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New Ulm review., 1922-12-06

Last evening, Mrs. Adolph G. Meile
entertained group Of guests at her
home on South Broadway in honor of
Miss Daisy Richardson. Mrs. j. L.
Schoch will entertain at her home on
Center street tomorrow complimenting
Miss Richardson. ..s.....4
The Turner Ladies society will have
their November and December birth
day celebration tomorrow Thursday
afternoon at Turner hall. ..
The Current News Club met last
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. George F. Reineke. On Tuesday
December IL, the club will meet at the
home of Mrs. C. w. Miller on South
State street.
Friends gathered at the Ed. Gluth
home in Milford township last Friday
evening to help Mrs. Gluth celebrate
her birthday anniversary. After
spending an enjoyable evening play
ing five hundred 1t which Miss Flora
Spelbrink and Eldon Beussmann won
hon ors, delicious lunch was served
by Mrs. Gluth. -...
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet at the home Of Mrs. L. A. Gaut
on North State street on Friday after
noon of this week, instead of today.
Mrs. B. L. Bummert of Minneapolis,
who returned recently from Baltimore,
Md, where she had been attending a
general meeting of the society will be
here to speak at the meeting. Mrs.
Bummert had been elected as the dele
gate from Minnesota. Mrs. F. E.
Eidsvold, Mrs. N. T. Ackerson and
Mrs. Gavt are thu hostesses.
At the regular meeting of the Orient
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
initiation and election of officers took
place on Monday evening at the
Masonic hall. The following officers
for the year were elected: Mrs.
William Meile, w ofthy Matron; VIM.
Meile, Worthy Patron; Mrs. W. S,
Vercoe, treasurer: Miss Mathilda John.
son, secretary; Mrs. Herbert Grussen
dorf and Mrs. CIV. Miller, Conduct.
resses. After the regular work, ,ths
| committee in charge, served lunch.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
MAY PROVE IMPORTANT
INDUSTRY IN STATE
Collecting Frogs for Market Found
Y New Source of Profit-Waseca
p County Boys Earned $4,000.

Collecting Frogs for Market Found
New Source of Profit-Waseca
p County Boys Earned $4,000.
prepared by Office Of Publications,
University Farm. st. Paul)
BY collecting frogs last year, boys
in Waseca county earned nearly $1O,.
900, according to F4L. Washburn, pro-
fessor Of economic entomology at the
University Of Minnesota, who is con-
Quoting a survey on the species Of
frogs Minnesota contains and on their
abundance and productivity. Because
Waseca is only one locality in the
state where this is being done it looks
as though there might be considerable
money in frogs, he said.
Frogs are used by medical colleges
and university laboratories, but most
Of them are exported for table use
outside Of Minnesota and to eastern
markets." he said. I'm addition there
is an enormous demand for half-grown
frogs in the summer for bait. A Min
neapolis commission man tells me he
has shipped several thousand dozen
frogs a day in the season for table use,
frogs hind legs being considered a
great delicacy."
Because Of the great demand for
frogs, Professor Washburn said, a
member Of the legislature from Kan
diyohi county, few years ago, pre-
pared a bill protecting frogs, he being
fearful that Minnesota was being de-
prived of an important revenue, but
the bill was treated as joke and
never became law.
Belief that frogs may constitute an
important resource of Minnesota
caused the entomology and economic
zoology division: to make study of
the situation, according to Professor
Washburn. The first step was to find
out what species Of frogs the state
contains, their abundance and produc-
tivity. ss
The division is paying 50 cents each
for bull frogs which are not common
in the state. This collection began
this summer and is still going on. "A
few bull frogs will be accepted in or
der to establish the localities where
they are found. s
q There may be" according to Pro
fessor Washburn, -four or five speci-
mems Of frogs in Minnesota exclusive
Of tree frogs. OF these the leopard
frog outnumbers the other species at
the rate Of 100 to one. It is the chief
frog found in fishing tackle stores
during the summer. Minneapolis and
st. Paul stores sold from 200 to ESQ
leopard frogs weekly. according to
their proprietors.'
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS.

Our venerable townsman, 3.
Marschner had occasion to celebrate
his eighty-seventh birthday anniver'
sary last Saturday afternoon and even
ing. A uumher Of his old friends
called on him during the day at his
home on South Minnesota street. Mr.
Marschner received letters of congratu.
lations and greetings from relatives and
friends from the Pacific to Atlantic
coasts. In spite of his advanced age
Me- Marschner is hale and hearty and
apparently enjoys life.
Mrs. Otto H. Schneider and Mrs
A,SSE. Blauert entertained number o1
friends at the latters home on North
Minnesota street last Tuesday evening
Five hundred was played at five tables
at which Mrs. Joseph Puchner Was
awarded high and Miss Hilda Haber-
berg, second high. One trble Of
rittnmy was played and the prize
went to Mrs. Cornelius Burk. After
the card-game delicious two-course
lunch was served.
Mrs. John Siebenbrunner enter.
tanned about fifty guests at a five
hundred card party on Thanksgiving
eve: The following were awarded
prizes: Ed. Lars On, Of st. Paul, N
Nelson, Mrs. Otto Wichtel and L. G.
Harcl. After the evenings entertain.
ment a delicious Thanksgiving lunch
was served.
: Mr.. and Mrs. John Saffert were
pleasantly surprised by large number
Of relatives and, friends at the home o1
their parents, Mr., and Mrs. John R,in.
hart on North German street on
Thanksgiving day. A dinner was
served, and the afternoon hours were
spent I'M a social manner. Covers
were hid for thiity-fve guests.
Mrs. Paul Wandersee was m osl
agreeably surprised at her home or
North Washington street on Sunday
evening. The occaiion was her birth.
day anniversary. Until late hour
five hundred was played and prizes
we're won by Mrs. Frank E. Wander.
see, Paul Wandersee and Herbert
Juenemann. Lunch was served al
mid night. ~.s
Misses Louise and Clara Winkel:
mann were hostesses to fifteen OF theil
friends at their home on South Broad
way on Monday evening. Sociability
aud fancy work were the evenings
diversion, and a lunch was served.
Mrs. Jacob Engel was hostess al
bridge at hec home on South State
street on Friday evening, compliment.
ing Miss Daisy Richardson of Winona
who is the guest of local friends
Bridge was played, followed by de-
licious lunch.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
Poultry tuberculosis.

tuberculosis among poultry is
spreading not only in Minnesota, but
in Montana and other western states.
The disease can be controlled by con-
certed action Of farmers and Of farm
sers' organizations. Write to the divi-
sion Of veterinary medicine, Univer-
sity Farm. st. Paul, Mimi, for infor-
nation concerning control and eradi.
cation OF this disorder.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
Season for Timber Cutting.

Fall and winter are best for cutting
timber. Insects and fungi which at
tack wood are then less active. Sea-
soning is slow, and there is little ex-
cessiYe checking. It is easier to haul
logs on sleds than on wheels, and
labor suitable for woods work is us.
ually more available.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
EVERY FARMER FOR HIMSELF.

s SssssE 80. t&tes+a ne
In spite OF the benefits which will
come to farmers through organiza-
ton, his work will always remain in
tensely tindividualistic. He must wake
himself up in the morning; he must
decide whether to ploW deep or shall
low; whether or not to buy tractor;
what rotation to employ; and what
fertilizer to apply. These things will
never be done by cooperation or
legislation.
New Ulm review., 1922-12-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDING
 WILL BE AN ARMORY

Making the old postoffice building a na- tional guard armory is about the best use to which it could be put. Thanks to Senator Un- derwood, who offered an amendment to the general deficiency bill for that purpose which will no doubt be voted on favorably by the House, the Secretary of the Treasury will be authorized to lease the building to the national guard units in Birmingham for nominal sum- A bond will be required, guaranteeing that due care will be taken of the governments property, and the arrangement will probably be permanent.
 The troops will thus have centrally located and we'll built structure, which will make it more worth while to join national guard or ganisation and promote efficiency, both in equipment and personnel.
 Several suggestions were made for disposing of the old postoffice building but it will prob ably make better armory than anything else Extensive alterations will not be required, as would have been the case had it been used for public building of some kind, library or as- sembly hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
SOL WOODWARD HERE

Always glad to get back to old Birming- ham," said Sol Woodward, of the Woodward Iron company q have resided in Providence, R. l., since leaving Birmingham and do not often come south, but it is mighty pleasant to be back once in a while and mingle with the friends whom I knew when I was younger and with whom I formed strong friendships.
 "Useless for me to tell you that l am proud of Birminghams growth, and of the fact that the Woodward family was among the first to show it's confidence in Birmingham by coming here and building the Woodward furnaces"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
PLANT OPERATION GUIDE TO
 INDUSTRIAL STATUS

The decrease of 100000 tons of unified or hers on the books of the Steel Corporation March 1, compared with February l. is an in- stance of statistical data that, unless the rela- sirn Co other data is understood, would convey the wrong impression. Apparently the busi- ness of the corporation, instead of improving, is going the other way.
 But the facts are that the corporation booked a larger tonnage and increased production to supply it. The Journal of Commerce explains the discrepancy between the thrilled tonnage report and business expansion when, in com menting on the report, it observes: "The de- cline during February was due to an increased rate of operation and shipments"
 While the corporation booked more new busi- ness in February it made larger shipments than. had been customary for some time, and opera tions being on larger scale, probably the major portion of the new orders booked in February were finished orders by the close of February.
 The best guide to the industrial situation is
 ant operation. The full turn in the steel pro
 cing mills of the Tennessee company is a re- liable indication of its business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
WHAT GREATER FRIEND!

Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Cumberland, Md.-Clad only in his rompers of flimsy material and blue sweater coet, Howard, three-and-a-h son of Scott Leybig, passed all of last night in the woods four miles from his home, watched by big shepherd dog belonging to a neighbor
 It was long after daylight this morning just as the posse of searchers was returning from its all-nght hunt covering 10 miles, that the boy, with his hands on the back of the faith ful dog came trekking out of the underbrush crying for joy. He had been found by James Kelly, a member of the party.
 When asked what he had done during .he night, the boy said he had curled up on the ground and the dog had laid down, too Asked if he had cried, the lad said he had, but the deg licked his hands until he fell asleep
 Further questioning brought out the fact that the dog had laid partly upon the child and his heavy coat of fur kept him warm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
MUSCLE SHOALS PICKERING

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 wish to voice my hearty approval of the view~taken by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on "A Commission for Muscle Shoals" and print ed in your editorial columns Tuesday. And think the President has ample grounds for being dsgusted and sick and tired of the con tinual pickering going on in both houses of Con- gress and of their refusal to accept the respon- abilities which are squarely up to them to settle
 l also wish to voice my sentiments in regard to such calamity howers' as Charles L. Par son about the possibilities of Muscle Shoals de- velopment, and do not believe that the public will be influenced by any flaring headlines on views of petty experts on Muscle Shoals, when such men as Thomas A. Edison have per sonally inspected and approved the proposed developments by Ford. J. H. WALLACE. Birmingham, March IA, 1922 1905 Twelfth
 avenue, south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
------- s.------------ EXHIBIT AT BIRMINGHAM

From the Albany-Decatur Daily.
 The ides of some that there should be held statewide exhibit at Birmingham is a worthy movement, and should be heartily eoncurred m by all of the citizens of this state. There ls no doubt but that most creditable display could be made. The idea is to have the marAl- faetdred products of the state gathered at $ central place and interest the whole people in the project. The advertising which the state would get from the idea would do much to de- velop her varied material resources and interest others from without the confines of the stase Alabama over could make an exhibit that would reflect great credit Her manufactured prod ucts are many, and her manufactured prod- ucts from her own natural resources would be eye-opener.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
MIR. UNDERWooD's CHOICE

From the New York Tribune.
 Mir Underwood has many times proved his stability and road-mindedness. He did so again in his speech on the four-power Pacific treaty He consented to serve member of the American conference delegation because he saw a chance to advance American interests by ending dangerous international frictions in the Pacific. He now advocates ratification of the conference treaties, on the ground that the con ferences work was signal contribution to the pacification of that region and has thereby greatly benefited the United States.
 No partisanship enters into this attitude. It is the attitude of the average American, re- gardless of party. If the treaties are judged simply on their merits what can be said against them? Opposition to them so far has been based chiefly on extraneous insinuations to meth ods and motives But there the treaties are They offer a plain choice between concert for peace in the Pacific resting solid foun- dations and return to the old conditions of suspicion and discord
 Why should any senator hesitate to make the choice which MT. Underwood makes? It is a choice which should be equally easy for a re- publican or democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
NEW ORLEANS FOLKS

"Fine set of folks down in New Orleans" said H. ]. Porter, Sr., who is on visit to his son. H. J. Porter, Jr q and-my son. Albert, who is in charge of the New Orleans store, recently opened ,are delighted with the reception that has been accorded us and our business in the Crescent City.
 What I like about the New Orleans busi- ness man is that, whetter you trade with him, bank with him, of take out insurance with him, or do not, he comes around to make acquaint ance of the new. citizen, and gives him a hearty welcome. You cannot help liking folks who do that.
 New Orleans is lon gon courtesy, in business as well as private relationships, and the more see of it the more I like it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
MARY ELLEN
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 We would like to know more about the Me Donald girl. Mary Ellen has become very in- teresting person. Even though the spook- trapping specialists fail to bag any really-truly ghost at Caledonia mills they will not have striven in vain if they bring back a satisfac- tory explanation of Mary Ellen.
 If it is indicated that the spook and Mary Ellen are in some way partners, in deception the case will not be unique. Little girls of the pigtai and pinafore stage of pre-adolescence have sometimes. turned their surplus energy into channels of mischevous prankng that has deceived credulous elders We have read of the Fox girls who excited all England with their spirit messages, and who were finally found to be making the mysterious raps by cracking their toe joints. Most girls take to dolls, some are tomboys and romping hoydens, and few find their dearest delight in sheer mischief. Combine this tendency to mischief with certain mental precocity and you have real puzzle. We do not know whether or not Mary Ellen is one of these combinations, but it is no dsrespect to Mary Ellen to state that she is very interesting young lady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
HUMOR IN BAD SPELLING

Stephen Leacock, in Harpers Magazine.
 On our side of the Atlantic, to cite our own faults first, we still cling to the supposed humor of bad spelling. We, indeed, told ourselves a thousand times over that bad spelling is not funny, but is very tiresome. Yet it is no sooner laid aside and buried than it gets resurrected.
 l suppose the real reason is that it is funny, at least to our eyes When Bill Nye spells wife with ''yph" we can't help being amused Now, Bill Yves bad spelling had absolutely no point to it except it's oddity. At times 1t was extremely funny, but as mode it led easily to widespread and pointless imitation: It was the kind of thing-like poetry-that anybody can do badly It was most deservedly abandoned with execraton. No American editor would print it today.
 But witness the new and excellent effect produced with bad spelling by Ring w. Lardner Here, however, the case is altered; it is not the falseness of MT. Lardner's spelling that is the amusing feature of it, but the truth of it. When he writes "dear friend, Al, I would of rote sooner,' etc., he is truer to actual sound and information than the lexicon.
 The mode is excellent. But the limitations will soon debase it into such bad coin that it will fail to pass current.
 In England, however, the humor of bad spelling does not and has never, I believe, flourished Bad spelling is only used in Eng land attempt to rentroduce theoretically dialect; it is not intended that the spelling itself should be thought funny, but the dialect that it represents. little dose of the humor of Lancashire or Somerset or Yorkshire pro nunciation may be all right, but a whole page of it looks like the gibbering of chimpanzees set down on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
RAGGING A POET LAUREATE

From the Chicago News.
 Robert Bridges, the English poet laureate, is again under fire for failure to function. Holding, as he does, that the afflatus bloweth when and where it lsteth he refused ot pump wedding march for the marriage of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles.
 Lord Tennyson set a stiff pace for the of- ficial Pegasus to follow. Tennyson was lau reate who loved his work and had the technic of occasional verse at his finger tips. The paean, the epithalamium, the genethliacon, the professional and the dirge were chlds play for him. He had only to take out classical pattern and cut to order.
 It is unfair to compare Bridges with Tenny- son. Times have changed in poetry. and oc- casional verse has gone out of fashion. The hallowod imagery is no longer tolerated. Poet Laureate Bridges knows that if he married the sturdy elm to the clinging vine in classic fashion, or penned nuptial stanzas after the Spenserian system, he might please Horatio Bottomley, but he would be hooted by the whole choir of modern poets.
 The question of the hour is Shall Bridges get the sack or not? Poets defend him, but business men like Bottomley consider the annual butt of sack allowed to the poet laureate wasted on a bard who finds in it no inspiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
SHOULD NOTIFY AUTHORITIES

"The ends of justice would be aided consd- eraby if eye-witnesses of an accident would notify the authorities" said Coroner J. D. Rus sum. "One of our hardest tasks now is to run down the witnesses This work sometimes takes more trouble and time than the actual investigation of the case
 "We would have completed the investigation of the accident in which Mrs. Israel was killed much sooner if we had been notified by those who were eye-witnesses. As it is now, we have to summon all we think know anything about the case. It is only matter of justice, and every person should have desire to see justice done if it does put him to little inconveni- ence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
FOR FOUNDATION ONLY

Some people understand that the contract for the building of the second unit of the JoAn Herbert Phillips High school has been awarded, but this is a wrong impression said Dr. E. B. Glenn, superintendent of. city schools. "We have advertised for bids for the building of the foundation of the School, bat have not yet been authorized/to advertise for bids for the superstructYfe.
 ''The school is to be housed in two very large building.J, and the contracts for each have been made separately. Each building is also 10 be let to two contractors, one for the founda- ti6n and one for the superstructure."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
SOME STATESMEN MAY NOT HAVE READ TREATY

Mark Sullivan, political correspondent of the New York Post throws an interesting side light on the character and abilities of Senator Reed of Missouri, in commenting on the debate in the United States Senate on the four-powcr treaty.
 The Missouri statesman was talking as if he took it for granted that the nglo-Japanese alliance, which is said on excellent authority to have been the principal reason why the arms conference was called, it's abrogaton being de- sired both by Great Britain and the United power treaty was ratified. The average news paper reader who paid any attention at all to the purposes and achievements of the con- ference knows that getting the Anglo Japanese alliance out of the way without offending Jepan was one of the objects aimed at in drafting the four-power agreement When Senator Lenroot, according to MT. Sullivan, called Senator Reeds attention to his over sight and reminded him that this was expressly stipulated in the treaty, the gentleman from Missouri said he hadn't noticed it.
 That is fair sample of the kind of oppo- sition being offered to the four-power treaty. The "irreconcilables' at first attempted to make much ado over the authorship of the draft. Sec retary Hughes might have given out the infor- nnt;on sooner and thus taken away one of their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 High living often brings life to low level. Joy in religion is but another word for gen uineness.
 It may be that the greatest heroes the ones that fall.
 He who thinks he knows it all is rarely man of large ideas.
 Stretching the imagination seldom makes both ends meet.
 Being in the right place at the right time is seldom matter of accident
 Every man likes to hear wise woman talk because she always talks to him about himself.
 Wise is the man who is willing to climb down off his dignity long enough to do his duty.
 It's all right to speak well of the dead, but the widow who marries second time needn't rub it in.