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The Washington times., 1927-05-23

that He poured water in a basin
and began to wash the disciples
feet and to wipe them with a towel
wherewith He was girded."
And after He had washed their
feet and had taken His garments
and sat down again he said unto
them-'Know We what / have done
to you? Ye call me Master and
Lord and We say well, for so I
am. II I then, your Lord and
Master, have washed your feet,
We also ought to, wash one an.
others feet For l have given
you an example that We should do
as | have done to you, "
I have friend. His name
would be familiar to you. IL 1
mentioned it. for he is nationally
famous. One of those outstanding
successes for which America is
noted. A remarkable physique. a
brilliant mind and a magnetic per.
sonality. Other men have had
such gifts but few have made
such record with them. For
years he had dominated the news.
paper world of America, perform.
ing one sensational feat after an.
other. And not only has he used
his own power, but he has de.
Veloped the power in other men.
Surely such a man might have
reason for pride. 1t would even
be excusable if he felt a little con.
tempt for men who have halted
and surrendered where he fought
on.
Yet he did something the other
day
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
SAY IT WITH
STORIES

SSTF you want child to remem-
4 Der anything. say it with
stories" suggests DR.. John l.. Ell.
lott. of the Ethical Culture School,
of New York city. in Children.
the Magazine for Parents
In an article in the June issue of
the magazine DR.. Elliott writes:
Notice the next time you are in
an audience. When Is it that
everyone is still, when for a mo-
n1ent the speaker has his hearers,
when there is real though uncon.
scious unity? Nine times out of
ten it will be when he is telling
story. reciting some incident. Why
do older people rush to the theaters
and the Oldest and youngest to
movies? Simply to see or hear
story. Ii you regret that the
movies have such strong hold on
your child, give him something of
the same thing at home"
The Washington times., 1927-05-23


with him. But the poor possessed
man broke away again. Then
one night he came back to my
friends home. fouled and befud.
died. in an agony of drunken
horror.
Human suffering Is usually pitt.
ful. but there is something about
the self-inflicted suffering OF drunk.
enness which disgusts and exas-
perates most of us. But nv
friend was not disguised or ex-
asperated. He did not say Go
away! have done everything
Tor you and you are hopeless.
You haven't even decent gratitude.
You are not fit to be in this
place"
Instead, he took him into his
own guest room and undressed
the poor racked body. He lifted
him into a warm bath and soothed
him, until the raving nerves grew
quiet. Then he laid him between
cool sheets and gave him cigar.
cites and warm milk and quietins
medicine. The twitching and the
babbling grew still--the horror
faded from the staring eyes. The
man slept, while my friend watched
beside him. Then in the morn.
ing he took him back to those
who loved him and who would
keep him safe.
heard OF this just by accident.
IL would amaze my friend to be
praised for such an act. I can
hear him laugh it off! For he
doesn't even call himself a religi.
Gus man.
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
SCIENCE AND
KNOWLEDGE

NHE great scientist is usually
- the hunblest of men, acutely
conscious of the little he knows.
1t is the lesser mind that IL mis-.
led and in turn misleads and par.
ticularIy. that most dangerous of
modern preachers, the popularizer
Of science, who builds his elo-
quence about the scantiest frame
Of first.hand knowledge.
Newton likened himself to a
child picking up pebbles on a
beach. Thanks to our education
and the dogmas of the priests of
science. the meanest Of us can
chuckle when an apple falls and
feel that he knows all about it.
Yet nobody knows anything what
ever about it except how to meas
ure it."-Geoffrey Parsons in
Black Science" in the June
"Harper's Magazine"
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
FASHION CHANGE
By Garrett P. Serviss

kindly explain the eye, or
sight, phenomenon that causes
objects to appear beautiful only
on. and designs change. they seem
utterly rude. For instance, a
1915 car compared with today's
makes. Is there any change in
the light rays. or in their effect
on the nerves?-Kermit Holiday,
Rochester. N. Y"
THE effects of fashion in max.
i ing the same things appear
attractive or beautiful at one
time, and ugly OF repulsive at an
other time, are indeed, sufficiently
amazing to almost justify your
suspicion that alteration of the
sense of sight must be concerned
in the phenomenon. But habit is
the active agent in the changes of
taste and of appreciation brought
about by the DEGREES of fashion,
and 1t Is the brain and not the
eye that judges and decides in
such cases. The first thing that
fashion has to do is to reform
habit.
Changes of taste are produced
by the subjective influences, lie,
by impressions of the mind. Study
OF organic evolution has taught us
that there is an astonishing ten.
dency to variation in all living
things. No two individuals are
absolutely alike, and each genera.
ton differes to some extent, how.
ever slight. from its predecessor.
Progress arises out of this ten.
dency, which affects the spirit as
well as the bodily forms. 1t
causes us to "get tired of the
same old thing" Certain things
in nature seem permanently fixed,
beyond our power to alter. Such
are the green of vegetation and
the blue Of the uncloHded sky.
But. no doubt, il he could, man
would produce change in these
things, too.
Luther Burbank actually did in.
troduce fashion in the colors and
shapes of flowers.
Fashion, the most arbitrary en-
ments; to keep out book sales
men, bond statesmen and ins1Ir-
ance agents; to find his cap and
his golf.sticks. open his mail. do
his Christmas shopping. order
his car and lie to his wife.
If necessary. they would carry
him out to lunch on a litter and
feed him with spoon, to spare
him the strenuous effort of lift
Ing his food to his mouth!
All of which is awfully hard
on his wife! For once wife
was the one sweet solace to
whom he fled from his worries
and struggles, the, one little com.
forter who made his life a bed
of roses!
But now she is only one of =
crowdi'
Mrs. othello's occupation is.
GONE!
Is that Why men no longer
want e marry? I wonder!
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Are We Making Our HE. Men"
Soft?
NOTHING ever thrilled
IN woman more than to watch
a big, strong. efficient man per-
form some miraculous feat that
her tender hands were consid-
cred too small and delicate to
accomplish.
Women stood around in deli
cious awe while the Great He
man of the family heaved the
log on the fire. lifted the trunk,
moved the piano, or subdued the
mettlesome horse.
But, alas, this thrill is ours no
more! The gas.log needs no
heaving, the radio runs on cas-
tors, and the baby can drive the
flivver!
Are we making our He-men
"soft?"
Woman has always more or
less coddled man In the little
things, at home Some woman
has always acted as the human
buffer between him and all the
disagreeable or uncomfortable
contingencies of the, household.
There never lived a man strong
and brave enough to count his
own laundry, fix his own bath,
clean his own razor. pick up his
own clothes. and write the weekly
letter to his mother!
Still. outside the home, he was
.-'Our Heror'
We envisioned' him, the Strong,
Silent Man, with the iron muscle,
the mighty will and the light
ning--speed mind, giving orders,
meeting problems, and carrying
the weighty burdens of the whole
office on his brave, broad shout
iers.
But THAT was before women
went into the business offices.
and began coddling the men
downtown as we'll as uptown!
Now, the average Tired Busi.
ness Man is coddled all day long
from the moment he steps out
of his shower-bath in the morn.
ing until he sinks placidly down
on, his patent spring,mattress at
midnight!
He doesn't even have to fight
his own business battles, COM
pose his own letters, answer his
own telephone. or fire his own
help-if he can get an efficient
Observation-Disclosures young
woman to manage his office.
He doesn't have to sharpen his
own pencils, clean his own pens,
fetch his own glass of ice.water,
or even think, up his own aIibis.
His office Ia FILLED with
women only too eager to lift all
the big burdens and responsible.
ties off Of his tender shoulders,
as we'll as to shield him from All
Ne discomforts and embarrass-
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
ONCE-OVERS

You can t purchase clear conscience
clear conscience brings resul nights and hsppv dav
You are not afraid of meeting Mr-LKnow. All Abon+
You just around the corner when your conscience is clear
You don't have to conjure up lot Of excuses for an;
thing or that when your conscience is easy
You can look your neighbor your friend or vour
the eye fearessy and willingly, with clear conscience
You don't have to take time from your dalv worE -
UP your tracks, when your conscience is clear
You won't be obliged to cultivate bravado and aefant
appearance Of honesty when you know you are right
You won't be dreadng what So-and-So MIGHT 1elI shot
your past, if your life is an open book
And "open book does mean that your private affair;
to be made public
But you go through life eeareyed and calm and nm
afraid with clear conscience.
The Washington times., 1927-05-23

back to His Father
and His heart was
heavy. How little
t h e y understood
His message. thes :
men who had fol.
lowed Him for
three years. How
intolerant a n d
proud they were.
though He had
EN- Il ! $ life
10 fight intoler.
ance and pride.
i mere was so IlttIe
time left. but His
love must make
one lnore effort.
So He rose from
that last supper
table and laid
a s Id e His gar.
ment and took a
towel and g.irded
Himself A ffar
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
DUCE BANS
LIQUOR

IN the story of his life which ap-
4 peared recently in newspapers
throughout the United States, Pre-.
mier Mussolini, the Italian dicta.
tor. emphasized the fact that one
way he chose to guard his health
was by avoiding all kinds of stimu.
lants. 1t Duce stated to his inter-
viewers that he not only avoided
alcohol, but carefully refrained
from using tea or coffee.
The Washington times., 1927-05-23

There was an.
other man, 4 man
with a fine mind
and a beautiful
spirit. but beset
with an appetite
which had drag
ged him down to
shame and dark.
ness. This other
man had live d
nobly once. But
h e h a d fallen .
Though many had
tried to help him
he had gone down
A n d down. He
had become what
we call I" q COM
mon drunk.
My friend tried
to help him too.
He took him into
his b e a tiful.
peaceful home and
for many months
asyNAMAA ~ L.
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

r, WAS time for AS / Haze Done to You"
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
NO BARS FOR
BEARS

TNHE bears in the Zoo at Forest
4 Park in, st. Louis know
nothing about being kept behind
the bars" for the simple reason
that there are no bars at all to
their dens, says Nature Magazine.
1t works out very well because
there is q. deep hnoat of water
between the guests Of the Zoo
and the bears on the far side.
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
The Food Map

This month Washington is receiving watermelons from
Florida canaloupes from California and Mexico strawberries
from ten different States and other fruits and vegetables
from points where they grown early The modern market
house, in addition to being food depot lesson in
geography,
The Washington times., 1927-05-23
WISE SAYINGS

Patience is the strongest of
strong drinks, for 1t kills the
Giant Despair.
Douglas Jerrold.
immensely Is made up Of atoms.
--Leibnit@
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
ZUMWINKLE LAUDS
RECORD OF LEGION
DEPT. COMMANDER CALLS ON
CITIZENS TO SUPPORT UNI
VERSAL DRAFT ACT IN ARM.
ISTICE DAY TALK HERE.

A message of Importance to all
citizens was brought to Redwood
Falls on Armistice day by Depart
ment Commander Lyle Zumwinkle of
the American Legion. Commander
Zumwinkle's talk followed a program
arranged by the Legion and Aux
llary for Armistice day that was held
in the Armory. Due to the extremely
cold weather the parade which had
been planned was cancelled from the
program.
The address of Commander Zum-
Wrinkle, who spoke little more than
half an hour, closed with discussion
of the universal draft plan which had
its birth among Minnesota Legion
naires, and urged upon his hearers
the necessity for supporting it that
the country may be prepared for the
eventuality of war.
Service-not only to the commun-
lty, state and nation as the preamble
10 the Legion constitution states, but
to the disabled man as well was
pointed out by the speaker in his
opening remarks as the foundation on
which the organization could hope to
exist lastingly.
He reminded the audience how eff
fective the Legion had been in this
respect in the past by declaring that
IN eight years not one of the pro-
posals which the Legion had present.
ed to congress had been specifically
refused.
He referred to the reorganization
of governments activities for the
benefit of disabled and other ex-ser-
vice men. Separation of the work
among several bureaus led original
ly to a condition which he described
as "damnable." Not only was there
inefficiency, Commander Zumwinkle
declared, but 'crookedness, greed and
downright deliberate stealing. But
the Legion put those connected with
this where they belonged" he said,
while the reorganization of the work
had brought about much improved
Continued on page seven)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
TO OBSERVE GOLDEN
RULE SUNDAY,DEC.4
REDWOOD FALLS CHURCHES
ORGANIZE AND APPOINT CON-
MITTEES FOR OBSERVANCE OF
GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY.

International Golden Rule Sun
day, the day which is set aside all ov-
er the world to focus public attention
on the needs of the orphaned children
in Greece, Armenia, Persia and Pal
estine who are now being cared for
by the Near East Relief, will be OBJ
served on December 4th this year. On
that day the people of Redwood Fails
are asked to substitute plain fare for
the customary Sunday chicken and
dumplings, Governor Theodore Chris
tianson, state chairman of the Col
den Rule Committee, announced.
"True sentiment, not sentimental
ity marks the observance of Golden
Rule Sunday" Governor Christianson
writes. "It>is something more than
the giving of money; it is an op-
portunity to express true Christian
brotherhood. My earnest desire is
that Golden Rule Sunday be observed
in all the communities of the state.
Orphans under the care of the Near
East Relief are trained as carpenters,
agriculturalists, tradesmen and few
as teachers and nurses.
A new plan of organization which
is to make each church a unit for the
observance of Golden Rule Sunday
will be used in Redwood Falls instead
of the house-to-house canvass. The
following committee has been delegat-
ed to take charge of the campaign:
Mrs. Lillian Hall, Episcopal church;
Mrs. c.. D. Clipfell, Christian churcn;
Mrs. c. A. Lauterbach, Catholic
church; Mrs. L. H. Kuck, Methodist
church; Mrs. Emil F. Buenger, Ger
man Lutheran church; Mrs. o. A.
Stensvad, English Lutheran church,
and Mrs. J. j. Christensen, Presby-
terian church.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
DINNER TO HONOR
MIMI ''U" ATHLETES
MINNEAPOLIS TO BE HOST TO
MINNESOTA FOOTBALL TEAM,
HIGH SCHOOL COACHES AND
CAPTAINS AND PUBLISHERS.

On Monday, November 21, at 6:3O
p. m, in the Municipal Auditorium,
Minneapolis will be host to the Uni
versity of Minnesota football team,
the Freshman team and coaches, and
high school coaches and captains, and
newspaper publishers from eighty
two representative towns in Minnn-
sofa in addition to those in Minneapo-
lis, st. Paul and Duluth. The dinner
is being given under the auspices of
the Associated Minneapolis Commit
tee of the Minneapolis Civic & Com
merce Association.
Balancing the football banquet, the
same group has announced that they
will arrange another public dinner
next spring at which university stu
dents who have attained distinction in
scholarship will be recognized and
honored.
Dean F. J. Kelly of the University
administration declares that this will
be unique venture, one that has new
er been attempted elsewhere and that
will test the community's real" inter-
est in solid scholastic accomplishment.
Plans for the scholarship dinner"
will not be completed until the spring
quarter. zy
A team that is probably the great
est ever to represent the University
of Minnesota will be broken up at the
end of this week, following the game
with Michigan, when IL players CT
first string caliber will complete their
years of athletic competition. These
twelve are Captain Herbert Joesting,
Shorty Almquist, Mally Nydahl, Will
liam Kaminski, Leonard Walsh, Mike
Gary, Harold Hanson, Donald Ridde,l,
Arthur Mulvey, Al Maeder, George
Continued on page seyen)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
REDWOOD CO. HAS
WINNERS AT SHOW
ALFRED WERNER, WABASSO, is
PLACED SECOND IN JUNIOR
YEARLING AT JUNIOR LIVE
STOCK SHOW LAST WEEK.

The Junior Livestock Show held at
South st. Paul last week was the
crowning event of the boys and girls
club work in all counties in the state
where fat stock was involved.
The twelve club members who at
tended the show from Redwood Coun-
ty made a very good showing for the
county and a fine record for them
selves. Alfred Werner, Wabasso, who
was the county champion in the baby
beef contest placed second in the
grade Junior Yearling open class
where seventy county winners were
in competition. His calf also placed
first in the Grade Junior Yearling
Hereford class, winning for him $2e
in prize money and a bronze medal
at the show.
Armin Kuehn, Wabasso, placed
third in the open class of purebred
junior yearlings with fifty-seven
county winners competing, also first
Purebred Yearling Hereford, winning
for himself $23 in prize money and a
bronze medal.
Alden Sheffield, Springfield, plac-
ed eleventh in the same class and
fourth Purebred Junior Yearling
Hereford.
These three sold singly in the auc-
tion on Thursday at % cents, 22 cents
and 20 cents per pound respectively.
Weldon Madsen, Morgan, won sew
enth place in the Purebred Yearling
Hereford, and Milton Lau, Tracy
eighth in the same class. Gilbert
Tiffany, Redwood Falls, placed seven
teenth in the open class of grade jun
ior yearlings and third in the Grade
Shorthorn Yearling class, winning
for himself $40 in prize money, which
is very good showing for a boy in
his first years efforts. This was al
so the first year for Alden Sheffield
Springfield. The other exhibitors
placings were on down the line but
considerably above the bottom of the
classes, the lowest being thirtieth in
a class of seventy. The other exhib-
Continued, on page twelve)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
ORVILLE IRISH

Orville Earl Irish passed away
Monday morning, November 14th, at
the Union hospital at New Ulm, hay
ing been a patient there for the past
two weeks. Death was caused from
Bright's Disease. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made at this
time awaiting the arrival of rela-
tives from Indiana. Mr.. Irish was
born in indianapolis, Ind, twenty-nine
years ago and came to Redwood Falls
a number of years ago. On Septem-
Der 8, 1919, he was united in marriage
to Miss Mona Anderson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson. He il
survived by his wife and two child
rem, his mother, Mrs. Pickett and two
brothers, Elmer and George and one
sister, Marie, all of Indianapolis. His
mother was with him the last few
days of his illness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
0. M. A. Will Hold
Business Meeting

That the @. M. A. will hold it's
classes this winter was made certain
today in a statement from Grand
Orient Glenn Hillig. The Grand Ori-
ent has called a meeting of the men,
bers of the Ancient Order which will
be held Friday night, November 18th.
The meeting will take place at the Of
flee of the Redwood Gazette. Gen.
eral business will be transacted and
plans made for the presentation of
the first class of the season. Appli-
cations for membership will be receiv-
ed by Glenn Hillig.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
Installation Service
at Eng. Luth. Church

There will be formal Installation
services Sunday at l0:30 a. m. at the
First English Lutheran church when
Reverend R. o. Aga will be installed
as the new pastor. Rev. Aga comes
to Redwood Falls from Lead, S. D.,
where he has been pastor Of the Beth
ell Lutheran church for the past two
years. Reverend Jensen, who has had
charge of the local parish, will contin-
ue his work as Superintendent of
Home Missions of this district. Rev
erend Aga comes to Redwood Falls
heartily recommended.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
One MILL TAX LEVY
PLACED ON BALLOT
CITIZENS APPEAR IN FAVOR OF
SMALL TAX LEVY FOR BAND
PURPOSES. WOULD BE ACTU-
ALLY "a MILL INCREASE.

The band committee, with the un-
animous support of the Redwood
Falls Commercial Club the past week
has been circulating petition inaug-
,urating a tax levy for band purposes.
Sufficient signers have been secured
to present this petition to the City
Council for the purpose of having the
following placed on the ballot at the
next general election as provided by
law. "Shall Tax of not to exceed
one mill be levied each year in the
city of Redwood Falls for the purpose
of furnishing band fund ?"
At the last state legislature law
was passed whereby city of GER
tain class under which Redwood Falls
is classed has authority to levy not
to exceed two mill tax for band pur-
poses provided that 10 per cent of the
actual voters of the last general elec-
ton petition the question to be plac-
ed at the next general election for
vote.
Whether the people of Redwood
Falls favor a band will be decided at
the next general election. For the
past Is years the city council has
levied for band purposes from the
Park fund a sum of 5000. Under the
proposed one mill tax levy this sum
would be eliminated. The whole
amount if used would amount to
$4,000, so in reality the tax payers
would be paying only 100000 more.
The schools have agreed that if the
city will appropriate $1200.OO per
year for the purpose of securing a
first class band instructor, they, the
schools, will pay the difference in
salary over and above the 100000
appropriated. The increase of the
$4,000, if the total of $1200.OO was
used for band purposes would only
mean an actual increase of a mill
additional taxes. On a property Of
100000 assessed valuation this
would mean only fifty cents addition
al in taxes.
A great many of the citizens of
the community were given the oppor-
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