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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
HEY, GOBs!
ERHAps in nothing else are the

~ ERHAPS in nothing else are the
fashion and custom of the age
so distinctly characterized as in
the use of words. Any student of the
language-any language, in fact-can
tell the approximate date of the au-
thorship of any writing by the choice
of the words it contains. You know
yourself how easy it is to recognize
Shakespeare from his word choice-Or
at least, how differently Shakespeare
and his contemporaries wrote from the
way Sir Walter Scott and O. Hen
ry, respectively, wrote.
Now, the words we choose to ex-
press our thoughts are, to large ex-
tent, chosen because they are the
correct words to use. There are
styles and fashions in word usage,
as there are in the method of writing
letters and holding the knife, and we
reflect the fashion of our own day.
Our grandmothers and grandfathers
used a far more stilted form than we
do. Not only does it sound stilted, be-
cause it is out of date, but it actually
was a more formal and stilted usage.
Slang, in those days, was not INDUCED
in by the well bred. Today, say what
we will against the use of slang, it is
not a sign of bad breeding. And, al
though we may caution our sweet
young daughters against using slang,
still we cannot keep them from rec
ognizing it as part and parcel Of the
present-da English tongue.
Not long ago, some big billboards
inviting the sailors anchored in the
Hudson river to TIE various festivals
in the way of dances and feasts which
New York city had prepared for them,
began with the words, "Hey, Gobsw
The posters went on to specify time
and place and variety of the enter
tainments.
Now, can anybody imagine a Civil
war bulletin of invitation to the blue
jackets of the day beginning with the
words "Hey, Gobs?' No; that was
a day of more stilted language, and
a slangy address to the sailors would
have been quite undignifed.
There are times today, of course,
when we should avoid slang. Slang
does sound cheap from dignified ma
tron. Too much slang shows GER
tain lack of Imagination on the part
of the user, anyway. But stilted
usage of words is quite unnecessary.
OF course, if you are writing to the
diplomatic representative of a foreign
government, for instance, asking what
openings exist in his country for work
ers in some industry, you should
couch your letter of inquiry in digni-
fed language-eyen formal language.
If you are makl.g an address bestow-
ing gift. you, would likewise use
formal phraseology that might almost
be termed stiff. And you wouldn't
think, of course, in sending out inyi-
tations for a dinner party, of starting
them off: "Hey, friend!" But the
day of stilted language for any save
the purely formal, almost document
airy, communication, is gone. We talk
easily and naturally, nowadays, and
the fewer verbal fiourishes we in
dule in the better.
(Copyright>
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS

is a constitutional remedy Catarrhal
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have 9. rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result. Unless the in
fiammation can be reduced, your hearing
NAV be destroyed forever. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE acts through the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thus reducing the inflammation and
assisting Nature in restoring normal con-
ditions.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
e. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
Scotchies.

Take two cupfuls of rolled oats, put
through the meat chopper and brown
lightly in the oven. Take two table
spoonfuls of shortening melted, one
fourth of a cupful of molasses, one
teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth of a
teaspoonful of soda. Mix all the dry
ingredients, add the melted shorten
ing and the molasses and milk. Roll
thin and cut in strips and bake ~
minutes in a moderate oven. Ice each
cake as it comes from the oven with
sugar melted with little water.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY

A DISH that is nourishing enough
- to take the place of main dish
at dinner is.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
THE RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHT TIME
MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

Words are the shadows of actions
Democritus.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
Hominy With Olives.

Fry one small onion cut fine in a
little tat until golden. Add three scant
cupfuls of cooked samp or a can OF
hominy; stir until hot, then add one
fourth of a cupful of milk, the same
of water, stirring all the time; add
three-fourths of a cupful of grated
cheese, and when it is melted remove
from the heat before the cheese be-
comes stringy. Then add one-half cup
full of stoned ripe olives, chopped.
Season and serve at once.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
Keep Up With the Times

Time is feeting and everything on
earth moves with 1t. What was good
enough yesterday is out of date today.
If we fail to Keep step with the for
ward movement we soon become mere
creatures OF the past. Exchange.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28

Will trade good six foot McCor-
mick binder, a good 2 year old Roam
bull for good sound reliable work
horse or mare of good size Address
Madison McCollum, Soperton, Wis.
camp a. on Bay Shore road IL miles
east of Wabeno.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
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lfother5Coo1RBook

If we break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though peoples grow
In Flanders Field.
John McCrae.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

| LOCAL AND PERSONAL
| Joe Gerl of Nswald was in town Sat
urday.
| Rev. Huth returned from Clintonville
yesterday.
| K. ]. Bsrndt returned to Crandon
last Friday.
Albert Ihlenfeldt visitsd at Town
send Sunday.
]. E.. Ward Of Carter was caller in
town Tuesday.
Emil Birkle was down from Tipler
few days this week.
Lost: Roman gold medal pin. Finder
please return to Mary Neisius.
Miss Orpha Marsh spent the week
end at her home at Mountain.
Lewis Mallow of Laona was a bust
ness caller in town last Friday.
| Mrs. Ed Moore and son, Homer re-
turned Friday from Green Bay.
| Atty. Geo Crawford of Gillett was
in town on legal matters last Friday.
| Alfred Miller went to Iron Mountain,
Mich on business mission Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Anton Kufner Sr and
daughter of Blackwell were in the. Will
age last Friday.
Miss Hattie Schroeder returned home
last week from visit at Appleton,
Kiel and Oconto.
Paul and Walter Lemke returned to
Oshkosh Monday to resume their stud
les at the Normal
Proof of the pudding is in the eat
ing thereof Thousands praise Tanlac
SO will you. M. O. Boehm.
| w. Ell. Miller of the Miller Bros. sales
Stables, Gillett and Seymour, was
business caller here Wednesday.
! II you feel tired, worn out nervous
and all unstrung, take Tanlac. 1t will
straighten you out. M. O. Boehm.
| Jas. Paul of Crandon was in town
few days this week in the interest of
the Mass Bonding & Insurance Co.
S. d Switzer accompanied his moth
er-in-iaw, Mrs Sanford, to Rochester,
Mimi. last week to consult the Mayo
doctors.
Mrs Ell. Kruger has resigned her
position as teacher of the seventh grade
and has been succeeded by Miss Doro-
thy Cartwright of Oshkosh.
Hay FOR SALE. Any kind in car
loads.
George l. Frerick,
Beaver Dam, Wis.
j.. C Reese and Albert Rusch Jr.
went to Gillett Saturday and drove
back Sunday in the Reese car which
had been left at Gillett last fall
Postmaster Ray Hussong of Tipler
came down last Friday and drove back
Saturday 10 new Ford sedan pur-
chased from the Rietz Motor Car 90.
! unth Of ha r NIL
went to CTintonville Monday to attend
a Minister'S Conference The Waheno
pastor read paper on lst Cor Is, 70
80
| Tanlac overcomes rheumatism by
1 toning up and invigorating the vital
organs, thereby enabling them to e.
Intimate poisons from the system. M.
o Boehm
Chairman r. O. Rusch of the town
of Wabeno and W Fl. Hartman, of the
new town of Freedom, attended the
annual meeting of the county board
Tuesday and Wednesday
The sale and supper given by the
Ladies Aid of the Lutheran Church
last Saturday afternoon and evening
was success financially as well as
socially The receipts were over $3.50
viii trade good six foot McCor-
mick binder, a good 2 year old Roam
bull for good sound reliable work
horse or mare of good size. Address
Madison MeCollum, Soperton, Wis.
camp a, on Bay Shore road IL miles
east of Wabeno.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

whose leader vas Hosea Ballou
They reyclted. says Mr.. Barton. at
the harsh dosmatism of the ortho-
dcx theology OF that day.
Though they liberalized their creed
they did not greatly modify the aus
terity OF their Puritan living" out
of this combination Of freedom OF
thought and disciplined morality
came Clara Barton u i not too
much "a say that 10 either ancestry
aud no other enrlroament could
have produced exactly east she l,e-
came
She as the vounzesi chIld -
fye. bgt taere sas ten years be-
tvcen her and the nearest sister
snd be- brother David vas I9 a.
her birth. She vus thus. ia a say.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

lining Clara Barton's ancestry. She
was favored by the fates in compli-
ance with DR.. Holiness advice to
choose your grandparents care
fully" She came of a long line on
both sides, of the highest and best
types of the folk that built up New
England from its foundation in
Puritanism TO its full flower of in
dependence. political and intellect
ual. after the Revolutionary war.
1t is worth noting that her parents
were among the founders of the first
Uniyersalist Church in America.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

accomplished, and saving concern
ing it. Until that work is done
cannot go to Heaven Her vigor,
intellectual strength and great vi
tality remained almost unimpaired
up to her last illness. There was
always something for her to do, and
always she did it.
Mr.. Barton has done his enor.
nous task with good judgment, to
an admirable result. He Is suffi-
ciently critical; the record is by no
means a fulsome. adjectival, pane.
gyric. One feels that he has tested
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

cavalry on foot or mounted ny in
fantryi"
She was fortunate also in her
schools outside her home. she sh-
sorbed svidly about al that q yoang
girl could get ia education IN those
days. aud sae very early became
scheel teacher herself she regarded
that - her true vocation. and
followed Il aith signaG zaccess unt5l
is5i. vhen ber geies gave cut and
OBJ gei her. temporarily a. sas thea
thought. - seek oihef WorA. This
led be- C. Washington. where she
herame enc 81 the arst women
Coyera meat elefks in the Psteal
o@ce Doaalles> The experience
and bus aess traiaine of the next
lew years did mueh to ft her for
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

rather lonely child during her ear
liest years. Her two brothers and
two sisters were her protectors and
teachers, but too old to be play
mates. She was, moreover. very
shy, timid child: evidently keenly
alert in intellect and imagination.
but always diffident. Though she
conquered it outwardly this per
sonal diffidence lasted throughout
her life. ITO this day" she wrote,
late in life, II would rather stand
behind the lines of artillery at An
tietam or cross the pontoon bridge
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

Edwin A. Abbey ....... ................... o
Stephen Frenoh Whitman's "Saerihee" .
Gertrude A;herions Sleeping Fire..
Stephen MeKennas The Secret Victory"
Another American Publisher in London
BY Horace B. Liveright M ?
Chronicle and Comment Observation-Disclosures.
Authors Works and Their Ways ............
The World of Letters Others See IT..
The Book Factory, by Edward Anthony 49, Q
New Fiction in Varied Forms. ........... Io-I1
Books of the Week IL
Literature" and Newspapers.
BY Alexander Black 80 II
The Literature of the New Auction .. I6
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
ABLE OF CONT NTS

The Life ard Soul Of Clara Barton
a Survey BY II. L Pangborn
Relatively" Again ............
What Are the Great Deg Stories and Why
BY Albert Payson Terhune author OF
Lad: Dog" &c
S S Mcclure Of "Meclure's"
An Interview By Chloe Arnold
Rasmussen and the Arctic Highlanders.
A Review by Henry Rood
The Whispering Gallery. by Donald Adams.
Literary Pilgrimages. at Home and Abroad
/. The House OF Burners
"Stcry of a New Yori, House"
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

a t Fredericksburg
under fire than TO
be expected to pre-
side at a public
meeting"
But in OF h G r
ways she was not
at all a lonely or
neglected c hill d.
That W a s impos-
sible in such a fam
lily. In fact, all
her brothers and
sisters and her
father. Capt. Bar
ton, devoted them
selves asSiduouSlY
to the girls etiu-
cation. All of them
were at one time
or another school
teachers. She grew
up in an atmos-
phere of study and
discipline, often on
somewhat unusual
lines. Her father.
for instance. taught
her a good deal OF
military history
and drew upon his
own experiences as
a veteran of the In
dian wars, with the
result that when
she actually be-
came involved ia
Wat sue ~ sS. L
found myself far
less a stranger 10
the conditions than
most women, or
even ordinary men.
| never ad-
dressed a colonel
as captain. got my
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

in the case OF purely personal
correspondence. and much OF that
was carefully treasured by the
recipients. Mr.. Barton was con-
frOnted by forty large boxes OF
these documents life record of
eighty years or so. fully documented.
III this book is large" says he, 1T
is because the material compelled Il
to be SO. II could easily have been
ten times as thick" But IL is full
enough. in spite OF its compression:
a well rounded. direct aud eloquent
ly simple narrative and il Is inl-
mensely readable. interesting from
cover 10 cover.
Believers in hereiity. ia race and
the valse Of being well bora" will
and much o. Sustain them IN exam
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

I'LL CpuipdEy-
~ F very few men of the last
century. and, perhaps, OF
no other woman, can one
predicate true greatness with SO
much assurance that the verdict of
the impersonal future will agree
with our own ds in the case OF
Clara Barton. Wherever, in Amer
ica or in lands beyond" says her
biographer, 'the flag of the Red
Cross flies beside the Stars and
Stripes. there the soul of Clara
Barton marches on" Yet the es-
tablishment of the American Red
Cross was but the crowning
achievement of her great career.
She had made a deep lasting mark
upon history. both in our own Civil
War and upon the battlefields of
France, from Strasbourg TO Paris,
long before there was an American
Red Cross.
Many other women have. equaled
possibly surpassed, her in the man.
Hesitation OF pity for suffering. the
divine compassion that moves one
to help. in the selfless devotion to
hurt humanity; many women have
excelled her in sheer intellectual
power. though few parallel her in
the broad. understanding tolerance
and liberality of her thinking, and
there have been many efficient
women executives and organizers.
But. to all these and other elements
that go to the making of greatness,
Clara Barton added n Something
over that evades exact definition
but may. perhaps, best be called a
superlative common sense - not
meaning thereby a hard. narrow
practically, but rather genius
for doing exactly the right thing
at the right time. and in the right
way. not as diplomatic or oppor-
tunist expediency, but out of re-
aliZation OF its rightness There Is
glimpse of the fortunate training
that helped to develop this quality
in Mr.. Bartou's account of instruc-
tion she received from her older
brother, David. when she was a
small girl. He says:
David took the little girl under
his instruction and taught her how
to do things directly and with ex-
pedition. IL she started anywhere
impulsively and turned back he re-
proved her. She was not to start
until she knew where she was go
ing. and why. and. having started,
she was TO go ahead and accomplish
what she had undertaken. 9.
lie taught her 10 despise false mo-
tions and TO avoid awkward and in
efficient attempts to accomplish
results"
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

II is eminently uttins aud for
tunate that this Glrs; attempt a a
comprehensive biography should
have been written hy her cousin.
the Rev. william =. Barton. Who Is
able 10 draw not onlf up8n his own
lifelong memories ~ her but also
upon the astonishing mass of let
ters aud records that she ieft be-
hind fie is siso able to include
a number OF unpuhllshed autosio
graphical chapters. For many
wears before her dcsta st the aee
of 80. she had Intended % sci duvn
q record OF her life. but never was
able 10 find time Co do 80. even
after her retirement from the Red
Cross. She did publish q brief story
Of her childhood. and she prepared
q paper OF about is.eee words lin
oluded In this book. continuing
the story intO girlhOod. but the rest
remained unwritten. "She was al
ways thinking" says Mr.. Rarton.
"Of another thing tAat needed 10 be
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

his facts and that
he has striyen. first
of all, to make a
truthful rec ord.
Moreover, he shows
a good sense of pro-
portion a n d ap-
pears to have made
a W 8 e selection
from the mass OF
material at hand.
An authorized bi-
ography by Percy
Ii. Epler was pub
lished in 1915 to
meet, temporarily.
the demand for a
life of her. but Mr..
Epler did not have
access TO her own
diaries. letters and
O t II G r records,
which were left.
uneXa mined, in two
large safe deposit
vaults until nj I
Barton could go
through them. His
resulting narrative
is likely to stand as
the definite record.
though, one may
suppose, there is
still room for the
future publication
of possibly several
volumes OF h er
letters.
Her biOgrapher's
task was appalling
in bulk. She seems
never to have de-
stroyed any papers
and she faithfully
kept copies OF her
own letters except
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

THE LIFE. OF CLARA BARTON. By
William f. Barton. Houghton Mif-
fin Company.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
Science Follows
Radio Messages

WHEN a broadcasting station sends out
w by wireless phone the voice of a famous
operate singer, only a tiny fraction of a
second is needed for those golden notes to
reach the ears of listeners 100 miles away.
But what, thereafter, becomes of the ether
waves that carry them?
They keep on going, travelling with the
speed of light-S6, 600 miles a second. In
eight minutes they reach the sun. In
twenty seven minutes they arrive at Jupi-
ter, and. if there were people OH that giant
planet provided with the requisite receiv-
ing instruments, they would hear the sing
er's voice with a distinctness undiminished.
But the electro magnetic waves do not
stop at Jupiter, nor at the outermost con-
fines of the solar system. Their journey
has as yet only begun, and they will con-
tinue on until, perhaps one hundred million
years hence. they reach the farthest star
that is visible to our telescopes.
And thence on, forever, through the in
inity of space. The voice of the singer has
traced an ineradicablc record on the in
visible ether. 1t is immortal.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
This Machine
Strengthens Hand
strong is your grip?

uOW strong is your grip?
- 1t all depends, of course, upon the de-
velopment of the muscles of your thumb and
fingers. Much in this direction may be &C.
complished by systematic exercise.
A device for this purpose has been newly
invented by a Boston man, Charles f..
Lincoln. 1t is a pair of hollow rubber balls
covered with kid leather. A "%collar'
tightly wrapped with adhesive tape connects
the two.
In use, the balls are placed in the palm of
the hand and squeezed. One of them is
squeezed between the index finger and the
thumb; the other is pressed against the palm
by the middle, fourth and little fingers. The
inventor claims that by this little %contriv-
ance, which may be conveniently carried in
the pocket for use at odd moments, all the
muscles of the hand and wrist are exer-
cised.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
Making India's
Rivers Work

NyHE industrial development of Southern
y India is seriously retarded by lack of
coal; for the wealth Of India" does not
include any great deposits of that fossil
fuel. On the other hand, the country has
enormous available resources of energy in
the shape of water power. Z
Recent surveys made by the Government
have shown that, leaving minor streams
out Of account, seven great rivers east
from the Indus are capable Of yielding b.
600, 900 horsepower for every 1000 feet of
faIl from their sources in the Himalayas.
But the flow Of rivers in Southern India
III far from regular, and In the hot season
smaller ones dry up. Hence, to turn
ssfheml to account for hydroelectric purposes,
they must be damned, thereby holding the
{ monsoon rains I'm storage.
The most important project 81 the kind
RIM eontemplatien - the damminng Of the
sSbarayarti River above the Gerseppa Falls,
3 I 81 tho greatest cataraets ia the world.
eTheresfbe river makes sheer: drop 81 200
90. presenting ~ Impressive snd wonder
sppetscle. ~ sIory, however IL not
M . dsstrolyedS III even diththtshed, e
ea45Sn Shos<H ~ re dam ssts abeins sons
6a6nce Efshsf S sasa #s I
s1 NIL ala2ofXhs sha.sysfti Ris@r Il
sfeI fhe 6fst step HI thiasgigsa5e III.
Mfieb wtl altt11xfely xtyes India I
4 III watsr power willahsM bssn taken.
y1sslelpptspts M follow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-10
Timing
the Phone

MIR. JONES, at his Office, calls up a num-
AVA Der on the phone, says a few crisp
words, and hangs up. 1t is an affair OF
half a minute. Mrs. Smith, at home. rings
up a woman friend and engages her in
gossip for fifteen minutes.
1t seems somehow as If Mr.. Jones should
nav less for his brief use of the line than
Mrs. Smith for her long conversation. But
up to now it has not been found practicable
to place the telephone business on the same
sort of basis as gas, water and electricity
on a basis. that is, of quantity consumed.
Major Garrison Babcock, of Seattle,
claims to have solved this problem by his
invention of the ''telechronometer." a de-
vice which accurately registers the time con-
sumed by phone conversations. 1t is a
little meter which. registering only on the
telephone of the person who makes the call,
has the incidental advantage of recording a
charge against listeners who eavesdrop on
party lines.
This novel system has been introduced,
and Is now operated, in the. city of Everett,
Wash, which has a population of %, 900.
1t cuts the cost to the moderate user, and
places the burden on the heavy user. where it
belongs. Each subscriber pays in exact
proportion to the amount of use he makes of
the phone.
1t is thought that in big and busy cities,