
OF AUTO TAG MONEY

According to an item from the
capital, distribution of S93,5l9.l2,
which is 25 per cent of the total au-
to license fees collected by the sec
retary Of state, will soon be made to
the counties of the state for expend-
iture on construction and mainten-
ance of highways.
Local counties will receive sums
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-01-27

The largest amount apportloned 70
a county is S8234.96, to Silver Bow;
ire small, st, s.56, to Judith Basin,
the states } oungest coun.y.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Must Be Peculiar FeeIino

Sympathetic Friend-Banged your
finger? Dear me, that's dreadful.
always think that hurting ones finger
sets ones teeth on edge all down one's
back.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Make Oil From Rubber Seeds.

1t will doubtless come as a surprise
to many persons that an oil approx
mating linSeed in its qualities can be
made by crushing the seeds of rubber
trees, as will the further fact that,
once the oil is extracted the remaining
cake may be used for cattle fodder.
These discoveries were made a long
time ago by the Dutch Imperial insti-
tute, but it has only been in the last
year or two that the use of this oil
has passed the experimental stage
Now, however, at least one mill has
been established in Malaga for crush
ing the seeds, and small commercial
cOnsignments of the oil have been sold
in Europe at good prices.
Whether it will pay the planter to
supply the seeds to an oil mill depends
very largely on the cost of their col
lection, a point on which experts
differ.
There are, however, large quantities
Of the seeds to be had in the Dutch
East Indies, and in view of the pres
ent need of exercising strict economy
in connection with rubber plantations
and the big demand for oils and food
stuffs, serious efforts will be made to
utilize the seeds in the way mentioned
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
OLD AND PLEASANT CUSTOM
AS This Writer Points Out, the Prac-
tice of Kissing Has Much
to Recommend 1t.

kissing is an established custom IN
all countries Inhabited by white people
who refrain at times from eating
onions. 1t is a practice that insures
the longevity and universal distribu-
ton of germ life and encourages the
habit Of matrimony.
Some one who didn't know much
about kissing said years ago that
stolen kisses are sweetest The opin-
ION is still quoted, but all persons who
have had any experience of kissing
know better. A kiss is never wholly
satisfactory unless the kisSer and
the kissee show an equal degree of en-
thuSiaSm.
kissing pretty girl does not afford
the unalloyed bliss it is commonly sup
posed TO afford. If she has never been
kissed before, her performance is
crude and lifeless and, therefore, a
little bit disappointing, and if she has
been kissed too often she displays a
degree of technique that robs the kiss
OF It's flavor. In the old days the flavor
or a kiss was imaginary; you couldn't
taste anything but girl. But FREQUENT
ly the modern girls kiss has the stale
and Improbable flavor of rouge. Some
day a shrewd manufacturer will put
out a line of rouge in all the popular
navors-vanilla, strawberry, lemon and
the like-and then each girl can offer
her young man the flavor he prefers.
Baltimore Evening Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Japanese and Americans.

American life is realistic, utilitar-
ian, epicurean, more inclined toward
comedy than tragedy. rational, and.
above all, a life of common sense.
Japanese life, on the contrary, is &c
centric, sentimental and essentially
peSSimiStic.
Japanese life is local, provincial.
insular. 1t is in no way international.
One proof of this is that when the
country people come to town it is
usually possible TO tell from the
patterns of their clothes, the stripes
in them and from their methods of
speaking just what particular part of
the country they come from. In Ameri-
ca no one can tell a country person
from anyone else.
The fOurfold division of society,"
samurai, farmer, artisan and merchant
which prevailed from early days in
Japan has so stamped the members of
each group with class Municipalities
that even today it is very easy to tell
to which hereditary rank a person be-
longs.-Atsushi Matsuzawa, in the ia
pan Advertiser
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Russian Musician Makes Noise

Charles Henry MeltZer, the Ameri-
can critic, writing from Europe. where
he is in touch with European musical
movements, in an article published in
the Forum magazine, says of Igor
Stravlnsky that he lis today the most
discussed, most advertised. most de-
tested and most eulogized of must
clans. To some he seems another
Bach or BerliOz. By others he is
viewed as an impOstor. In London
and in Paris his more recent works
are being lauded to the skies, and
torn TO tatters. And, on the strength
of the abuse which has been heaped
upon him, his noisy worshipers have
founded a new cult"
Of Stravinsky's opera, "The Rite of
Spring" Mr.. MeltZer says:
Some of the folk-songs, which were
freely used. impressed one, although
trite, by their strange character. But
these were incidents in an amazing
work which sought to shock. distress
and terrify the ear. The 'tOnal values
JuXtapOSed by the composer were at
times so awful that they recalled the
noises of modern boiler factory. The
players banged on the percussion in
StrumentS. The woOd-winds and the
brass blaSphemed TO heaven. The
strings let loose weird floods of an
archy. The effect was Bolshevistic.
brutal, beStial.''
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Not a Rival,

Among the few royal pilgrimages
recently reported from the presently
depleted royal circles of Europe is a
visit of the king and queen of Den
mark to their expansive dependency
CT Greenland.
Greenland is the closest connecting
insular link between the new CONT
nent and the old, and has a definite
geographical interest for the people
of America. The king of Denmark
also happens to be a monarch of COM
mendably democratic qualities.
Greenland has an area of over $780,
900 square miles, five times that of
California. But providence in it's wis
dom has seen fit to superimpose glaci-
ers over 100000 of those square miles.
Therefore it endures none of those
menaces in respect of undesirable i'm
migration that occasionally fret the
citizens of this and other states.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
HARD To EXPLAIN
Happenings in Life Stranger
Than Fiction.
Odd Condolences of Wrecks, and in
the Careers of the Ex-kaiser and
Emperor Napoleon.

Condolences in life are stranger
than anything in fiction.
There used to be two steamers
called the ROmulus and the Remus. A
few years back tie former was lost
in the English channel. Within three
weeks the Remus was wrecked a
thousand miles away from the scene
of her sister ships disaster.
Many reliable authorities regard the
following as the most amazing coinci-
dence on record, says London Answers.
More than 200 years ago, Dec. 5, 1864,
a boat crossing the Menai straits with
eighty-One passengers encountered a
terrific gale and foundered. The only
man to escape death was a Hugh Will
liams.
More than 100 years later, Dec. 5,
1870, another vessel, with large num-
Der of passengers, sank in the same
circumstances, and in the same spot.
All the passengers were drowned ex-
cept one. His name was Hugh Will
>liams.
Again, Dec. 5, 1920, a boat carrying
thirty people, sank i the same spot.
The sole survivor was a Hugh Williams.
The figure 9 has a peculiar con-
nectiOn with the career of the ex-
kaiser. He was born in the fifty ninth
year of the century, entered the army
in 1869, and completed his university
career in 1879. The dates of his birth
and marriage-Jan. q and Feb. 81
both make nine, if two and seven are
added together. And the same number
figures in his defeat and exile That
occurred in 1913, which contains enc
figure go and two figures that added
together make 90" Also, he was 80
years old when his career as ruler
ended.
1t has often been pointed out that
the letter M, for better or worse,
logged the footsteps both Of Napoleon
the Great and Napoleon the Little In
the case of Napoleon l., it was Mar
boeuf who first recognized his genius
at the military college, MarengO was
his first great victory, Morlier was
his best general, MOreau betrayed him.
Marat died for him, Marie Louise
shared his fortunes, Moscow marked
the turn in those fortunes, Metternich
beat him in diplomacy.
His first battle was MOntenOtte, his
last Mont st. Jean. He stOrmed Mont
martre, took Milan; Marmont deserted
him. His right-hand man was Mont
esquieu, his last resting place in
France, MalmaisOn. He surrendered
to Captain Maitland, and his cOmpan-
ions at st. Helena were MOntholon and
Marchand. His marshals were Mas,
sena, MOrtier, Marmont, Macdonald,
Murat and MOucey, and no fewer than
twenty-siX of his generals had names
beginning with NJ
Napoleon III, married the countess
of MOntijo, and his most intimate
friend was Morny, and his tutor
MOreithe of MOntelimar. His greatest
military successes were the capture OF
the Malakoff and the Mauselon tower.
His biggest battle was Montebello, and
MacMahon won Magenta for him.
He drove the Austrians out of Mari
guanO, and made his triumphal entry
into Milan. He was repulsed before
Mantua, in his last war driven back
to the Moselle and his fate settled by
Moltke at Metz.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Octogenarian Pedestrian.

V1Scount Bryce, at eighty-twO is Civ
ing Americans in the Berkshire hills
an object lesson in pedestrianism which
our auto-bound and front-porch-lOving
race would do well to heed, a writer
stated recently in the Cincinnati
Times-Star. The distinguished visitor
seldom uses a motor car unless the
distance to be covered is too far to
negotiate on foot, or unless speed is
necessity. Viscount Bryce prefers
to hOOf it. He is covering the hills
and dales of the Berkshires with a
stride so robust as to out distance
most of his companions. His health
is excellent and his appetite perfect.
For these blessings Lord Bryce gives
walking, constant, daily walking. the
credit He is a living example of the
virtues of using ones legs for the
purpose which nature intended
The English are great pedestrians.
Even in the larger cities, where trans
pOrtation is frequent and comfortable.
they flock along the pavements from
the sheer delight they find in using
natures first means of lOcomotiOn. In
America we go in a great deal for
sports, and find much pleasure and
health in these diversions But we
are not a walking race. We are pass
ing up one of the simplest, easiest and
cheapest forms of exercise known. and
our digestiOns and tempers are paving
the price of our pedal laziness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Was That the Reason7

We all know that this is the age of
socks for the little girls and of rolled
stockings for the ''fiapper."
The boys and girls of the neigh
bOrhOOd were all cOngregated on
Susie's front porch. Susie was a "f1ap-
per-" and was recounting to her de.
lighted hearers the story of how she
had gone downtown a night or two
before with her parents to take in a
show, and with giggles and filters was
explaining how she had managed, very
adroitly, to squeeze herself in between
mamma and dad when boarding the
street car so she would be as incon-
spicuous, and (dare 1 say it?) as I'M
exposed as possible.
Little Betty, who had been an at
tentive listener up to this time, sud-
denly exploded:
What was the matter, Susie? Was
your knees dirty ?"-Indianapolis News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
SunfIoWer SiIaue

Sunfiower silage, in places where
large tonnage of corn for silage can
not be produced, is reported by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture to have given varying results.
In some sections it seems to compare
favorably in palatability and feeding
value with corn silage, but in GER
tain districts of the Northern Great
Plains, where the growth of sunfowers
is rank and succulent, the resulting
silage is often not very palatable. Re
ports from the Huntley experiment
farm in Montana show that, while
% to 30 tons of sunfiOwers per acre
may be produced, the silage is not as
much relished by live stock as that
from corn, which yields less than half
as much per acre.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
HAS TO LEARN His DUTIES
West African Monarch Is Not Born to
Throne, as Are His More Fortu-
nate Brothers.

If anyone wishes to see a real-fOr-
sure king in this world, which is swift
~ coming TO democracy, perhaps the
best place to go is the interior of the
African west coast. For there, in the
bush, dusky royalty is seen at its
most interesting best, writes Temple
Manning i'm the Cley Gland Plain Dealer.
Each community OF huts is ruled by
a chief This chief has powers which
sometimes extend to life and death
without the need of a court or a
judge. In his own little village he is
supreme. His lightest look, as well as
his least word. is law.
These chiefs, for there is one for
every village, have a chief over them.
This paramount chief is king. He
rules not only his own village, but
the villages of all the chiefs in his
particular tribe. When a paramount
chief dies, the lesser chiefs begin to
talk about electing a new paramount
chief. But in west Africa it is one
thing to talk and another thing to act
At last, however, a paramount chief
is chosen. He is sent into the bush to
prepare for his high calling. Some
times months are consumed in this
preparation. The lesser chiefs visit
the future king and instruct him in his
duties, and teach him sense" AS
the future ruler is not yet king, his
person is not sacred. SO, if the future
chief is slow in learning, the lesser
chiefs thrash him, just as you might
spank backward SchOOlbOy. It's
painful learning to be king in west
Africa.
On a day appointed, the king is
brought out of the bush and is in
troduced to his subjects. The plains
are literally black with people. Not
sound is heard. They look upon their
king in absolute silence
One of the lesser chiefs, wearing a
inter and waving a rod, walks up and
down before the king, blessing the
various villages in the realm. Then
the king steps forward and bows, and
the silence is rent by wild yeHs of
fealty.
The remaining ceremonies are those
of dancing and of rejoicing The
king usually is so tired he falls asleep
while his subjects do him honor. You
may be sure he is glad it's all over.
For now no one may touch him under
penalty of death and he is the favored
king of all the land.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
The Oldest Donkey

A cat is said to have nine lives.
How many has a donkey?
According to Sam Weller, nobody
ever saw a dead donkey" but donkeys
do die, and the claim of Camberwell
coster that his donkey, aged forty. is
the Oldest donkey in the world may be
true. Only one centenarian donkey
has ever been recorded. He is stated
to have lived in CrOmarty for JOG
years, and then died from a kick of
q horse.
There is another story of q man
who once expressed desire to live to
two hundred
1.-TWO hundred ~ exclaimed his COM
panion. "YOu must be an ass %
But that, of course, was a different
kind of an aSs-LOndOn Answers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Effect of Hiuh Attitudes.

AT high altitude the atmospheric
pressure is much less than at sea
level. This decrease in pressure pro-
duces lowering of the temperature
at which water bOils. Since water can
be boiled at lower temperature, an
egg can be cooked more quickly at sea
level, provided the temperature is suf-
ficiently high to cook the egg. At
height of $4,000 feet, water cannot
be heated in open vessels above $50
degrees Fahrenheit, and this is not
hot enough to set the white of an
egg.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Starved.

The other day | was called from
home suddenly about IL o'clock. 1
took daughter Jane to the library and
gave her some picture books with
which to amuse herself until my re-
turn, which l expected would be in
time for lunch. Not having time to
give Der luncheon first / gave her
three cookies as l was leaving
/ was detained and when l entered
the library it was almost two.
Regardless of all rules of silence,
Jane greeted me loudly with: I'm
just starved 10 def. Do you spec me
to make a living off of free cookies?
We fled amidst the laughter.
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
Mas There to Stax

Marjorie played well with the little
girls in the neighbOrhOod, but had
trouble with the boys. On many oc-
casiOns the boys had to be sent home
to keep the neighborhood peace.
One day a baby brother arrived at
MarjOrie's home. 1t seemed hard for
her to realize he had really come to
stay.
'And if / fight with him, daddy, we
will have to keep him right on the
place, won't we?' she said, after think.
ing the situation over.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
ObservinQ.

Little Jack Jet, of Terre Haute,
was going away on few days vaca-
ton when he came to kiss his mother
goOd-by. She kissed him rather hur-
riedly for there were still some of
his things to get ready, but he caught
her hand and said: Mother, / didn't
like that kiss. | want a movie kind"
"a movie kind?" his mother ques-
toned.
EYES," he insisted lone like the
move people always give-a hang-on
one for a long time. "-Indianapolis
News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-17
First Aid.

"Can you recommend a reliable boot
legger?"
81 know one who is strictly up TO
date"
''In what particularly
"He operates a private ambulance
service AgeHerald.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-09
Eastern League
 Fan Chatter

Chief Bender played second base in the two games against the Brass eos, accepting 10 of II opportunities.
 Fred Bailey, captain and outfielder of the Hartford Senators, fractured a bonIe in his ankle in a slide and is out Of the game for the remainder of the season.
 Red Torphy earned his meal ticket against the Senators. In the first setto the Brassco shortstop banged out three triples and accepted Is chances; in the second he got a hit and accepted 3 out of 14 chances.
 Pinky Hargraye, New Haven third sacker, larruped the ball safely four times in five trips to the plate in the second game against the Brassocs.
 Johnny Nagle, New Haven catcher, also got four hits in his days toll.
 Wally Hammond, the slugging sec turned in four hits for a batting av- craze of 300 at the expense of the Hartford twirlers.
 There was a slambang windup to the Springfield-Worc game, the Rosters putting seven runs over the plate in the ninth inning, while the Ponies accounted for six in the eighth and ninth. Seven two-baggers and a triple featured the fireworks.