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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

| 1t isn't the four commonplace
letters that make up the name
that endear the flower to us; it
is, Of course, our associations
with the name that make it a
lovely and fragrant word.
So it is with the names of men
and women. The people we as
sociate with them make their
names beautiful or ugly.
| heard some young folks talk-
ing together about the names Of
their comrades the other day.
"Oh, / don't like that name" and
I despise this one" and the 9TH
er, "Oh, it is too lovely for any
thing were some of their com
ments. Then said one girl, Il
can't bear the name Lydia, can
your"
Why" said /, breaking in up
on the conversation, Il think it
is one of the most beautiful of all
names, for it was the name of
my own dear mother, who died
more than sixty-fve years ago"
1t was all a matter of associa-
ton. The Peggys or Maggies or
Gladyses or Muriels of whom
these young folks were talking
were agreeable or disagreeable
to them according to whether
the particular Peggy or Maggie
Of Gladys or Muriel whom they
knew was agreeable or disagree
able.
Most people are not especial
| ly fond of their own names,
have observed; and, if they had
the naming of themselves, they
think they would have chosen
some other name than they have.
Perhaps it is because we know
so much about ourselves that is
unpleasant or mean or in some
way disagreeable that we have
not fallen in love with the Chris
tian name our parents gave us.
If my surmises about the caus-
IS for the popularity of names is
correct, what a chance we all
have to make our own names
loved and honored, whoever
bears them! -..
l. like William or even Bill be-
cause | know such a kind and
considerate and cheerful William.
Indeed, l am inclined to like all
Williams and Bills on his account.
like Pearl because | know a
pearl of a girl that bears that
name, and | am predisposed to
like all Pearls because of her.
Abraham is not a particularly
mellifluous name. Few Of us
would at first thought place it
among our favorites. But when
we think of the grand old patri-
arch who was the friend of God,
to whom the name was first Civ
en-, we find a certain beauty and
majesty in it. And now our
greatest national hero, Abraham
Lincoln, has added new lustre to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
WHAT'S IN Al NAME I
BY REV. FRANCIS i. CLARK
President of the Worlds Christian
Endeavor Union.

In spite of Shakespeare's die
tum it is not true that rose by
any other name would smell. as
sweet.
Suppose an edict should go
forth from some Worlds High
Court, with authority to enforce
its decisions, that henceforth
roses should be called onions or
garlic, would the edict be re
ceived with general approval?
| think it would be received with
considerable disgust; and many
of us at the risk of suffering fine
and imprisonment for defying
the court, would go on talking
about our roses, especially in
June.
And yet onions and garlic grow
out of the same soil and their
names are made out of the same
alphabet Of twenty-six letters as
roses. They are both perfectly
good and proper names. Why
should we object to the change?
Simply because we have some
unpleasant association with the
proposed substitutes. | admit
that to some people the odor of
an onion is scarcely less agreea-
BILE than that of rose, especial
ly to a hungry man when the
onion is "smothering a beef
steak.
But after all, however, we may
reason with our prejudices alb
stractly, we should feel that
somehow our roses would be in
a degree degraded, would not
smell so sweet r. -r'a called them
by the name of the useful odor-
Gus bulbs which are so worthy
of praise in their own place.
When we pronounce that little
word of four letters, rose, we
think invariably Of beauty and
fragrance, of delicious colors
ranging from fiery red to ala
baster-white, and of all the deli
cate blushing shades between the
two extremes. ..s--,.
We think of a. fragrance which
is subtle and exquisite, but new
er cloying.
We think of delicious bowers
covered with charming ramblers,
of aspiring bushes running up in
a single season or two to cover
some deformity of architecture,
or to make dead old tree bloom
again with far more than its
original loneliness. s.. e
We think of the charming wild
rose that requires no aid of man
in making waste and weedy
places to blossom-like, yes, like
the rose; there is no other syno-
nym for it's loneliness.
Even Isaiah could find no bet
ter smile for the better days
which he predicted when 1.-THE
wilderness and the dry land shall
be glad; and the desert shall re-
joice, and blossom as the rose"
Even if the learned commenta-
tors do tell us that Isaiah had in
mind the autumn crocus' when
he speaks of the rose, we are
glad that the translators called
it a rose. @.4-a
How tame it would sound to US
if they had made it read, the
desert shall rejoice and blossom
as the autumn crocus"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
WRITES OF RETURN
TO ALASKAN SHORES

S. j. Simonsen who together with
his bride of only a few weeks visit
ed Askov relatives recently, writes
about their return trip to Alaska
under date of Nov. 16 jim letter to
the American. The letter was writ
ten aboard the s. s, Yukon and is
as follows:
We left Duluth Saturday, Nov.
Z, on our way back to the frozen
North. Took the Northern
Pacific passing through the
prairies of Minnesota and North
Dakota, the mountains of Mon
tana and Idaho and the valleys of
Washington. Arrived in Seattle
Tuesday morning.
Seattle is always interesting,
being a large. seaport. Here men
from all parts of the world as
semble and congregate in that
portion of the city known among
migratory workers formerly
hoboes) as the Skidway. A din
ner consisting of a dish of beans,
a sandwich and cup of coffee
can still be procured for ten
cents. If an onion in the sand
witch is wanted the price is ff-
teen cents.
On the Skidway of Seattle
more new thoughts as to how
the world should be run, origin
ate, than in Washington, D. C.
The evils of society are thorough
ly aired there, the sky being the
limit. AS to the solution, all
sorts of religions are preached
on the Skidway, preachers are
made over night, the house of
David and the Holy Rollers easily
holding their own. One late con-
vert was telling the rest of his
neglected brethren how good he
felt after being converted. He
was equipped with a large base
drum and would hit the drum
some powerful beats while telling
how. good he felt. He finally
wound up by saying that he felt
so good that he could burst the
damn old drum. Another
apostle declared that an opposi-
ton preacher was liar and that
he could prove it by the Bible.
Competition is rather keen.
Left Seattle Saturday, Nov.
18th, at 9 a. m. for Alaska. Most
of the people on board are old
Alaskans who consider them
selves fortunate in still having
all their limbs in working order
after running the gauntlet of
autos and street cars of the "Out-
side. One fellow told me he
waited an hour for the crowd to
pass, but there seemed to be no
end to the parade. Very few
are ever going to take another
chance on busy and noisy outside
but from now on will be con-
tented to spend the remainder of
their days in the peaceful and
soothing atmosphere of Alaska
where at least there is plenty Of
outdoors. The Yukon takes the
inland route from Seattle to
Ketchikan. We arrived there
today.
(To be continued)
A WA -, A. k,,or;ooy
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

A sure and quick way to find
out if there is a sale for that
second hand article you have is
to try an American Want AID. The
cost is small.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

No quicker nor easier method
of getting results than through
American Want Ads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

A Want AID in the American
will bring results.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

American Want Ads are read
by buyers and sellers alike.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30

Reformers rant against the nap
per's paint and powder aud for
men Oh mvsosh Bit PAM and
powder for thu Roman warrior OF
2hut years ago must have been quite
tn" proper thing Heres hrunzt.
box rho kind he Romans carried
their cosmetics III
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
Beauties of Nature

II may be observed that what we
call beauty Of nature is mainly mega
tive beauty; that is, the mass, the
huge rude background, made up Of
rocks, trees, hills. mountains. plains.
water, has not beauty as a positive
character, visible to all eyes. but af-
lords the mind the conditions OF
beauty, namely health, strength. tit
ness, etc, beauty being an experience
OF the beholder Some things. on the
other hand, as flowers. foliage, bril-
liant colors, sunsets, rainbows. water
falls, may be said to be beautiful in
and OF themselves. but how weari-
some the world would be without the
vast negative background upon which
these things figure and which pro-
yokes and stimulates the mind in a
way the purely fair forms DO not -
John Burroughs.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
Allowing "OF and On"
Every Year Counted

a lawyer, noted for his success in
cross-examination, found his match in
a recent trial, when he asked a long
suffering witness how long he had
worked at his business of tin roofing
The answer was
Il have worked at it off ana on
Tor some time, but have worked NJ
1t steady for the last y years"
How long Off and on have you
worked at it,"
"Sixty-1ve years"
How old are your"
"Slxty-fve."
"Then you have been a tin roofer
from BIRTH"
No, sir; of course I haven't"
Then why did you say you have
worked at your trade So yearsY'
Because you asked how long off
and on had worked at 1t. / have
worked at the trade 60 years-2O
years on and As off,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
By s. W STRAUS
President Of American Soc. aty for Thrift

It would be interesting to know
how much time is wasted in the
aggregate by the people of this couu-
try. Translated into terms Of
dollars. it would doubtless run high
into the millions annually.
Noted throughout the world for
their energy and capacity for hard
work, Americans are nevertheless
prone at times to the small vice Of
hardness.
IN all large business organizations
hardness among employees Is one 81
the constant problems confronting
the executives A few years ago
many employers tried to enforce
punctuality among employees by a
system IF fines and penalties. These
plans however, did not seem to work
out successfully from every stand
point. They aroused resentment
among the workers which was re-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
One Occasion When His
Mind Worked Quickly

| Smith was a freshman, older than
most of his class He was tall, lanky
and slow. His mind, like his body,
worked slowly, and the nervous pro-
fessor in mathematics, after a long
and careful explanation, was wont to
ray:
Wei, Smith, If you will 60 over
that explanation carefully and medi-
tate on 1t, think you will understand
Mediate, Smith, mediate"
So Smith became "MedItate" Smith
to his fellow students.
One evening party of students
gathered in the room of one of thelr
number, AMI Smith was one of them.
The meeting was for fun and perhaps
mischief, and such meeting was an
infringement OF rules.
When the jOllity was at its height
warning came that the professor
was coming to investigate. The room
was cleared at once Smith as usual
was the last and, hearing steps an
preaching, he crawled under the bed
seeing no other way of escape. Here
he sat doubled up like a jackknife
awaiting the event with no little APP
pFehenSion.
The professor entered, looked about
him, saw that the room was empty
then turned to depart. AS he closed
the door, a thought seemed to strike
hlih ne re-entered the room and
looked under the bed
Hey Smith, what are you doing
there?" he cried.
smith turned his head with diff
Guilty
Medltating, professor"
Inc professor withdrew.-Youtb's
Companion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
Carlyle Is There

Carlyle is sometimes as irresistible
as The Campbels Are Coming" or
"Auld Lang Syne" He has described
some men and some events once and
for all. and SO takes his place with
Thucydides. Tacitus and Gibbon.
Pedants may try hard to forget this,
and may in their labored nothings
seek to ignore the author of Crom.
well and the French Revolution; but
as we'll might the pedestrian in Cum
berland or Inverness seek to ignore
Helvellyn or Ben Nevis Carlyle is
there, and will remain there. when
the pedant of today has been super
seeded by the pedant of tomorrow
Augustine Birrell
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
Pen POINTERS

The cold days that have just
passed are the ones Wen be looking
Forward 10 as soon as the hot days
larrye
When the missus hangs a carpet
'up and tells her hubby to beat 1t,
lihats just what he'd like to do.
Usually, when a youngster plays
|oi SEX and stays home from school.
|its the school he's sick Of
Some men who are shining up
their golf clubs ought to also brush
luz on the!r vocabulary.
Now it's the moving man who
has load on his mind every day.
An absent minded fisherman is the
one who is already telling his friends
about The big one that's going to
get away this summer.
The rule women and children
bfsJ doesn't hold true with the
barber chair.
The back seat of an auto is ap,
parently where the one who knows
most about driving usually sits.
bulgaria has 5000 persons in pri
~. mat country is rapidly beinl
mercanIzed.
lou can always spot man VIII,
Us grapefruit because he spot
mseif.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
Gemhh Baseball Club

Elected in careless, Indifference to
their work and in some cases to
absolute viciousness.
More recently large concerns have
adopted the plan of establishing honor
rolls and creating bonuses for
punctuality The results have been
satisfactory. One company in 1921
installed bonus amounting to about
4 cents an hour paid weekly to EN-
ployees who worked full time with
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30

teur champions Of England at both
games
Sir Eric expressed great surprise
and some incredulity, but the other
persisted that his statement was quite
true.
You see" he explained, 81 took on
the champion billiard player at chess,
of which he knew nothing, and |
played the champion chess player at
billiards, of which he knew less"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30

no lateness. The plan is said to
have resulted in 49, Is per cent
reduction in absenteeism. An
other large concern pays a cash
bonus of ten per cent of one weeks
salary, maximum bonus not to exceed
600, to clerical employees who
establish perfect record for any
thirty consecutive days. As a
result 1886 percent of the 5000
employees reported on time every day
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
How He Accomplished 1t

Sir Eric Geddes once remarked that
before doubling any statement man
may make, no matter how Sc, -lngly
incredible It sounds, one should be
quite sure as to its precise meaning.
IN order to illustrate his contention
ne went on 10 instance the case Of a
friend Of his who knew little d nut
billiards and chess, and who told him
ole DAY that he had beaten tie aua-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30

last year.
Other concerns give halliday or
whole-day holidays as rewards for
perfect attendance covering various
periods.
Punctuality is an excellent example
of thrift. 1t is not difficult matter
for the average person to be on time.
1t is form of self-discipline that
should be cultivated by all for it will
bring its full rewards
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30
On the Contrary

Maud (newiy marrled) You look
very melancholy, George; are you
sorry you married me?
George-No, dear, of course not.
was only thinking of all the nice girls
can't marry.
Maud-Oh, George, how horrid Of
you l thought you cared for nobody
but me.
George-That is so, my dear, /
wasn't thinking Of myself but of the
disappointment they have hadl
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-05-30

Hints to June brides: Never use
laundry soap in washing fresh vege-
tables,
The Washington times., 1925-12-21
COOI, IDGES SON
HER E FOR
HOLIDAY
MayfloWer Back From
Brief Cruise This
Morning

president and Mrs. Coolidge and
their son. John Coolidge. returned
ia the White House this morning
rom trip down the Potomac
aboard the MayfloWe Wnlc I,I
marked the beginning OF the boy 3
holiday. John Coolidge reached
fnwn late saturday night ana AFTER
ATTENDING church services yesterday
,,,f,rniY1r. the White House tamiiy
s ct a sssiI aboard the Mayfl0wer. The
.,e1a BOARD the Presidents yacht
z we're ere, Senator and Mrs. MeNary cL
OREGON. Senator and Mrs. King q
Utah. RI. b. Craeger, ct Texas Hiss
Nav Pollard, cousin 81 ne
President, and John Callan o'A1ausn-
.Christmas Bells q carol dedl-
catad "a Mrs Coolidge, was sung
a. the Firpt Congregati Church
durinr the services. The words aiAu
rnIIsic of the song were WIltteE.
~ the Rev. DR.. Jason Noble Pierce.
pastor 81 the church
This afternoon Mrs. Cooidge q
attending Paderwesli's recital at
Polls. which Ii being given ~ q
benefit for the American Legion.
The Minister Of Esthcnia anu
NINE. pip were the guests for
whom the Minister Of Latvia amt
Nine. sega entertained at dinnei
last evening. There were fourteen
III the company.
The Washington times., 1925-12-21
OPEN SEASON
FOR DAN
CUPID
Engagements Come as
Thick and Fast as in
the Spring
BY JEAN ELIOT

<k~ooD Hunting" would seem to
be Dan cupids slogan at
this season of Christmas
The Washington times., 1925-12-21
DEWEYS CIV
ANNIVERSARY.
PARTY
Numerous Notables Are
Twenty Years
Married

The Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury and Mrs. Charles s.
Dewey entertained at luncheon yes
terday in celebration Of their TWEEN.
tieth wedding anniversary. The
guests were the Spanish Ambas.
sador and Nine. Riano, the German
Ambassador and Baroness Nathan,
Mrs. Rose Merriam, Mrs. John r.
Williams, the Undersecretary Of the
Treasury. Garrard Winston; Albert
Dewey, jr., and the guests from
Out-of-tCwn, who came for the
Dewey dance Saturday evening.
Others who have celebrated this
year two decades Of marriage are
the President and Mrs. Coolidge,
whose twentieth wedding anniver-
sary was on October 4, and the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Dwight
f. Davis. who celebrated that ami
versary on November Is. .
Speaker and Mrs. Longworth viii
have q twentieth wedding anniver-
sary celebration in February.
Admiral and Mrs. George Il.
Clark will have az their house
guest in their Wardman Park
apartment over the Christmas holt
days their daughter. Mrs. J.. E.
Kahle, who will be joined later by
Major Kahle. Major and Mrs.
Kallle will return 10 Fort Leaverl-
worth shortly after New Year.
The Washington times., 1925-12-21
EMBER YOUNG MANS FANCY LIGHTLY TURNS TO THOUGHTS OF LOVE
NINE LIPOVA TO PLAY
nI.n.TIME XMAS CAROLS

Madame Lipova. Wifo o. tho coun.
seIor OF the Czecho sIovakian lega-
ton, will be the guest Of honor at
q tea at the headquarters Of the
American Association Of University
Women, this afternoon.
Nine. Lipova will play some selec-
lions OF Czechosiovakian Christmas
music, and Mrs. Frank Howard's
chorus Of young voices will sing
old time Christmas carols.
Mrs. Frank Edgington win be
the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. T. Mann have
with them for the Christmas holt
days their daughter and son. Mrs.
James Churchill Owen Of Boston
and William +. Mann, Of West Vir-
ginia. Their son-in-law, Mr.. Owen,
VIII arrive on Wednesday.
Harold III. Sims, Of the British
embassy, has gone to Montreal to
pass Christmas with his parents.
Miss Christy Jones, student at
wellesley College, is spending the
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thaddeus M. Jones at their
residence, 1928 / St
Miss Charlotte Freeman Clark,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Watson
Freeman Clark. Ii entertaining at
tea this afternoon from to 6
o'clock, in their home at At
Fourth Sta beautiful old house.
dating from early Washing ton in
compliment to Miss Elizabeth Hume
and Miss Mary Bradley, dubutantes
OF this season.
Alternating at the tea table viii
be Mrs. Rawlins Hume, Mrs.
Thomas Bradley, Mrs. Charles
Frailey and the hostess mother
Assisting Miss Clark in receiving
win be a group Of young girls In
Guiding Miss Elizabeth Beale. Miss
Agnes Stands, Miss Katherine
Wrenn, Miss MurieI Gray, Miss
Minnie Fill and Miss Meta LuttreIl.
The Washington times., 1925-12-21

EkNOOD Huntlng. would seem 70
- be Dan Cupid's slogan at
this season of Christmas
greetings. For engagements are
being announced as thick and fast
as ever IN the SPY ingtime.
The engagement of Miss Mary
Eula Mason and William Draper
Blair, made known yesterday, and
the news of the approaching mar
riage of Miss Margaret Olivia Flint
to Thomas Emerson Proctor, II,
reused very general interest. No
official announcement has been
made of the engagement of Senator
and Mrs. Robel II. Stanfield's
pretty. daughter, Miss Barbara Stan
field, and Henry Dunn, but prepare
tons for the wedding are going on
apace And formal announcement
Of the engagement Of Miss Mary
Stitt. to g. dashing young naval
officer, which was to have been
made Saturday night, was only pre-
vented by the illness of Miss Stitt' s
father, Rear Admiral Edward
Rhodes Stitt.
OF special interest also is the
news that Paul Addison Chase,
special assistant to the Attorney
General, is to wed Miss Amy Hol-
land, Of .Fitchburg. Mass. Mr..
Chase, a Massachusetts man, came
to @Washington few months ago
and is now living at 240O Sixteenth
st. His fiancee is a brilliant girl
and has received degrees from the
College of the Pyrenees in Madrid
and the French Academy IN Paris.
She had already been graduated
from Radcliffe.
Third Blair Wedding
Miss Mason is the daughter of
Mrs. Charles Mason and the late
Brig. Gen. Charles Mason. U. s. N,
but because of her mothers illness
the announcement of her engage
ment was made by her grand
mother, Mrs. Frank Mitchell, with
whom she and her sister, Miss yir-
ginia Mason, are now living. Her
fiance is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery Blair.
The wedding viii take place In
January, and win be the third In
the Blair family within two months,
the double wedding OF Mr.. Blair's
sister. Miss Virginia Blair. to Rob-
ert C1ymer Brooke, OF Birdsboro,
Pa, and Miss Ellen Blair to Ben
Janain Lowndes jackson, jr., having
been one OF the most interesting
events of early December. More
over, the engagement Of p. Blair
Lee, cousin OF the Blairs and son
Of former Senator Blair Lee, of
Maryland, to Miss Betty Wayne, of
Philadelphia, was recently an
nounced, and viii be- followed short
~ by still another wedding In the
Blair connection. Both Montgomery
Blair and Senator Blair Lee are
descendants Of francis p. Blair, OF
Andrew Jackson's famous Kitchen
Cabinet.
OF New York and Washington
Miss Margaret Flint is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Flint,
OF New York, Islip, L. l., and
for the pFesent-of Washington.
They have taken house here for
the season and their handsome
daughter is taking an active part
In the seasons gayeties. She has
many friends here, dating from the
days when she used to come asvisit
ing to her aunt. Mrs. Herbert Slocum
and when she played round with the
little group of girls who chummed
with the Prince of Wales on his
famous visit to the Capital.
Miss Flint was introduced to
society in New York several years