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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MAIloCH
INSPIRATION.

a POET sang or human things,
n or gorgeous queens and mighty
kings.
And gems that giisten; &t Ia
He praised The brRssy front OF show,
The ruey's are and diamonds glow.
Vet none would listen.
He wove him many labored rimes
or ended days ard roetains .tiIaes,
or deeds that stirred him. : ~ ~ :.
He wrote OF pomp and circumstance,
The Flap of flag, the light OF lance,
Eut no one heard him.
And thre he learned to know the pain
OF him who sings but sings in vain
To ears averted,
Like one who wakes his sweetest tone
TO unrasponsive walls of stone
In halls deserted.
When all the merry melodies
Be sang his fellow men to please
Brought none 30 hear him,
He cirned from splendor and from peff
To sing a measure for himself.
A song to cheer him ~
He wrote song of long ago -
vale where yellow lilies grow
Beside river,
a path that leads the weary feet
Where meadowland and waters maet
And PUSHES culver
He wrote a song of childhood days,
OF pleasant shade and wooded ways
And summer quiet
A bridge that spanned a gushing rfll,
A humble cot upon hill, as
With roses by u.
Twas not the creature of hts art,
This song upwelling from his heart
In moments lonely;
With memory his eyes grew dim,
For then his own soul sang TO him,
The poet only.
But other mortals hesrd his tale
or woodland path and verdant vale
To heaven winging, .s
And men who scorned his song before
Sought out the poets open door
To hear him singing.
THUS came to him hrs mistress Fame.
Clad In her aureoie Of Name
And smile supernal;
No more feeting vision now, :.
She placed upon the singers brow
The kiss eternal
And then the poet, fool and sage.
Turned gently from his written page,
While braves Numbered.
And. when he saw. the listening throng
or those who once had spurned his song,
He greatly wondered.
ICoypright)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Mr. and Mrs. d. s. BENJAMIN !

Mr. aRd Mrs. D. S. Benjamin of
Springfield, Ill, arrived Saturday on
visit to Mrs. Benjamin's. parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Ben Bear.
Mrs. Harmon Meyer, OF Indian
apoils, arrived Saturday onFa visit
to her sister Mrs. Edward Bear.
Editor Edgar F. Medary and
Mrs. Medary andf Mrs. Cora Grafton
oBrien, of Waukon, were here Fri
tuay IN attendance at the funeral
OF Mrs. f. C. Bailey.
Mrs. Conhn went to Milwaukee
yesterday on visit to her son Ford,
and to enjoy two weeks outing at
the lakes. She will GO to Chicago
from there to look up. her line of fall
millinery.
A Hoover Cleaner given away
free. You might get it. Call for
particulars. DEBORAH Furniture Co.
Advertisement. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ingyoldstad
and children of Minneapolis, spent
the Fourth here with her mother,
Mrs. Helen Wilcox. Mr.. Ingvoldstad
returned home yesterday leaving his
wife here for longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. hurry Thompson
and daughter and Mrs. John Breck-
enridge and Miss Clara Jane God
dard, who had been guests at the
I. A. Jayne home over the Fourth,
returned to their homes in Mime
apolis yesterday. -.
The elevator to success is not
running-take the stairs. Which
means take a course in the Man.
kato Commercial College, Mankato,
MINI. Send for our catalog.-Adver-
tisement.
You can get a Hoover Cleaner
free. We are going to give one
away. Call for particulars. DEBORAH
Furniture Co. Advertisement
Henry Nelson and wife of Val
ley City, N. D., cousin of B. o.
Marsh arrived Wednesday on a visit
to the Marsh home. Mr.. Nelson is
president of the American Exchange
Bank. They were accompanied by
Mrs, Ben Ellis, an aunt of Mr..
Marsh's.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Winter and
their daughter Mrs. j. L. ,Turnbull
and husband arrived. by auto Sunday
evening from Chicago, where Mr.. and
Mrs. Winter had been visiting their
daughter.
Mrs. B. H. Adams and daughter
arrived home Sunday by auto from
Chicago, where they had been visit
ing.
We are going to give somebody
a Hoover. Call and learn all about
it. DEBORAH Furniture Co. Adj
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Amt Ii the Truth?

It may be a mansion
1t may be a dump,
1t may be a farm
With an old oaken pump;
1t may be a palce--
1t may be a fiat,
1t may be the room
Where you hang up your hat;
1t may be house
With a hole in the floor
Or marble hotel,
With u coon at the door;
1t may be exclusive,
Or simple, or swell,
A wee bit of heaven
Or one little-well--
jus, kindly remember,
Wherever YOU roam,
4Aat Shakespeare was right, kid,
here's
No
Place
Like
Home' Exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
The Wonders Of America
THE GRAND CANYON IN ARIZONA.
BY r. T. MAxEY

THE late George Fitch said "Arisons
j was made By nature in frivolous
and contradictory mood, few million
years ago, just to show man, when he
arrived, what she could do when abe
felt like It."
The Grand Canyon Of the Colorado
River-the most wonderful geological
and spectacular phenomenon known to
man--is in Arizona. Discovered by
Spanish explorers In 1910, IL has been
an object of wonder and admiration
eSg since. In approaching II your
first surprise Is that you, are not pre-.
pared for it Its bagilping is so very
abrupt. In one jump from the edge
You could go down 1000 feet
Viewed from the rim, looking down
II is a stupendous panorama--an unbe,
lievable abyss. 5000 to 5000 feet deep
10 to 13 miles wide and 200 miles long
It's sides are lined with countless and
varied ornamental architectural fea.
lures, the whole beautifully tinted and
eolored and marvelously harnonious
Seen from the bottom. looking UP. II
is so big that 1t amazes and bewilders
one. On every side are endless pro
cessions of caves, terraces, pinnacles
towers, buttes. cliffs and peaks-storm.
carved and weather-stained--many Of
them higher than any mountain east
OF the Rockies, yet none of them Level
with the top Globe trotters say that
nothing else In all the worls even re
motely approaches this spectacle.
The color combination seems to
shift with every movement Of the sun
clouds or your position. There is Q
tran to the bottom and a road ground
the rim
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"polTRooN."

a II THE time of the drafts
"A during the Civil war and
the World war there were few
men who attempted TO avoid
compulsory military service by
cutting OFF their trigger OF first
finger. arguing that this would
prevent their being mustered In
to the army. On no less an au-
sthority than Archbishop Trench,
a deep student of English, we
find that similar practice was
responsible for the introduction
into the language of the word
'poltOon" as q synonym for ar
rant coward.
"In o,den tines" states the
archbishop. "a salf-nutilation of
this description was not infre-
qrrnt Gun the part Of some cow
arlly Sinking fellow rho wished
TO escape his shaye In the de-
Tense Of his country. He would
cut or his right thumb, become
F.. iDcabable ~ drav4p& . bow aAa
thus useless for the wars II
was not 10 be wondered of hat
Englsshmen should have looked
with extreme disdafn Upon one
who had SO haseiy exempted
himself from service nor that
the Latin phrase police truncus
--'ofre deprived Of his thumb
later shortened To the two-syL
l&bieh 'poltroon," should utter
ward have become name II
scorn affixed to every base and
cUwardly gvader Of the duties
and dangers Of life"
CCocyrisht)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
THE s.ere. I. Out.

"Why does n woman's hat cost so
M more than . mans? Surely the
giu ling cant account For more than
d faction Of the difference" Ger
sirly nor, but you must remember
is r. costs Uiore 10 sell a hat 70 a
gsoia 4 man seldom takes up more
than NFO minutes Of the salesnaa's
TINE, vale y a will keep the en-
tire saics sta. .uS for half a day."
New YORK. Sun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
tIalre n \ vlolln Bow.

The number Of AIRS in violin bow
was formerly froia 81 70 AGO la France;
but now 1t is Customary TO have the
hair ribbon tro.iisr, and this, there.
fore, requires l7J t. 40 single hairs.
These mus beat sst 20 inches long.
Tourte besloYed nens care on the
selection of boN-Aair, preferring the
french borSassair A great deal u
bow !hair rouiss from Russian horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Big Equity Meetings

There will be three big meetings
by the Equity Cooperative Exchange
at SpillvilIe, Conover and Hesper par,
ticulars of which are given in an
ad in another column of this paper.
A big meeting was held at Bluffton
and Twin Hills on July 3, and
were well attended. Remember the
dates and don't miss these meetings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Wasting Merchantable Literature

81 really believe" says 'The Auto
crat of the Breakfast Table" some
people save baght thoughts az be-
ing too precious for conversation.
What do you. think an admiring
friend said the other day 10 one that
was talking good things, good en-
ough to print Why" said ne,
you are wasting aefchantable liter
ature, cash article a. the rate. as
nearly as can tell, oil fifty dollars
an hsur!H TIE taiker took lim 70
the window and asked him % look
out and tell what he saw.
Nothing bat q very dusty street
he said, "and nan lri ing
sprinkling machine through Ia
"Why don't you tell TIE ma~ te
is wasting that e1? What
be The state of q hiShwars it
if we did not .i{a our
spTinklers thru n with I'll
open, sometime
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Miss Mabel Rickabaueh wa


Miss Mabel Rickabaugh was a
shopper from Calmar on Saturday.
Atty. f. r. Acres went to, Emmets4
berg Friday on short business trip.
Airs. McClaskey and daughter
Mabel went to Chicago yesterday on
a visit.
if--Miss Anna Moe returned to
Cresco yesterday and was accom-
panied by her sister.
= Miss Martha Anundsen returned
to, Detroit, Mimi, yesterday, after a
! visit here with relatives.
Mrs. C. G. Anderson and Miss
Evelyn o 'Brien of Calmar were hero
Visiting with relatives last Saturday.
Mrs. Anton Oehler and children
left for Calmar Friday to visit her
sister, Mrs. Mali and brother Mr.
PAIL
Miss Lucy Scherbring Of Bluff
ton. went to Dubuque on Friday of
last week to spend the Fourth with
friends.
Hoover Cleaner given away free
Do you want it? Call for particu-
lars. DEBORAH Furniture Co. Adver-
tisemeht.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Hanson re-
turned home to GAINESVILLE Wis, to-
day after visit with her mother,
Mrs. Rustad.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Flanders left
for Dubuque Friday to spend the
Fourth with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Flanders.
Mrs. l. d. Nelson and daughter
Ethel returned home to Lyle, Mimi,
Saturday after a weeks visit here
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. t. A. Jayne and
Miss Bertha Radcliffe go to McGregor
tomorrow to spend the summer at
McGregor Heights.
- Miss Thilda Wennes left Satur-
day for Wauzeka, Wis, to visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Straka
for a week or more.
Mrs. E. Widencamp and children
left for Benson, Mimi, Thursday TO
visit with her parents lr. and Mrs.
Ellertson for week.
Mr.. Charley Daily and daugh-
ter Katherine returned from Austin,
MINI, Saturday where he spent
few days on business.
We are going to give away a
Hoover Cleaner. free. Who wants it?
Call for particulars. DEBORAH Fur
nitqre Co.-Advertisemen!.
Tobias Stevens returned to Bur-
lington, Wis, Saturday morning af-
ter visiting at the John Johnson
home for. several days past.
Mr. Chris Nasseth of Marietta,
Mimi, returned home Saturday af4
ter a weeks visit at. the hong of
Mr., and Mrs. John Johnson
-E. w. Tullock arrived Saturday
frem Minneapolis and joined his wife
and son on a visit at II the home of
hnr mother, Mrs, Iver Larson =
DIR. Geo. Torrison and daughter
Martha arrived here from Chicago
last week to spend few weeks
visiting with his brother, Reg ]. B.
Terrison. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Safn' ,Sorenson re-
turned from Watertown, S. Oak,
Thursday where they attended the
funeral Of her brother, Mr. John
Rukstad -
Mrs. Ida NJ. Protteros depar cd
last Wednesday for Vicklife+on-the-
Lake, Chic 70 spend several months
With her daurhters Mrs, Charles
Hogan a. Mrs E. HuIat
Ms CiEe',sor l,,d John
ofsthus and daughte t7r ice con-
Guided taeir si; AZ tas ha@ q Mr,
and. Arq. III lst IN @17 turned
home North od, Iowa, yigday.
Iii, AHA II J NasatS /
sons Harold e.. Yep -Il1 a2e
WI hare zee ~la.iub tbs
Gros others 4turday for Cal
mar "a spend lew days with
friends.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
New Pharmaceutical Chemist Here

Mr.. L. F. WaIlechka, Of owatonna,
Nina, arrived last week and has
taxed the position of pharmaceutical
chemist with the A. d. & r.. A.
Previous to coming here. Mr.. Wal
lechka had been doing considerable
work in the University of Mime
stota, and comes well equipped TO
take over the manufacturing end of
the A. ID. & p. A.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-07-06
Lieut.. Sem Has Fall

The daily papers report an accident
to Lieut.. Francis Sem ON July 4,
the young aviator who flew in De-
'corah during the carnival. His
plane fell 200 feet near Storm Lake,
when he was doing stunts. Physicians
say he probably will die.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
WORLDS PROGRESS
COMES TO TR|ANON
"Man, Woman and Marriage"
Great Feature for Week
of April a

Those who doubt the world has
progressed during the last 1000
years should witness the showing
of the eternal drama Man Woman
Marriage" which comes to the
Trianon the week of April 4.
Man Woman Marriage" is a con-
densed history of the worlds prog
ress-a screen epic and proof posi-
tive of woman's subtle and benign
influence over the destiny of man
kind.
In the retrospective Roman
scenes of this stirring modern story,
the Christian slave girl at the court
nightly splendor of this potentate's
magnificence is pictured the deca-
dence of civilization-the period
when man lived for pleasure. 1t
is the period whose unrestrained
orgies were notable even in the
reign of an Augustus Caesar. In
striking contract is the role of
despised and tortured slave stead
Easily refusing to foreswear the
tenets of~Christianity
Down through the ages, as de-
picted in Man Woman Marriage
the spectator Is impressed with the
Influence for good woman has
welded over man. In the modern
story of this magnificent film no
less impressive in her role as a
woman Of our times.
The story Is strong and con-
vincing, and the work of the star
stamps her as an artist of rare
talant and ability.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
LOUISE GLAUM IN
Love ledge WOOD
Thrilling Story of Love, Glad
ness and Sorrow Picture
Offering Today

Love is not only the most wonder
full thing in tn eworld, but there are
those who think that Love- is one OF
the most wonderful photoplaysi in the
world, and for this reason Manager Hugh
Hill booked this great film for Edge
wood park today This six-reel thriller OF
love, gladness, sorrow, pathos and the
trials of woman will be shown, beg n
ming at O'Clock this afternoon, with a
continuous programme running through
until $3.50 tonight. Music is a special Of
.crlIe VITA tne Bre4. move programme
The famous cinema star, Louise Glaum
is starring in this sensational produc-
ton, and it is said to be the browning
event of Miss Glaum's film career
Hugh Hill states that the Twentieth
street rCa,, is suu III al die to
the paving which Is being placed to join
the Montgomery highway, and he urges
all al.o.no0ii.sls 70 cake the Green
Springs rCad while motoring out u oAl l.
tiful Edgewood park for an enjoyable
afternoon at the picture show, or in row
ing the woodland acres of the popular
resort
Another dance will take place at Noun
tain View inn Tuesday night usual.
and one will also follow. The Hillco
management is rushing improvements on
Dreamland dance hall and hopes to be
able to throw this spacious ballroom open
to the public lin another two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27

an interest in Paul, and a natural FEM
mime jealousy, by insinuating that Marie
was merely a heartless society woman
who was trifling with Paul's affections
and would ruin his wonderful career.
Minis interest quickly turned to love,
and Paul accepted it because it helped
him forget Marie. When Marie came to
have her portrait painted, she reproachel
him for using a woman's heart.
Having caused Mimi to fall in love
with Paul. kept flaming Paurs love for
Marie; awakening in Marie the knowl-
edge of Paul's love, and aroused sus-
stancy. DR.. Muller invited his human
toys to a bal masque.
1t was amid scenes of mirth and friv-
City that he particularly loved to further
his evil designs. At the height of the
gaiety DR.. Muller told Georges Roben
that he was standing in the way of the
happiness of two people who loved each
other-his fiancee, Marie, and his friend,
Paul.
Because his love was great enough for
the sacrifice. Georges released Marie
from her engagement, but-Dr. Muller .
little game had only begun. and accord !
ngly the happiness of Paul and Marie
was short lived He so arranged that
Marie found Mimi with Paul in his stu
dis later that night. BELIEVING Pauls
love for her less than that of Georges.
she went back to Georges, and FASTENED
the wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
HUMAN STUFF WITH.
HARRY CAREY R|ALT0.
Stirring Story of East Meeting
West Show Stars
Versatility

At the Rialto theatre next week, be-
ginning Monday local theatregoers will
have an opportunity to enjoy another
Harry Carey production. Human Stuff
is the title and it will show new evil
dence Of Carey's versatility. He appears
as a college bred man with, the blood
of the out-of-doors in his veins. To
please his father he tries his hand at
managing his manufacturing plant. but
admits himself failure as a business
man, as well as in the social life to
which he is born.
A final escapade, when the young man
browns his troubles in the flowing bowl
on the night of his sisters coming out
party, convinces the father that Jim
Pierce is in the wrong environment and
suggests that he go west and take charge
of his big ranch. which has always been
money loser. Arriving in the west the
young fastener finds the cards stacked
against him. Inscriptions foremen and
neighboring ranch owners have con.
spired to get control of the Pierce lands
They are naturally hostile to the new
arrival. Jim's decision to turn the place
into sheep ranch further Anglers them
The young man manages to circumvent
their schemes until the arrival of a girl
from the east, with whom he falls in
love. The struggle then becomes mere
involved and mounts to a stirring climax.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
GREAT ATTRACTIONS
COMING TO TRlANOk

The first of these massive produc-
tons will be Man, Woman and Mar
riage,' to. be presented the week be-
ginning April A..
Passion" is one of the most talked
of pictures of the screen and pro-
duction that is causing a sensation
everywhere, will be seen at the Tria-
non at an early date.
Charlie Chaplin in ''The Kid" de-
parture from all Chaplin pictures, IS
expected to set new standards of pic
ture attendance in Birmingham. and
it will be one of the big features oil
these unusual photoplays. Chaplin has
always been identified with slap-stick
but THE Kid" is declared a screen
masterpiece and is different from any
thing Chaplin has attempted.
Other extraordinary productions q
be seen soon at the Trianon will be
"The Passion Flower Norma Tai
madge's first big production under ths
dictatorship of Herbert Brenon. Mis-;
Talmadge in this production is de.
clared to do her greatest work, and il
is said that she has never been pre-
sented before in such a massive pro.
duction.
Sowing the Wind" is another won
der play that will be seen shortly al
the Trianon and the featured player is
Anita Stewart. This production is de
clared to be one of the most preten-
tious of the. screen. The OATH" pow
erful picture of the bargain between
man and woman, will also be seen at
the Triapon shortly.
Many Of these productions are now
playing at admission. prices of So and
have broken all records in the large
eastern cities. They are being brough:
to Birmingham at what is said to be
the greatest outlay of money ever ex-
pended in the annals lof Birmingham
photOplay history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

MISUNDERSTANDING
The drama of every woman's yeSter-
day, today and tomorrow.
1t builds bridge to happiness across
the gulf of ex-antagonism.
The screen art at last fine art
Man w oman Marriage" makes it so
Not its thousands of PLAYERS, not its
barbaric beauties, not it's pagan dane
ers, not it's massive scenes, not its
sweeping panoramas make it great
They are but a background for its
triumphant theme of mother-right.
A mirror of the hopes, the loves. the
instincts of all womankind
Beautiful beyond conception. Thrill
ing beyond anticipation. -spokenly
dramatic beyond comparison.
Five dramas told in one-threaded
through the ages with the cord OF
woman's love and woman's faith.
Nine acts-just nine-and even they
don't seem enough.
THE MOTIVE OF A MASTERPIECES
Throughout all the years since the
dawn of time
We have lived and loved--we two.
We have laughed and cried
: We have lived and died-we two.
1t was announced today that Asso-
would present the drama eterna!
Man w oman Marriage" at the Trianon
theatre, beginning March 2S for a
limited engagement. This super pro
duction is said to mark the last word
in richness of presentation and in
) vestiture. That it will prove the screen
sensation of 1921 is predicted by the
leading motion picture critics.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
Af II t.z<r III \
formed from the authoritative state
ment that over 1000 feet of film went
into its construction.
Batteries of cameras were directed
on some of the massive scenes yet the
completed film is in only nine reels
In other words, the film was boiled
down to less than two per cent of the
total length shot This means that
scene after scene of startling beauty
and dramatic piquancy flashes on the
screen in tense sequence. The action
or, tempo, as the picture producers call
it. is breath taking in it's effect
Sub-titled THE Love Woman" this
intimate exposition of social relations
of man and woman promises, to set
tongues to wagging over never settled
questions.
Holubar brings to his dramatic argu-
ment the force of historic truth. He
renders biology popular and finds ro-
nance in the neolithic age. AS a per-
sonfied beauty. woman dances throug h
the entire plot. passing gracefully
from age to age and ever returning to
the present to continue the plots SD
preme purpose of entertainment.
An excited world is revealed in the
third period of the story society as it
has developed Cor descended) in so :
cial circles is pitilessly stripped to our
view. Its pretentions and its masque
are shown to be just what they are.
Truth has never gone further than
Holubar has taken it in this relentless
disclosure of ,the passion and follies
of world into which the steps of the
woman are directed by an ambitious,
proud and faithless husband. The
slavery of woman to man is shouted
again with all the energy Of a pas
sionate soul. and that slavery is shown