Iowa State Bystander

Friday, September 8, 1916

Des Moines, Iowa

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ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Best and only medium that reaches the colored people of the middle west. XXIII No. 13 Mrs. Henry Brown of Indianola spent a few days in the city as the guest of Mrs. W. B Cottoms. Let us help you sell your fancy work. Write for particulars. Address W., care of The Bystander. Miss Ora Wathall and sister, Mrs. May, of Knoxville, Iowa, attended the Virginia picnic Monday. Miss Jobournese Redmon has returned home from St. Joe, where she spent most of the summer. Wanted—A good home for an orphan girl 13 years old, small for age. Address Bystander. Mrs. Edna Davis; 127 Jefferson avenue, is a guest of Mrs. Cora Broyles at Sedalia, Mo., this week. Miss Mildred Griffin will entertain all members of the High School Girls' club Sunday afternoon, September 10, at her home, 1513 Walker street. The Mary Church Terrell club will meet Monday night with Mrs. Audrey Alexander. There will be an examination on Geirraid Enid from beginning to line 427. Our collector will call on the subscribers in Illinois and the Missouri towns this month and we ask our subscribers to be prepared to settle up when he calls. Mrs. A. G. Coleman, who has been visiting in Buxton at her parental home, returned home Tuesday. She was accompanied by Miss Ona Webb of that city. The Intellectual Improvement club will resume their meetings, after a two weeks' vacation, next Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. B. Rush. Mr. I. P. Johnson, one of our successful citizens of Muscatine, Iowa, spent a few days in our city visiting his daughters, Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Powell. He made a pleasant call at the Bystander office. Mrs. H. H. Hooker, who has been spending her summer vacation with Mrs. Esther Morton, 779 West Tench street, returned to her home in Chicago on Saturday night. Mrs. Flossie Fristo returned home Saturday from a week's visit in Omaha. Mrs. Fristo reports a very pleasant time, as it was quite a reunion of sisters and brothers. We sincerely thank the friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our beloved sister and daughter, also for the beautiful floral offering. Mrs. Laura Embree, Mrs. Nancy Noel, Harry and John Noel and Finney. The Richard Allen Aid society will meet on Thursday, September 14th, at the home of the president, Mrs. W. B. Cottoms, 960 Twenty-second street, which will start the opening of the fall meetings. All members are urgently requested to be present. Dr. Valdo Turner of St. Paul, Minn. en route to his home from Colorado Springs, Colo., spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Jefferson, 1322 Day street. The Virginia picnic at Union park on Labor day was largely attended. Fully 2,000 colored people were on the grounds. Games, croquet and lawn tennis and baseball, were enjoyed by those present, while a speaking, singing and music by the local band furnished the music. Mr. C. B. Woods was master of ceremonies. BIRTHS. Dr. Jefferson reports the births of an eight pound boy, born September 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brewer, 1023 Fourth Street Place, and a seven pound girl, born September 6th to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Edwards, 815 Shaw street. Good for Biliousness "I took two of Chamberlain's Tablets last night, and I feel fifty per cent better than I have for weeks, says J. Firestone of Allegan, Mich. "They are certainly a fine article for biliousness." For sale by all dealers. TAXI SERVICE For Joy Rides and Auto Service in and out of city call Red 6589 511 W. 3rd St. Mrs. J. Smith Mr. James Hill VOICE CULTURE Cultivation and retention of the singing voice. Phone Drake 1865-W Walnut 2106 REMEMBER THE Palace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Is the best place to go for Good Home Cooking Everything First Class Red-1367 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Proprs. THE BYSTANDER N. A. A. C. P. ANTI-LYNCHING RALLY. Pursuant to the call of the national president, M. Morefield Story of Boston, the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold their financial rally for the purpose of assisting in making up the $10,000 fund for the purpose of exterminating the practice of the lynching of Negroes in the southland at St. Paul's A. M. E. church next Monday evening, September 11th. Preceding the financial rally reports will be made from the various "national Negro conventions that have been held during the past month as follows: National Negro Masonic Congress at Chicago, by Editor John L. Thompson; National Association of Colored Women, at Baltimore, by Mrs. J. B. Rush, and National Negro Medical association at Kansas City, by Dr. J. Alvin Jefferson. Mrs Edna Alexander and the Wilson male octet will furnish vocal music and Miss Mildred Griffith, pianist, will make her last public appearance before leaving for the State university at Iowa City to continue her studies. Come and bring a friend. Admission free. By order of S. Joe Brown, President*. Mrs. Jessie E. McClain, sec'y. MRS. BROWN ERINGS GLOWING REPORT OF TENTH BIENNIAL SESSION N. A. C. W. Mrs. S. Joe Brown, president of the Iowa State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, and vice president of the National Association of Colored Women, returned Monday evening from Baltimore, Md., where she had been attending the tenth biennial session of the N. A. C. W., held in Bethel A. M. E. church on Druid Hill avenue. Mrs. Brown reports that this was the largest and most enthusiastic session yet held, and that the retiring president, Mrs. Booker T. W. Washington's biennial address was one of the features of this session and was listened to by nearly four hundred of the most representative women coming from every section of the country. Notable among those who delivered addresses in this meeting were Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, Buffalo, N. Y., newly elected president; Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Wilberforce, O.; Miss Nannie D.ington, D. C.; Miss Elizabeth C. Carter, New Bedford, Mass.; Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins-Brown of Boston, H. Burroughs, Lincoln Heights, Wash-Miss.; Mrs. Paul Laurence Dunbarn-Nelson, Wilmington, Del.; Mrs. S. W. Layton, Philadelphia, Pa., and Mme. C. J. Walker, the widely known manufacturer of hair preparations. Mrs. Brown states that among the activities of the association at this session, aside from the donating of nearly one thousand dollars to worthy institutions, from over the country, the women are considering the tasting over of the home of the late Freecier Douglass, located at Anacostia, D. C., to be used as a "Hall of Fame," and that the 14th of February, the birthday of Frederick Douglass, be made a national holiday and observed in every community with appropriate services, and the proceeds therefrom be sent the chairman of special committee, who will be announced later. The election of officers resulted in Mrs. Mary B. Talbert being chosen as president; Miss Ida R. Cummings of Baltimore, Md., vice president-at-large; Miss Hallie Q. Brown, Wilberforce, O., chairman executive board; Miss Georgia A. Nugent, Louisville, Ky., corresponding secretary; Miss Roberta J. Dunbar, Providence, R.I., Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins-Bacon, Bounty, Mass, Mrs. Theeres G. Bacon, Chicago, Ill., recording secretaries; Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, Columbus, O, treasurer; Mrs. Victoria Clay-Haley, St. Louis, O., organizer; Mrs. Mary Evans, Indiana, chaplain; Mrs. Helen Johnson, parliamentarian; Mrs. Mary V. Parish, Louisville, Ky., statistician; Mrs. J. C. Napier, Washington, D. C., auditor; Mrs. Frances Keyser, Daytonia, Florida, chairman; Mrs. J. Joe Brown of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman social science committee. The next meeting will be held in The next meeting will be held in Denver, Colo., in 1918. EXPOSITION COMMITTEE TO MEET. On next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of the Mrs. S. Joe Brown, general chairman of the Iowa Federation Exposition, that is to be put on in the city Tuesday afternoon and evening, October 31st, in the Booker ruler roller for the benefit of the Booker T. Washington memorial fund, all club women and well wishers of this movement are expected to be present and hear the reports from the various superintendents who will have charge of booths in this exposition. Among them are: Mesdames Harry Allen, R. E. Patten, Geo. C. Young, R. N. Hydie, E. M. Smith, J. H. Woods, Mary Tomlins, Tug W. W. Wilson, M. L. Gregory, Misses M. ye I. Bell, Bessie Mason, Rachel Elliott, Olive Smith, Hortense Woods and Mr. Geo. C. Young, the well known auctioneer. Mrs. Brown, who has just returned from an extended trip through the east, brought back with her to be disposed of in this exposition a number of useful articles from Baltimore, the birthplace of Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, Anacostia D. C., the home of Frederick Douglass; New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago, including a portrait of Prof. Henry O. Tanner of France, who is now making the painting of Dr. Washington, all of which will be for the inspection of its attendance. DES MOINES, 1OWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916. EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS. Our next stop was in Waterloo. Here what we said about Mason City ten years ago we can repeat that only five years ago there were only two colored families living here. In fact it was once printed in the papers that colored people were not allowed to come to this town nor were not wanted, but now fully 502 are living here. They have two churches, a new A. M. E. church built by Rev. A. Bess, called Bess Chapel, and a Baptist organization, which has recently purchased a house formerly owned by the city, pastored by Rev. J. H. Bowles, who is doing well. They also have a good Masonic lodge and Eastern Star. The lodge has bought a nice lot and built a new Masonic hall, in which they meet in. On the ground floor they have rented out for a grocery store. They have a new K. of P. lodge here, one barber shop, one pool hall, two colleges. Mrs. S. C. Smith is the oldest settler here. Her husband recently died here. She owns a beautiful home. Her only child, a young lady, is a student at the State Normal college at Cedar Falls. J. D. Hopkins, formerly of Ottawa, is in the restaurant and pool hall business and well. M. D. Coyle runs a restaurant. Wm. Hawkins and Mr. Lasley are working at the same place. E. D. Ashford is a leading company. He owns a nice home. There are many buying their homes. Geo. E. Smith and Wm. their both doing well. Otis Logan and Wm. Pearson are doing well. We next call down at Cedar Rapids. This is known as the parlor city, a beautiful clean city with about 800 colored people, two churches, the A. M. E., and the Baptist, pastored by Rev. J. W. R. Norcross. These churches are doing as well as could be expected, considering the season. Mr. Wm. H. Milligan is still gardening on his beautiful farm one mile from town. He says that his berries and fruit are not as heavy a crop as a large trade, nearly all white. He owns a fine home. Mr. L. W. Lowery is still on the U. S. mall and a carrier. He has a lovely wife and baby. J. W. Lowery, his brother, is working at his trade, automobile repairing, and is doing well. Mr. Thomas Jackson is still working his barber shop and pool hall having a good trade. He owns a valuable home. Mr. H. H. Launde owns a nice home at 801 H Street West. His sons are high school students and great athletes, especially as runners. Rev. O. Ford, a retired A. M. E. minister, lives here in his home. C. W. Chipley is doing well. J. W. Harrison owns a nice home and is doing nicely. Mrs. Harrison will chronicle the Bystander news this year. Mr. and Mrs. Fields are running a rooming house. Mr. Fields is at present working in Chicago. J. W. Moorland and W. C. Brown are doing both well. It does seem that nearly half of the Buxton people have moved up here and the other half to Des Moines. Mr. L. Mickens, Charley Pugh, Mr. Webb, Mr. Brown, Norv. Corrush, the Bleakleys and Reasbys and more many that I cannot now recall are here from Buxton. Mr. Chas. Turner and Roscoe C. Patterson are doing well. Mr. Nelson has a barber shop. Mr. E. La Rentz is still training fine horses for the fairs. He handles the saddle horses for a wealthy man. He also owns him, he was a year old colt, for which he has been offered a large sum already. In Marshaltown we found about the same as usual. Mr. Al Walker is still running his barber shop. He owns a beautiful modern home, kept by his sister, Miss Jessie, as Al is a single man. Girls, here is an opportunity. Mr. I. L. Brown is employed at the Catholic church. He has a nice large home. Geo. L. Suter is still employer at the -water plant. G. H. Jackson is working at the same work. He is improving his valuable home on North Eighteenth street. C. P. Gilmore is doing well. They own their own nice home. Henry Flippins is still employed at the Elks club, doing nicely. Mr. Wm. D. Jackson, 504 N. Third street had a fire that burned his house down about four months ago, so they are living in the rear end of their lot. Mr. Grant Johnson is working at the lumber yard. He owns a nice home. Mr. Edward Robinson, formerly of Keokuk, has a Turkish bath sanitarium here for both ladies and gentlemen. They own valuable down town property, 19 N. Third street. Mrs. Robinson assists her husband. They have the only bath in the city and have a large trade. Mr. Roberson is the chief mentor of the Knights of Tabor. Thos. Robinson, E. A. Humphrey and A. C. Wolley are the new subscribers. DAVENPORT ITEMS: Mr. Lee Holmes of 502 Columbus avenue visited last week in Keokuk and Fort Madison, combining business and pleasure. He returned home this morning. Mrs. Alice Peterson of Beloit, Wis., is in the city visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Maley Marshall. Mr. Kelly Stokes left Monday night for Waterloo to remain indefinitely. Mrs. Anna Lewis, wife of Rev. T. W. Lewis, has returned from St. Paul, Minn., where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Coleman. About twenty ladies, headed by Mrs. Sarah Hart, gave a picnic at Burban Island last Friday. A delightful time is the report. Rev. T. W. Lewis and Mrs. C.H. Marshall were guests of the picnickers. Mr. John Bradford has returned from Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was sent by Hiram lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M., to visit a brother, Mr. Lloyd Oliver. Mr. Bradford found Mr. Oliver seriously ill, with small hopes of recovery. Mrs. C. H. Marshall is home from Chicago, where she attended the grand chapter O. E. S. and visited friends. Mr. John Henry and son, Lewis, spent Labor day in Muscatine. Mrs. Oscar South and daughter, Lorene Clifton, are home, after a visit of several weeks in Kansas City and otherplaces in Missouri. Mr. Frank Brown met with an accident at the Rock Island arsenal, where he is employed, and is suffering with a sprained knee. Best Treatment for a Burn If for no other reason, Chamberlain's Salve should be kept in every household on account of its great value in the treatment of burns. It allays the pain almost instantly, and unless the injury is a severe one, heals the parts without leaving a scar. This salve is also unequaled for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the skin. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. CLARINDA, IOWA. Mr. Johnson of Hamburg is visiting friends in the city. Mrs. G. N. Nowling entertained Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cook and Mrs. Geo. Renfro to a three-course lunch Sunday. Mrs. Laura Jones will entertain the Ladies' Sewing Circle Friday p. m. The Bible class of the Second Baptist church will give a picnic Friday, September 15. Mrs. G. Nowling and Mrs. R. T. Lane will give a picnic at Foster's park on Wednesday for the kindergarten and junior classes of the A. M. E. Sunday school. Master John Evans returned home Saturday evening, after a pleasant visit with his cousin, George Elliott, in St. Joe, Mo. Mrs. George Johnson returned home Friday, after a pleasant visit with friends in Marysville, Mo. Mr. Ray Oldham is very ill at the home of Mrs. Addie Able. Miss Eva Marshall of Sharps spent the day with Mrs. Give Nowling on Friday. Rev. D. W. Brown preached a very interesting sermon Sunday evening. Mark 11:21-22. Sorry more were not out to hear such an elegant sermon. Mrs. Maud Fields and family of Tarkio, Mo., are moving to Clarinda to make it their home. We welcome such good families to our city. Mr. Sullivan from Jersey, Iowa, was visiting with a lady friends over Sunday. Mr. Paul Baker is shaking hands with his friends and visiting his mother. Mrs. Elise Campbell. MBER 8, 1916. Sunday was communion day at the Second Baptist church. A splendid sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. W. Mitchell. Don't forget money for Bystander. Those owing be ready to pay, as collector will be around next Monday. WASH Miss from her Mrs. C. and a fou tion with Dr. Sha CLINTON, IOWA. Mr. W. A. Richardson, who has been quite poorly for some time, does not seem to gain very rapidly. At present he is very much indisposed. His friends hope for a speedy return of health. Chas. Anthony, an employee of the Clinton Gas Co., is spending his vacation in Boone with relatives. The last quarterly meeting for this conference year was held Sunday, Presiding Elder Daniels was present, conducting the services of the day. W. A. Emerson was confined to his home last week on account of illness. Editor John L. Thompson is expected in Clinton this week on his annual tour. The spelling contest given at the A. M. E. church last Wednesday night was an enjoyable and successful affair. The event was given under the auspices of the Mite Missionary society, who netted a fair sum. Fred Slater was the winner of the capital prize. Mrs. Anna Anthony is improving slowly from her protracted illness. Wm. Henderson is confined to his home by illness. Late advices are that he is improving. Ringling's circus will spread its tents in Clinton on Tuesday, September 5th. Master Rogers Bush has returned home from Chicago, after spending the summer with his grandmother. He was accompanied by his aunt, Mrs. P. C. West, who will visit a short while at the home of A. A. Bush and family. The picnic at Union park which was to be given by the members of the Second Baptist church on Labor day was postponed on account of the heavy rain of the forenoon, necessitating a change of location to the church, where dinner was served and an entertainment held in the evening, where an enjoyable time was spent. Plans are now being laid to hold a picnic on September 22nd. Mr. Albert Lobbins and niece of Bloomfield, Iowa, have guests of the sister, theunt, Mrs. Albert Junkin, First avenue. The former has returned home. The latter will remain for a longer visit. Items of interest will always be acceptable from our subscribers. See or telephone the correspondent, who will be glad to give service. QTTUMWA ITEMS: Mr. Frank Elliott, who was operated upon in the Ottumwa hospital, is home, improving slowly. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mitchell have returned from their vacation. They visited different points in Michigan and in Canada. Mr. Weeks has returned, after a short visit in Des Moines. Mr. Roy Watts of Clinton is a guest at the W. M. Thompson home. Mrs. Anna Wilsoi and infant son are visiting relatives in Oskaloaosa. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. G. Gooch entertained Rev. S. B. M.ore, Rev. and Mrs. Searcy and two children, Elizabeth and Delois, and Mrs. Florence Long at a picnic on Labor day in Caldwell park. Rev. Carr is attending the Baptist association at Centerville. Miss Claudine Rennels of Jacksonville, Mo., will spend the winter with her aunt, Mrs. J. McCllan, and attend school. The recital given by Mr. Clyde Glass at the Second Baptist church was a great success in every way. He was assisted by Mrs. B. J. Abner and Miss Etta Searcy. The Benevolent society will begin their fall's book by celebrating the bishop's Mrs. Eliza Marshall. The Ida B. Wells club will meet last week at the home of Mrs. Mattie Gooch. They will meet this week at the home of Mrs. H. T. Elliot. The Sunshine band of the A. M. E. church entertained the presiding elder, S. B. Moore, after quarterly meeting on Tuesday evening. Mr. Herbert Hutchison and Albert Stevens spent Labor day in Burlington. The following spent Labor day in Oskaloosa: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Foster, Joe Hennington, Kipper, Mendames Luella Spicer, J. B. Barquet, Ed Hall, Nellie Elliot, Nellie Ross, Mary Pratt, Williams, Misses Edith Williams, Etta, Genevieve and Georgia Searcy, Zella Clark, Frances Beverly, Ellen Williams, Lucile Derrick, Messrs. Levi Anderson, Charles Wilson, Campbell, Thompson, Lintz, Earl and Max Weeks, Jordon, Beverly, King, Ray and Frank Clark, Harry Lewis, Herbert Williams and Ailor. GO TO The Peerless Ice Cream & Confection Company 1126 Fulton street GO TO For Ideal Ice Cream and Cafe Service Keokuk, Iowa WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Miss Mae Mawkins has returned from her month's vacation. Mrs. Gilley Gentry was in Rock Island and a few days last week in connection with the removal to that city of Dr. Shaw Medical Co. At the county picnic at the county home last week our people were well represented in the throng that filled the spacious lawn in the foreground. They all report a good time. A quartet of colored people were arrested here last Monday, strangers in town, presumably being participants in a burglary and some boot-legging pranks. There were two men and two women. A brother of Mrs. Haya Crayton arrived in the city Monday a.m. from Mississippi and intends to make this place his home in the future. Tiffin is getting along as well as she can under the painstaking care of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Green. Walter Williams and N. L. Black were in Fairfield on Tuesday night in attendance at a cabaret stunt that was pulled off that evening. Mrs. Willis Turner, who was very sick a few days last week, is convalescing. Our city schools begin last Monday and we now have several pupils registered in the high school. All the children of school age of our people in the city are in school, about twenty-five. Ollie Gentry is assisting at the John Shields & Sons coal yard. Word received from Howard Motts, who went to Des Moines recently, is to the effect that he is nicely located and will remain there indefinitely. Mrs. Walter Williams, who was on the sick list, is convalescing. Hon. Geo. Woodson of Buxton was in the city last week in attendance at the district lawyers' convention, taking an active part. Miss Marie Whaley is enjoying her vacation. Miss Elizabeth Crawford of Fairfield, who was visiting at the Geo. Burkley home for the summer, has returned to her home. INTERSTATE O. E. S. GRAND The interstate conference of grand chapter meeting held in Chicago was well attended by interesting ones. Lady Inez T. Alston of Florida, R. M., and Dr. W. H. Pernagin of the District of Columbia, R. P., were the presiding officers. The meeting opened in the Amarant degree, the other officers, filling their several stations. Welcome address delivered by Lady Louise Webb, R. M., of Illinois jurisdiction. Responded to by Lady Florence Scott, R. M., of Ohio. The following committees were named by the royal matron: Credentials, finance, rules, grand officers' addresses and jurisprudence and resolutions. The number of jurisdictions present were seventeen. Amount of money collected, $124.33. The annual addresses of the, R. matron and R. patron were excellent and full of good thoughts. Fraternal greetings from Grand Master Council, Knight Templars and Daughters of Isis. Words of cheer and greetings were responded to by special committees from interstate conference. Many committees maintained the work of vital importance were discussed in splendid paper, "The Landmarks of Rite and Their Meaning," was read by Miss Porter, P. G. M., of Kansas and Colorado jurisdictions. After a special committee appointed ritualistic work, the election of officers was held and resulted as follows: I. R. P.—Sir J. H. Garrison of Iowa. I. R. M.—Hon. Lady Janie L. Cox of the District of Columbia. I. A. M.—Hon. Lady Florence Scott, Ohio. I. A. P.—Sir W. M. Baltimore, D. C. I. Treas.—Hon. Lady Alice Camp- bell of New York. I. Sec.—Hon. Lady Lizzie R. Berry, New Jersey. I. Con.—Hon. Lady Metlock, Kentu- cky. I. A. Con.—Hon. Lady Olivia Port- ter, Kansas and Colorado. Appointed officers: Lecturer—Hon. Lady L. Webb, R. G. M. of Illinois. Truth—Hon. Lady H. M. Grant of Pennsylvania. Faith—Hon. Lady Adaly of Michigan. Charity—Hon. Lady D. Belasco of Alabama. Wisdom—Hon. Lady L. Tallferro of Oklahoma. Herald—Hon. Lady R. B. Bright of Iowa. Marshall, East—Hon. Lady Mitchell of New England. Marshall, West—Hon. Lady A. Laprade of Tennessee. Chaplain—Hon. Lady H. Hillard of Ohio. Warder—Hon. Lady Richardson of Maryland. C. C. F. C.—Hon. Lady Kittie Terrel of Illinois. Jurisprudence—Sir M. A. Wells of the District of Columbia. Finance—Sir W. H. Jernagin of the strict of Columbia. A. Council—Lady Inez T. Alston of Florida. After the installation of officers the meeting closed to meet in 1918—place tobe selected. Constipation the Father of Many Ills. Of the numerous ills that affect humanity a large share start with constipation. Keep your bowels regular By R B Bright Pay Boost and read the Bystander Dont borrow or read your neighbors, help make this a great paper Price Five Cents and they may be avoided. When a laxative is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. They not only move the bowels but improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion. Obtainable everywhere. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. Ambrose Morris and son of Buxton visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. Harris, in Albia on Sunday. Mrs. James Rhodes of Ottumwa, who has been visiting in Albia and Buxton, returned home Wednesday. Mr. Lou Franklin has returned to Albia from visit in Keokuk, Burlington and Fort Madison with his many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Louise Edmond and Miss Myrtle Nelson were visiting in Ottumwa on Sunday and Monday of this week. Mrs. Charles Carton and children of Hitemane were in Albia over Thursday. Mrs. Geo. Hollingworth entertained at English breakfast on Monday morning Mrs. Nellie Estes. The Sewing Circle club met at the home of Mrs. Delia Thomas on Monday afternoon. There were about twelve of the members present. Member from Hocking at the meeting, Mrs. Joe Robinson, Miss Alberta Robinson and Mrs. Nellie Estes were out of town guests and spoke a few words of encouragement to the club. After business the hostess, Mrs. Thomas, served a three-course lunch. Mr. Willie Williams and Mrs. Williams of Trenton, Mo. visited in Albia a few days the past week at the home of Mrs. T. B. Williams, 215 D avenue West. Mr. and Mrs. Brittian Thomas, Mrs. G. A. Davis, Miss Ada and May F. Davis were state fair visitors in Des Moines this week. Mrs. Hattie Bennings visited a few days with her mother, Mrs. E. Jeffers, and Mrs. Nellie Estes, her sister, in Des Moines. RED OAK ITEMS. Mrs. Martin's sister, Mrs. Moore, has returned from out west. Miss Gertrude Chappel has returned from Omaha. Mrs. Blanche Keene has returned from Bedford, being called there by the illness of her mother. Mr. Brown of Clarinda has found employment in our city and will be here for an indefinite time. Mrs. Oscar Davis' little son, who was quite ill for a few days last week, is out again. Mr. Martin's mother and stepfather of Cedar Rapids are visitors at the Martin home. Sunday school is progressing nicely with Mrs. Oscar Davis, superintendent. Rev. W. W. Lwing of Des Moines preached for us morning and evening Sunday. Our evening services were held in the auditorium of the white Baptist church. Services were well attended. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Our church, under the leadership of our pastor, Rev Jackson, is well pleased, since they heard the financial report read last Sunday night. Money raised in the last nine months is $1,070.95. We are glad to report good service all day yesterday. In the morning we had a spiritual covenant meeting. At 8 p. m. Rev. Jackson preached to well filled house. He took his text from John 14:12. Rev. Jackson will leave for the association to be held with the Second Baptist church at Centerville, Iowa, on Wednesday morning. Rev. and Mrs. Jackson were greatly surprised by two of the members of his church. Some one called over the phone and said for them (he and wife) to stay at home Sunday afternoon and don't go out to dinner, for they would have company from Omaha, Neb., that afternoon. So the Rev. and wife became a little unpleasant in their minds, as they had made no particular arrangement for company and no way to fix on such a short notice, so they set in to thinking and looking on every car for the guests. Later in the afternoon came Sister Wright and Sister D. Bottoms with well filled baskets, with everything to eat, cakes, pies, chicken, served spareribs, hot biscuits, corn bread, beans, potatoes and all kinds of dressing, and filled the Rev. and Mrs. Jackson's table and called them into the dining room. Well it was just joy to see how they enjoyed that dinner. Mrs. Lee Hall is still on the sick list. Mrs. Williams is up and out again from her sick room. We are having lots of newcomers in the Bluffs. Rev. M. Toomy will preach in the Bluffs at the Taboracle church Tuesday, September 5th. Mrs. Johnson and Miss A. Fountain returned from their extended visit in Kansas last night. We were glad to see Miss Bertha Binum and Miss Francis back to take their places in the Sunday school after a long vacation down in Kansas. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This is a medicine that every family should be provided with. Colic and diarrhoea often come on suddenly and it is of the greatest importance that they be treated promptly. Consider the suffering that must be endured until a physician arrives or medicine can be obtained. Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy has reputation second to none for the quick relief which it affords. Obtainable everywhere. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS In the midst of a sentiment he unwittingly created among the race he endeavored to the very last to elevate, Booker T. Washington is no more; and his work of stupendous proportion follows him. Perhaps we shall not see his like again in this generation. There will rise up many who will to imitate his manner a leadership through sycophancy, but there will still few who will so with the sincerity of purpose, prompted his every action for the betterment of his people and the whole country. Dr. Washington was born in a section of this country, and lived and labored in it, in an age and time that required a subtility that only those who are brought up in it with the white man can use to enable them to succeed in an undertaking necessitating their constant presence among southern people. This subtility Dr. Washington possessed in a remarkable degree. He knew how to tickle the white man of the south to cause him to laugh, and when he laughed to get what he needed from him, and through him others who gave, not as a Christian duty to the institution he founded, but because Washington had injected his personality into their favor, and because they knew that there were few other schools where the Negro could get the instruction that is given for his uplift at Tuskegee. As a monument to his faith in the capacity and ability of his race to do what other men of other races have accomplished, and his indeftifiable industry to bring about results, Tuskegee will multiply her army of educated men and ring out to future generations the name of the man self-named, and who brought it into existence. The management of this institution has been without reproach, but its founder has not always been credited with advocating the best interest of the race in regard to the higher education of the youth. Be that as it may, for himself he has left behind an enduring monument of his work on the minds of men, and we suggest a monument of enduring marble he erected in the sight of those whom he has helped by starting a subscription by all the people of the country, and have it placed in the capital of the nation.—Exchange. The Rt. Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson, first man of his race to be made a bishop by the Protestant Episcopal church, who died the other day at Monrovia, Liberia, though a Negro, and born in South Carolina, was never a slave. His parents were free persons of rotor. He was six years old when they accepted the inviting offer of the National Colonization society and went to Liberia. He was educated in the mission school of the Episcopalians at Cape Palmus. He watched our Civil war for the freeing of the slaves only at a distance. He worked with all the civilizing forces in a land where about 15,000 Afro-Americans dominate a real African population of 200,000; worked with the Methodist bishop, William Taylor, who first developed industrial education there; worked with J. J. Roberts, long president, a man nearly white, but devoted to popular advancement; worked with Arthur Barclay, born a British subject in the Barbados, a pure-blooded black, who succeeded Roberts; worked with the present president, Daniel Howard. He saw the establishment of Presbyterian and Baptist and Methodist As the first step in the formation of a co-operative alliance of colored industry and commerce by a group of colored men active in advancing the interests of their people, Charles M. Thomas of Miner Normal school, also president of the colored association of teachers at Washington, has announced an early organization of reputable and reliable colored chauffeurs and automobile mechanics. The purpose of this movement is to raise the standard of efficiency and to set standards of conduct for the men in this industry. Mr. Thomas sees, in the present industrial condition in the United States, an opportunity for colored men to play an active part in the real preparedness for American contest with rehabilitated European nations after the war, whether in conflict or in competition. Plans for the larger alliance to include colored men and women engaged in trades and occupations generally throughout the United States are being perfected under the chairmanship of Charles E. Lane, Sr., of North Carolina. Apple wood is the favorite material for saw handles, and some goes into so-called brier pipes. The minister of foreign relations of Colombia has ordered the publication in book form of economic and political information on Colombia, much of which has appeared in successive bulletins issued by the ministry in his charge since 1912. The title of the book will be "Colombia—1913 to 1916." Eleven grains of radium were produced in the United States last year. A simple horse-drawn machine has been invented by a Michigan man to sprinkle sand evenly over slippery streets. Tonyon, Pa., has the distinction of possessing a church building constructed entirely of grindstones. The first experiment in Japan in the manufacture of artisan silk is being tried at Konezawa. A common needle passes through 80 wavers in its manufacture. dist missions, the building of the Methodist college at Monrovia. With Liberian he was always identified. Bishop Ferguson's death recalls, of course, the great Colonization society that made Liberia open to free Negroes. Of this class the South, especially the cities of the South, wished to be freed. Henry Clay, Charles Carroll, James Madison were as anxious for the plan's success as William Lilburn Channing or Gerit Smith. But perhaps on young Ferguson's life the influence of Bishop John Henry hoppins of Vermont had most effect. Bishop Hopkins of the Episcopal church had been a most earnest worker for the Colonization society. And, relatively small as were the results of that movement, the characters developed in Liberia were well worth studying. What the Negro could do even after the brightening effect of slavery on individuals and the race, Booker T. Washington showed. What the Negro could do never having been a slave has been shown in a dozen of the strong men of Liberia. Of those strong men Bishop Ferguson was one of the most impressive. His conservatism in Grace church, New York city, in 1885, was a mark in the history of Episcopalianism in America. We take the following from a communication to the New York Evening Post: The songs of sorrow, of joy, of humor, and of sentiment were the natural growth of a race musically inclined in Africa, and whose unfelodious outpourings were intensified by the conditions of slavery. 1850-1865—Minstrel songs full of character, but less lofty of sentiment, and less true of real Negro inspiration and inspiration. (See songs of Jim Bland and others.) 1870—Advent of jubilee singers—an artistic triumph. 1875-1888—No further development in Negro music. The Afro-American had been so thoroughly taught by the white man that his color, condition, and accomplishment were inferior, that the younger generation at once threw aside all tradition. Any reference to the past became a disgrace. Except in a few schools of the South, to sing jubilee melodies to an Afro-American audience would be an insult, and would lead to the dismissal of the teacher urging them. The Moody and Sankey hymns were used exclusively in our churches and schools. About 1888 - the startling and quick growth of so-called "rug-time." As far back as 1875, Negroes in the questionable resorts along the Mississippi had commenced to evolve this mustel figure; but at the World's Fair, Chicago, "Rug-time" got a running start, swept the Americas, then Europe, and today the craze has not diminished. The public was tired of sing-song monotonic mother, sister, father sentimental songs. Rug-time offered unique rhythms, curious groupings of words, and melodies which gave the zest of unexpectedness. Many Negroes—Irving Jones, Will Acocke, Bob Cole, the Johnson brothers, Gussie L. Davis, Sid Perrin, Eristog Hesman, Williams and Walker, and others wrote some of the most celebrated rag songs of the day. In other instances white actors and song-writers would hear St. Louis such melodies as "New Bally," "Hot Time," etc., would change the words (often unprintable) and publish them as their own creations. When the flags of the Ohio regiments which had been in the Civil war were taken from storage and placed in the rotunda of the statehouse in Columbus, Gov. Frank B. Willis carried the flag of the Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry, in the war, his father had served through the war, and Mrs. Willis carried the flag of the Twentieth O. V. I., which was her father's regiment. A valuable relic was recently found in Riggsville, Me., in the shape of a large brass eagle, originally made for a figurehead on a ship. It weighs 9 pounds, stands 29 inches high, and measures 18 inches from tip to tip. It is known to be more than one hundred years old. The age is verified by the fact that the casting was made in two pieces and then brazed together. A Baptist pastor in New York has a novel way of attracting an audience. He conducts his evening services at 7:15 in front of the church. Besides the novelty the people find it cooler and decidedly more comfortable than inside the church. The perfume industry of Italy annually makes use of 1,800 tons of orange blossoms and 1,000 tons of roses. Fatigued, a Pittsfield (Mass.) man returned home, and, undressing, knelt beside his bed to say his prayers. He was in that attitude when his mother came to call him in the morning. He was not half-way through the Lord's prayer when he fell asleep. A Brazilian city uses a trolley-car ambulance to transport patients to and from hospitals in its suburbs. As a race, the tallest people in the world are the Bororos of the southwest of Brazil. They average six feet four inches in height. L. Bernstein of Conway, N. H., has potato stalks five feet six inches tall, and still growing. It is estimated that nearly 70,000,000 animals are killed annually for the sake of their fur. Nottingham, England, plans to attract new factories when the war ends. BAY OF SALAMANDRA Above—Dam and power house on Snake river, Idaho, that impounds water enough to grow luxuriant crops on 120,000 acres formerly barren land, and uses the rest to light and heat the houses and perform many of the daily functions in five towns and upon several thousand farms. Below—Class in domestic science at the Rupert Electric high school, where electricity is used not only for cooking, but also for heating and ventilation. Uncle Sam, by means of great irrigation projects, has turned many stretches of desert into blooming gardens but there is one project that stands out particularly as an example of what man can do toward altering the conditions established by nature. The auditorium seats 500 people. Farmers Use Current. Power is sold to individuals on the project but the more economical way involves group purchases. "Organizations of the farmers have Along the Snake river in Southwest Idaho there is a stretch of territory 40 miles in length which was once a barren desert, but is now dotted with green farms and prosperous, bustling towns. This metamorphosis has been brought about by the building of the Minidoka dum on Snake river, but it is not merely the transformation that has been wrought in the appearance of the country by the miracle of irrigation that is of chief interest. The Minidoka project has an attraction all its own because of the varieties of public service which the water impounded behind the dam renders. Here is to be found a miniature electrical world. Electricity, generated at minimum expense by water power and sold by the government at cost, is used almost exclusively for light, heat and power in the five towns located in the district and also upon the several thousand farms scattered throughout the project. It operates a large grain elevator, a sugar refinery and an alfalfa farm. It operates a school, churches and a 50-room hotel, it heats and lights the farmers' houses and furnishes power for the farm machinery. Approach to Communism An economic unit has been created in a waste of sand and lava ash—or rather has grown up there under the wing of the government, the only possible way it could have grown—which represents a close approach to communism. A portion of the water impounded by the dam enters canals and is distributed by the gravity system over 71,000 acres. Half of the water, in passing over the dam creates 10,000 horse power which lifts the remaining part of the first half of the water to higher benches of land that otherwise would be beaten thus more than 120,000 acres in all have water. After lifting water for the extra 44,000 acres, there remains power sufficient to provide nearly all the essentials and many of the luxuries of life. By law the United States reclamation service is required to supply water and power, when power is available, at cost. Hence the charges are low. For light, the average farmer's bills run to about $1.25 a month. For light, ironing, washing, vacuum cleaners and cooking, the cost in the average household is $3.00 a month. In winter, adequate power for heating a 5, 6 or 7-room house is obtained at from $8, to $8 a month. Soft coal costs $8 a ton on the project and as considered necessary for continuous heating and for cooking, the actual money saving is large. Electricity Heats Schools In Rupert and Burley, the principal towns, 75 per cent of the buildings and homes, large and small, are heated by electricity. Last year Rupert completed a high school housing 600 pupils which is ventilated and heated throughout by electric power from the government plant. Burley has now invested $80,000 in a concrete school building, also to be heated and ventilated by electricity, which will house 2,000 pupils. In the Rupert school, fresh air is drawn from the roof at the rate of 50,000 cubic feet a minute. It passes through electric coils which heat it to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Next it is washed and signified and then reaches a large motor-driven blower. This forces the air into two chambers, in which a portion is raised to about 100 degrees Fahrenheit of which cool air is retained. Separate ducts carry the air from the two chambers to each room in the building. The ducts are connected and there are connections controlled by dampers, so that the temperature in each room is maintained at 68 degrees. Hot water is provided electrically also. The domestic science department has a complete outfit of electric plates for the use of the individual students, as well as a large electric range for baking and cooking on a larger scale. Practical use is made of the domestic science department in the preparation of hot lunches at noon for all the student body. The food is sold at low prices. Meal tickets can be obtained either for cash or in exchange for such supplies as milk, eggs and butter. The building is solldidly lighted The building is splendidly lighted and is used in the events as a social THE BYSTANDER Electrical World g Desert Waste take river, Idaho, that impounds water on 120,000 acres formerly barren land, at the houses and perform many of the land upon several thousand farms. the Rupert Electric high school, where cooking, but also for heating and ven- center. The auditorium seats 500 people. **Farmers Use Current.** Power is sold to individuals on the project but the more economical way involves group purchases. "Organizations of the farmers have been formed," said a government official. "Each organization deeds with the reclamation service in purchasing the power required for the use of all the members of each organization. It is then distributed over lines constructed by each group. One morning last summer I drove out into the country about 8 miles from Rupert and stopped to chat with a homesteader. His house was a modest structure costing probably not to exceed $250. The place was well shaded with Carolina poplars and had a well-kept white clover in front. "I observed a power line leading directly to the house and inquired about it. The farmer said he was one of the directors in the Farmers' Electric Car and used electricity for many purposes. My curiosity was aroused, and I went into the house to investigate "I found every room lighted and heated with electricity. In the kitchen was a large electric range, the very latest on the market, with four hot plates, a large oven, and a broiler. Water for stock and household use was pumped electrically, and the same force will be used about the burn for various purposes. This unpretentious home on a farm only four miles from desert possessed conveniences and up-to-date labor-saving equipment which probably cannot be found elsewhere except on the farmsteads of the very rich in the oldest districts of the country." CAPTURES TRADE IN BRAZIL For First Lease in History United States Lease All Other Countries in South American Business. Uncle Sum has so far succeeded in his efforts to build up his South American trade as to take first place among the nations of the world in the volume of its trade with Brazil. In 1915, for the first time in its history, the United States led all other countries in both the export and import trade of Brazil. There are, according to the lists of the consulate general, 33 branches of American firms in Rio, Janéro managed by Americans or consisting of permanent American representatives there. Besides these branch houses many American manufacturers are still represented by firms both native and foreign, commission house or firm carrying stocks of certain specialties. Before the war it was difficult for American firms to find reliable and active agents, as many of the larger importing firms were European, with a preference for European methods of production. However, these conditions have been reversed and many new American connections have been brought about. --- Broiled Lizard Pleases Marines' Palates. Perhaps broiled lizard will never find its way to the menu of fashionable American restaurants, but Uncle Sam's marines attached to the American legation at Mannagua, Nicaragua, have found, as entremets to the lotus, fried or broiled ignana steaks, served with a pasty sauce from alligator pears, to be everything claimed by the native epicures. The ignana, or ginnt lizard, has been used for food by the natives for many years, and ignana steak finds much favor with them because of its gany taste. The ignana is herbivorous. ```markdown ``` Drug Business Gröwe. During the five years between 1600 and 1914 there was a substantial increase in the manufacture of drugists' preparations, patent and proprietary medicines and compounds and perfumery and cosmetics in the United States says Uncle Sam. Reports for 1914 were received from 4,082 establishments, with products sold in 1914, a number of establishments in 1914 ceased that in 1900 by 440, or 12.1 per cent, and the value of the products increased during the five-year period by 890,073.84, or 21.2 per cent. Some Laugh at These PERIL OF FLY NOT FULLY REALIZED PERIL OF FLY NOT FULLY REALIZED BY DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania Reens have been printed about the danger from the house fly. Despite all that has been said it is a self-evident fact that people do not understand how real is the danger from these pests. If they old a single season would be sufficient to wipe out the dangerous nuisances. Let people once understand the part that the fly plays in the transmission of disease and they will look upon anyone who maintains a condition which breeds them as a public enemy to be summarily dealt with. There is much advice about swarming the fly and trapping the fly. What we must learn to do is to exterminate it by doing away with all breeding pests. While It has not been definitely proven what the fly has to do with infantile paralysis, we have good reason to believe that it takes a part in the spread of the disease. That they can and do carry the germs of rhyphoid fever and other diseases we know. It is a wise mother who screws the baby's crib. Thousands of children under one year of age die annually who would be saved if the fly were eliminated. America Was Discovered by St. Brendan, Irish Legend The first discoverer of America, according to a tradition firmly held by some superstitions Irishmen, was St. Breundan. Brendan lived in the sixth century, and, according to legend, fitted out a vessel and sailed westward in the hope of discovering an island supposed to contain the paradise once tenanted by Adam and Eve. He was accompanied by 14 monks, and the ship was "victuallied for seven years." After sailing forty days and forty nights they came to an island, where they found "a hall with tables spread with good meat and drink." They snailed on for a long time, and came to another island, "wherein were the whitest and greatest sheep they ever saw." After stopping for a time they proceeded with the voyage, and came to a third island, called "the paradise of birds." After wandering about for seven years, from island to island, St. Breundan and his monks returned to Breundan, where they astonished the natives by tries of the wonders they had seen. In spite of the wild and improbable features of this legend, it was for centuries accepted as truth, and the Spanish government sent out several expeditions in search of the islands of St. Brendan. The St. Brendan legend formed one of the causes which led to the discoveries made by Columbus. Explained. "How do you conquer your elephants when they get on a rampage?" queried the new reporter. "Oh," replied the manager of the manager, "we have an ex-buggage master to look after them." "An ex-buggage master!" exclaimed the astonished gencil, pusher. "Yes," explained the other with a look that indicated his sorrow for the other's stupidity. "It requires a man to be stupid. See experience as a trunk gunner, Sleepe." Hot and Cold. Hot and Omar—I made a cool hundred at the race track last week. Helmy — That's good. What do you do? Oh no! Omar — Oh so soon burned a hole in my pocket. Equal Rights. Newed (a week after marriage)—By the way, dear, don't sit up for me tonight, as I may be detained downtown until after midnight. Mewed.—Oh, very well. And in case you should get home before I do, kindly leave the gas burning in the hall, will you?" Somewhat Different. "Hus the parson got through with what he had to say?" queried the man who had been enjoying a nap. "Xe, long ago," replied the man in the room, "to relieve the man to strangle a yawn, "but there is no telling when he will conclude." Business Point of View. "If I could write a play as great as 'Hamlet,' I would be content to rest on my laurels," said the ambitious author. "And the chances are," replied the successful theatrical manager, "if you Things You May Not Know. Russia has a land area of 197,155,357 versets, equal to 8,147,118 English square miles, or one-seventh of the land surface of the glove. The use of sulphur of oxide on aluminum wire in order to produce insulation for electrical purposes is being adopted and the process is now being applied to copper wire. The rate, which is one of the hardest woods of Australia, seems to be the strongest timber known, with an average tensile strength of 24,000 pounds to the square inch, which approaches iron. The game of baseball was seventy years old on September 23, according to an authority who states that the first game ever played took place in 1845 on a vacant lot in what is now lower New York city. The oldest man in Louisiana is dead in the person of John Shay, one hundred and thirteen, who was born in County Kerry, Ireland, served in the Civil war as a Union quartermaster and then settled down in the Sunny South. Mobility of the Individual By DR. JOHN H. FINLEY Commissioner of Education, State of New York generally, is to determine to what actual shall be restrained, predestinated collectivity. In the terms of our everyday life, and making that every man has an imaginary its own measurements always in readi- some public locker, that he may do at on, or perhaps of a world need: when to pay his taxes, to fight against dis- form himself upon public questions short, he performs any one of the hun- das an efficient unit in an organized verschaum pipes, a peasant gathering a surgeon. Tomorrow I slip on this less, nameless, numbered patriot. And delicate pipes again; I am back in private laboratory; that is, if I am not located in the trenches. The whole problem of society, generally, is to determine to what degree the mobility of the individual shall be restrained, predestinated and merged in the aim of all the collectivity. I translate this experience into the terms of our everyday life, and I make it graphic to myself by thinking that every man has an imaginary uniform, an imaginary uniform of his own measurements always in readiness in home or shop or office or in some public locker, that he may don at call of his community, state or nation, or perhaps of a world need: when under compulsion he goes to vote, to pay his taxes, to fight against dishonesty, inefficiency or waste, to inform himself upon public questions or upon public duties; when, in short, he performs any one of the hundred offices that are required of him as an efficient unit in an organized society. I am today a maker of meerschaum pipes, a peasant gathering my harvest, a college professor, a surgeon. Tomorrow I slip on this invisible garment, and I am a selfless, nameless, numbered patriot. And the next day I am working at my delicate pipes again; I am back in my field, or at my desk, or in my private laboratory; that is, if I am not killed or wounded in battle or suffocated in the trenches. Poultry Scratchings By C. S. Anderson of the Colorado Agricultural College. If you take pride in marketing good eggs at a good price, consider the following: Do not keep mongrel stock. They are not high producers, and their eggs are not uniform as to size and color. Keep laying bens separated from sitting hens. Gather eggs twice daily in warm weather. The sale of infertile incubator eggs never will help you to establish a higher market price for your product. Separate the male birds from the clock except during the breeding season. Fertile eggs are poor keepers. Market eggs in a standard egg case. Never haul to town over rough roads or in an open basket or pan exposed to the hot sun. You will have a larger number of "firsts" if you market at least twice a week. In keeping eggs, provide a dry, cool, well ventilated place. Fertile eggs must be kept below 68 degrees to check germination. Eggs are affected easily by bad odors. Do not keep in a musty grain bin, or in the vegetable cellar, or where they can absorb the odors of kerosene and gasoline. In France Woman Usually Is "Man" of the Family The French woman is the "man" of the family as a rule. This was illustrated in our hotel in Paris, where madame attended to the office and ran everything, while she kept her husband on the go from early till late doing the upstairs work. Practically all the "chambermides" in Paris are men. The first thing we noticed on reaching Paris was a woman cab driver. Most of the street hucksters and vendors are women—but they are husky specimens, who are well able to look out for themselves. Some of the cries of the hucksters are very musical. We are specially taken with the call of the fishwomen, who in announcing for instance "bon maquereau"—"good mackerel"—would sing a regular little song. As you go along through Paris you are struck with the large number of women who run stores and all kinds of enterprises. They invariably keep strict accounts, and after closing hours they will be seen poring over their ledgers. It seems rather strange that the French women should never have made any special demand for women to be "perhaps because they realize that they already rule the roost." Paris Letter in Pathfinder. The cleverness of some plants is indisputable. A sundew, or fly-enter, deceived by a piece of chalk, seized it in its tendrils, but upon discovering the fraud immediately withdrew them. A fly, held just out of its reach, did not tempt it to move, but as soon as it was brought a little nearer the plant prepared to take possession of it. Darwin showed that a begonia had a habit of searching for a hole to insert its tendrils into, and even of withdrawing the tendril to insert it in another hole, if the first proved unsuitable. Nor is this power of selecting continued to any particular class. Climbers like the lianas will refuse to collound a branch not strong enough to bear their weight. David Cline of Philadelphia has completed without an accident 45 years as a railroad engineer. Fashion's Decrees. Dark blue promises to be as smart as ever. Heavy embroidery distinguishes some handsome gowns. Shirred skirts are in evidence—but are of many, many kinds. New street and afternoon gowns are frequently finished with soft, wide sashes. One unusual frock had an apron of satin in front and back—the gown itself being of taffeta. Orange and black stitching, in heavy stitch, marks the backs of some of the white glace kid gloves. Some of the wrist-length glace gloves of white have little cuff sections of black lace, laid flat against the white kid. Gray is a favorite color in the gloves of the year. There are heavy gray suede gloves, there are dressed kid gloves in gray and there are gray washable fabric gloves, all smart in appearance. Some girls give up a kiss as if they were having a tooth pulled. FAVORITE OF THE FILMS Marguerite Clark. Former comte opera star who stilled his voice to become a player in the soprano. No Mail for Eight Months For eight months in the year no mail reaches the coal miners in Spitzerbergen, but they are now able to get messages twice a day by wireless telegraph. wrote a play as great as 'Hamlet' in these days and times, you would be compelled to rest on your laurals for lack of any other support." Hia Helpmate. "Never mind," said the poet as he tossed the rejected poem on the floor, "I'll set the world ablaze yet!" "And just to help you get the configuration started," said his better half, as she picked up the aforesaid MS, "I'll light the fire in the cook stove with this." Sympathetic. "I have lost the manuscript for a book of poems that it took me nearly five years to write," sighed the long-haired party, "and I didn't rejoined his friend." "But, of course, your loss is the public's gain." "I have fully made up my mind never to marry." "to the first dear girl." A - "What's the matter?" queried dear girl the second. "Has your father lost all his money?" Thought It Settled. They had been trotting in double harness for six long months. "Why is it," queried the young wife, "that you never make me any presents like you used to before we were married?" "Well, it's like this," explains the victim of leap year, "after acquiring a title to a piece of property, a man naturally supposes there are no more installments to pay. Get me?" Lace was known in Venice at an early period, and was not unknown to the Greeks and the Romans. In the discovery of phosphate of lime deposits in the Banff National park, Canadian Rockies, Consult Dreher of Toronto states Canada is much interested in obtaining a domestic supply of this fertilizer material. An effort, is being made to convert the picturesque island of Terschelling, on the northwest of Holland, and separated from the Friesland by a narrow strait, into a summer watering park. The island has several hundred tourists each year, but lacks certain conveniences which, it is argued, might be readily supplied. New Use for Motorcycle The adaptable motorcycle is now being utilized efficiently in the street cleaning service of Los Angeles. One man on a motorcycle will sweep will the work of 20 men working by hand. The sweeper is capable of a speed of four miles, but eight miles is found the most. It carries its own dirt wagon, taking up its dirt as gathered. Its brush is 60 inches wide and comes immediately in front of the wheels. Its power is provided by a two-cylinder motor. Clever Plants direen In house peace of pheon attent after show should signal stare of wife power power over on umma caping out the signal the is brook room ends and been Excellent’ Balance Is Maintained Between the Exterior and the Interior, HAS SEVEN LARGE ROOMS Yet It Has the Appearance of a Little Bungalovi and There Is No Sugges- tion of Crowding—Many Con- veniences Provided. SC WIKIA OL MADEOKG. Mr, William A. Radford wit! answor questions and give advice WREH wi COST on all subjects pertaining to tir subject of buflding, for the readvte of hls paper. On account of his wide experience 1s Editor, Author and Manufactucer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority con all these gubjects, Address all inquiries to Willian A. Radford, No. Is:7 "Vrairie avenue, Chicago, Til, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. ‘There are few people who do not de- sire'an alr of coziness in their home— that suggestion of snugness which seems a part of the little bungalow and extends an Invitation to all who pass by to come into the little home where comforts are provided in every nook and corner. ‘This quality seems to be always associated with a small home, and those who must have a larger house are often led to discard thelr desire in this direction and cen- ter thelr attention on arrangement of roomis only, Perhaps the arrangement of rooms 4s of initial importance tn planning 1 house, since the family will naturally derive the greatest benefits from hy- ing tn it rather than standing on the outside where they can enjoy the out- ward appearance of It, but there is swore than one reason why the home builder should expect the architect to extend the nicety of his design to ex terlor details and why he should bim- a hi tee, tie, ft {ee OMG ok. og . Ss ee. va —— cee Fe Pa Ws cle per C28 pe er oe aera og aha 4k Fees | ot ie st 7 RU je, ce ape ran ee ee pn SR a ey Ee eas i ameeme oa tie ONION ee | * An Exceptionally Well-Designed Home. self be liberal with the architect tn | bookcase built beneath a fancy glas: allowing the arrangement of rooms to| window, A larger window is situate be shifted until a balance is obtained | on the other side of the fireplace Thi which will favor neither the interior | dining room is entered through | or the exterior. The home bullder’s | cased opening flanked with bookcases suggestions nre always a help to the| A three-wludow bay te built Into th architect and the house design which | wall of the dining room and a buffet | is based upon a fundamental skeleton | set against the inside wall. ‘The root set in the mind of the owner added to, /1s a square, which is the best shap refined and polished by the designer, | for a dining room, since there ts pleut, ‘who ia not hampered by a set room |of «pace on all’ sides of the’ tabl arrangement, 1s many times the busts | when it ts pluced In the center of th a a home Which te tar batter than'the!| room. “‘Theckitehen tela. the rear Faas] Farsi a PP AITUHEN “BLD-ROOM: yeeros cy Went ie he = pee PPO i ty Tout | f -onune noon aT 1 worse” at) Ne tt - EEN eae ~ rd | r LIVING BOOM | esoue | fl onl 230470" =| First-Floor Plan. reams of the home builder bad ple- tured it, In the fllustration shown here a hoyse is pictured which has every ap- Dearance of a little bungalow, with all of the coziness and homelike atmos- Dhere usually associated with such 1 house, and with more than the usual Attention pald to detalls, of finish. Yet a glance at the floor plans will Show that seven Inrge rooms have been tueked away within, and no sugges: tlon of crowding Is evident. ‘The de- ign is an exceptional one from every standpoint. The sides of the house are finished With alternate wide and narrow rows of beveled siding, having fancy panel Work set up under the gables. ‘The Dorch rail is built up from the ground Une with rough brick, eapped with an overhanging ledge of brick turned up on edge, The two heavy porch col- ‘mns are plastered from the top of the ‘all up to the roof, and these are “apped, in balance with the rail, by a Single course of brick on edge. The Sutside-bulle chimney, In carrying out the Iden established in the porch de- Sign, ts bullt of brick cap at the top. ‘The roof has a. graceful slope, which 4 swung out over the porch In broad curve. ‘The wide expanse of Foot ts broken by the formers, which te very artfetleally designed. ‘The ‘Sids of all rafters nre exposed und 9 i ie the use of nD oe ain og Or three lengths of thnber, under the rafters of both the main raat and the dormer roofs, ‘The uppeuranee is very Strikfig when the burly of the. house is Nuished In some dark tint with pure white trim, Even though thts extertor design Seems to have been the chief object of uttention—It Is ¥0 therouzhiy: sutu- Fated with good ideas—there Ix also 8 continuous store of good points in design walling for the persan who opens the heavy oak door with tts : | a i E *BLD Roan ma : oe | eno \aty Wh Ke | eee 7: jo bee ‘Second. Fluor Plan. {three little vertient panels of plate iluss, and passes through the house to the handy ‘rear porch, ‘The living room ix large enough 10 entertain several guests It extents across the entire width of the house and is tighted through six windows. A faney balustrade with two square posts Is bullt along the side of the stnircase leading to the upper floor, The staircase 1s directly infront of the door opening froin the front porch. A brick fireplice Is set Into the wall at the end of the room to the left of this entrance. In the corner of the house uext to the fireplace 1s 1 handy eijaeat oo, 22a ih a Bare, F Re. Oe iia 7 ee 8 Ae tae ot Suir ce a eee Xx Re PR ty heat Dookease built beneath a fancy glass window. A larger window Is situated on the other side of the fireplace ‘The dining room ts entered through a eased opening flanked with bookenses. A three-window bay Is built into the wall of the dining room and a buffet Is set against the Inside wall, ‘The room Is a square, which is the best shape for a dining room, since there Is plenty of space on all’ sides of the table when It ts placed in the center of the room. The kitchen is in the rear of the dining room and may be entered through a swinging door. The ability of the architect ts ubly Mustrated In the arrangement of the Kitchen, Every convenience of a light and airy kitehen, a carefully planned pantry and a breakfast porch are here combined in one room. A table in whieh the sink ts set ruos slong ‘the side wall, with a window above It. ‘One cupboard ts located conveniently across the dividing ‘wall between the kitchen and the dining room, and an- other is built into the outside corner above the space occupied by the re- frigerator. Across the room is a ittle breakfast-nook tubte with a seat built on each side. This little table will save inny steps in serving breakfast and will commend itself In many other ways, There is ample room for a stove against the inside wall. Another feature which will find ta- vor with most people Is the bedroom and toilet on the first floor. ‘These rooms are entered from a hall leading toward the rear of the house, past the stair, from the living room. ‘This lll Is also connected with @ side entry by fa filght of four steps. The basement Is reached from this entry. ‘There are two large bedrooins und u sleeping porch, which is really an- other bedroom having practleally one entire side built of windows, om the second floor. A hall connects them all and also leads to the bathroom, ‘The front dormer bedroom ts an espe- clally pleasant room, huving five ease- ment windows under two of which aents are. built. Action of the Sun on Skin, A beautiful fuce is a silent recom- mendation und an index to your state of happiness und health, Even the most peachlike skin proves to be a pleasing background for a dainty brown mole or ‘beauty spot.” But there are blemishes and blemishes, re- marks the Popular Science Monthly What is usually spoken of as freckles are spots of yellowish brown color. Especially after the skin has been ex- posed to the sun for a long while do freckles muke thelr unhappy appear- ance. In most Instances, however, freckles are the result of the action of the sun on certain cells of the skin, which causes these cells to produce coloring matter, or pigment, which re- mains there for a long time. ‘A Boy on Ship. Here's a boy’s composition on ships: “ships are useful for going to for- eign countries to teach savages how to dress, If there were no ships peo- ple would not go to the mewseum to see models, Sailors are very busy men and are always chewing tobacco to prevent geasickness, Poets get a living with writing about ships,” Rn re ee ateiedaaicgnemacimaniaal eas ‘ Z. nat. - ; eerie vey, 7 ee se A / , Pi P 1 F SS jond: onders oO e SYellowsfone ee Pt eee oN ee gh SUS BP VE of Poe HA ae cco MRI Mis Cc So area Ban NT te Ee at ea Na epee oc ae Pe Mae ot PE OE Be Ne Se tye) re Geet, Nae un tcc ae Me oa Vee Rae, = | her oe RA os Riera isi, ae co Yee. ae : ee ome eh. ome a aaa cf a Ce) Ra 4 s ede Ss Oe ee ¥ ge as 8, ee GREAT FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE, FROM POT LOOKOUT | BJ stone National park. for they were unable to un- derstand the wonderful geysers, the freakish springs and the rivers. that run both hot and cold, Rudyard Kipling penned a remark- able apprectation of the Grand Can- yon of the Yellowstone when he vis- ited there. “AIL that T enn say,” he wrote, “is that without warning or preparation I looked into a guif 1,700 feet deep, with eagles and fishhawks flying far below. And the sides of that gulf were one wild welter of color—crim- son, emerald, cobalt, ocher, amber, [honey splashed with port wine, snow- white, vermflion, lemon and. silver- gray in wide washes, “The sides did not fall sheer, but were graven by time and water and jalr into monstrous heads of kings, dead chiefs—men and women of the old time. So far-below that no sound of its strife could rench us, the Yel- lowstone river ran, a finger-wide strip of jade green. ‘The sunlight took these wondrous walls and gave fresh hues to those that Nuture had already laid there, “Evening crept through the pines that shadowed us, but the full glory of the -day flamed In that canyon as we went out very cautiously to a jutting plece of rock—blood-red or pink It was—that overhung the deepest depths of all." Kipling looked down upon the can- yon from a spot known as Inspiration point. It was when standing in the same spot that Moran, the great artist, sald, “Its beautiful tints are beyond the reach of human art.” Lower Falls 308 Feet High. Few people know that the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone are nearly twice as high as Ningara—808 feet. ‘The government engineers have con- structed stalrways to the better van- tage points. so that the traveler ts afforded a complete survey of the falls. It fs probable that the canyon Is seen to the best advantage from Artist point, on the west slde of the river. From the canyon there are count- less side trips of unequaled beauty, In- cluding, of course, a visit to “Old Faithful" geyser, which may be count: ed on to display its charms regulnrly every 65 to 85 minutes. To this park we find, too, Yellow- stone lake, the largest moustain Inke in the world with the one exception of Like Titicaca in Peru, ‘The waters seem to be framed by the penks of the Absoraka range, extending south the length of the lake to Mount Sheridan, the snow-tipped crest of which Is bare: ly visible through the purple haze. Leaving the lake, the road winds in and out among the mountains, und on every side there Is a most unusual offering of natural wonders: The Fry- ing Pan; Roaring mountain (a hiliside of a thousand steam vents) ; Obsidian clfft, a mountain of volcante glass, und many more, At Mammoth Hot Springs one sees the travertine terraces rise tier above tier, forming a wonderful cascade of springs on the side of Ter- ‘race mountain. In the evening the traveler can find patriotic entertain- ‘ment over at Fort Yellowstone, where The Extinct Billy Goat. Strange 1s the march of time. ‘The billy aud nanny goat were once a dominating feature in every civilized American community. A snapshot could not have been taken without a goat somewhere in the pleture, but the gont was not deemed a fit Insect to hobnob tn swell society. Its product might be admitted across the thresh- old of the rich, but not {ts savory self. ‘The highest standard the goat has ever attalned 1s the magcotship of a volunteer fire company or a similar office in the United States navy, which was practically the lowest rank of any living thing aboard. In-his palmy days vivid posters were often seen of him In the act of Juggling with a glass of fresh Bock, and now, sinco the breweries themselves are in disfavor, the American billy goat is doomed to pass down the Ine of has-beens!— Cartoons. ‘Men Had Horns Then, ‘The archeologists who traversed! the susquehanna river valley, visiting sites Indlan villages and digging up ab- ‘rigines and other relics, are’ said to, Ai is Bi | COOL FOODS FOR SULTRY DAYS. Wondrou ts the atrength of cheer- tunecas and te power of endurance the eMeertul_ man will-do. more tn the fame time, ‘will-do"1t Setter. will pee fevere init fonger, than the sad" oF ition —Caryle ‘The frozen dishes made from sour milk and fruit combinations are #0 Tmany that one may have 1 varlety of these whole: FY sotse desserts, ‘The Towa station of agriculture VIE) viginuted this popular ash, Raisin Lacto—Rent the BR sotks and whites of Wo MM ees separately; add SUIS ire cupfuls of ‘sugar, HN aata Geo iiette oF half cupfuls of steamed raisins that have boon Basly chopped, “When prt ‘ly frozen add the juice of two lemons. Summer Salad.—Cook a quart of fresh shelled Ima beans in salted wa- ter. Drain and chill them, Peel and Feut into dice two tart apples, chop ‘two sweet green peppers and mix all together with mayonnaise dressing tn whieh tarragas vinegar has been used. | Mint Cucarber Sandwiches.—For ‘light summer refreshments dainty and ‘delicious sandwiches may be prepared by dipping thin slices of cucumber in French dressing and. sprinkling with chopped fresh mint on buttered bread. ‘These sandwiches should not be made until they are Just rendy to serve, as the cucumbers lose thelr crispness by standing. Nuts and Green Peas—A delicolus salud may be made by combining cooked green peas and English wal- huts, using two parts of the peas to ‘one of the nuts, Serve on lettuce with a mayonnaise or any botled dress- ng that is well seasoned. One of the reasons why mayonnaise is not liked 4s because It may be made of olf that fs not good or It lacks sensoning. Muy- onnalse should have ns much season- fog as any dressing, Onton Julce, sult, imustard and red pepper In sufficient quantities will make a well-flavored Aressing. Tomato and Cucumber Salad.—Peel, slice and chill a half-dozen ripe toma- toes. Slice two or three cucumbers. Tub a salad bow! with a cut clove of garlle, arrange « foundation of lettuce tnd put In the cucumbers with the to- matoes for a border. Sprinkle with finely chopped mint and serve with a French dressing. A most delicious dressing for a platn lettuce salad ts the French dfessing with a tablespoontal of chopped par- sley, a half cupful of chopped Spanish onion, a tablespoonful each of red and Breen pepper, finely chopped, and a tablespoonful of powdered sugar with snit and pepper to taste, Use a cup- ful of of! and a third of a cupfel of vinegar for this recipe. The idle man does not know what it ts to enjoy rest, for he hag not earned Mt. "shard work, ‘moreover, tends. not only to give reat to the body, but what fi even more Important, peace tothe find. "If we have done ‘our best, to fo, nd to be, wa can real tn peace. “Sit Jobin ‘Lubbock. A dish to be thoroughly. satisfying ould appeal to the eye as well an og, the palate. ‘The follow- BWA ing Is one which ills ee Ys voth requirements: iia (A& Pear Meringue With OB XS custard sauce. — Take B fleea) even-sized pears and pect (PS them, teaving on the PF stom. Place in a baking and lemon peel and bake until tender, Bent the whites of two eggs until stift; add two tablespoonfuls of sugar and when the pears are cold cover euch with the meringue. Place in the oven to brown. Serve with a custard made from a pint of milk, two eggs, a quar- ter of a cupful of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Cook until smooth. Chill and Pour around the pears on a serving dish. Pear Fritters—Mix one and one- third cupfuls of flour with two tea- spoonfuls of buking powder, and a fourth of a teaspoonful of salt. Add gradually two-thirds of a cupful of milk, one egg, slightly beaten, Pare two large pears and cut in slices, then stir Into the batter.» Drop by spoon- fuls into hot fat and fry until brown, Sorve with a hot liquid sauce. For peach fritters use « cupful and a fourth of flovy Chicken With Sour Cream Gravy. — Cut up a chicken or fowl as for frl- eassee and cook until tender; do not sit the meat until it 1s nearly cooked. When perfectly tender remove to a platter and place around It crisp bak- ing-powder biscuits, split and buttered. ‘Take a cupful and a half of the chick- en broth, add three-fourths of a cupful of sour cream; cook together a table- spoonful and a half of butter and the same of flour, then add the hot broth and cream; do not boll after the cream is added. Pour this over the meat that has been dredged with flour and browned in butter. An old fowl may be“cooked tender and dellctous If covered with sweet fresh milk’ and set in a slow oven to cook until tender ;-add salt at the last of the cooking. A small plece of ontop adds flavor to the dish and can be added to the milk. Improvement on “Skia.” An increase of several yards In the jump of ski-runners is a rather sur- prising result of the process of metal. zing objects by means of a spray. In Switzerland, a coating of aluminum of the thickness of thi, Sena a be- ing applied: to the ski-blades ‘this method, and this not only adds greatly tothe durdblty of the beeing eurtace but It also. vey om at friction, tends: to pre i sting ot age ont blades. It ts the haat Sea ower eee Le THE BYSTANDER the United States cavalrymen pay honor to the flag nt close of day. It is an inspiring sight, "way up tn the mountains, with the gorgeous sun sink. ing to rest behind. snow and gold crowned peaks, puinting their sides and the nearby forests tn a profusion of metatile lusters, Many Mighty Peaks. ‘The Continental divide zigzage through the southwestern section of the park, and from It ean be seen the weirdly beautiful Electric peak, which pierces the azure to a height of 11,155 fest. The name of this peak Is obtained from a pecullar electrle phenomenon which has been a umtter for sclentific study for years. Other notable peaks In Yellowstone National park are: Bunsen peak, 9,100 feet high, named for R. M. Bunsen, a celebrated chemist; Mount Everts, 7,000 fect, named for T. C. Everts, a member of the Washburn party; Mr. Everts was found nearly dead after being lost from the 1870 expedition for 87 daz8; Mount Sheridan, 10,200 feet, named’ in honor of Gen. Phil Sheridan ; Mount Langford, 10,600 feet, named for Explorer Langford, and Mount Washburn, 10,845 feet, named for Gen, H, D. Washburn, ' It was up in the fastnesses of these penks that the Nez Perces Indians lay in wait for the struggling streams of soldiers who had been sent to deliver to them a message of peace from the Great White Father In Washington. In muny places one can find traces of the soldiers’ weary march, Crude bridges, just strong enough to bear the weight of the transport wagons, since replaced by artistic concrete structures, have been kept _as_monu- ments to the memory of te valiant men who battled here against the red- skin foe. One ean see In many places the burns on the trees caused by the ropes the soldiers used in lowering thelr wagons and cannon down the precipitous sides of the mountains, Plenty of Wild Animals. ‘One of the very Interesting things to the traveler in Yellowstone are the wild antinals which roam through the reservation. Bison, genulne relies of ‘the herds of other days, ean be seen In thelr wild state, ‘The government 1s making extensive experlinents with this herd to increase it in numbers without reducing in any way the pur- Ity of the blood strain. ‘The younger Dison are generally kept in fenced areas to guard them from attacks of carnivorous animals rouming the park fat night. Bear are plentiful. ‘They can be seen around the hotels every night, where they come for food. ‘These are mostly black bear; but once in a while fa big, old, silver-tip bear—the giants ‘of their kind—comes down, and the black bear promptly scatter, for the siiver-tip loves a fight with a black bear ns much as he loves the refuse from hotel tables. Soldiers are always on guard at feeding tlme, so that the traveler ts protected in’ the event a bear sees something better than hotel refuse to chew upon, ‘The bear are carefully watched, and if¢an animal shows signs of being unruly he 1s herded up Into the less-frequented parts of the park. have made a most astounding discov- ery on the Murray farm, near Athens, Pa., in finding the bones of 68 prehis- toric men. The average height of these men when their skeletons were assembled, was seven feet, while many were much taller. Additional evi- dence of their gigantic size is found ini the massive stone battle @xes in their graves. Another amazing point of this discovery {s the allegation that “perfectly formed skulls were found from which horns grew straight out from the head.” Beautiful Luray Caverns. Half way up the ‘Shenandoah yalley are the Luray caverns, an underworld palace built by the busy hands of trickling waters, The Throne Room is canopled with curtains as though woven of diamonds and pearls. The Saracen's Tent has more than oriental splendors of richest damasks and gold- en, samite, which drape the. crystal, couch in festoons of magic beauty. Ti- tania’s Vell is woven of petrified molars webs Walle, a a Nek chaicas Shin: Mei Pe USE eet ete ere eae n varlety of these whole some desserts, ‘The lowa station of agriculture originated this popular dish, Raisin Lacto.—Bent the yolks and whites of two eggs separately; add three cupfuls 6f sugar, mixed with two quarts of ‘ar Wilk end due ond & SUMMERY DISHES. the palate. The follow- ing 1s one which fills both requirements : Pear Meringue With Custard Sauce. — Take even-sized pears and peel them, leaving on the stem. Place in a baking agen area ea tee Improvement on “Skis.” De LE Peso aaa. EE OS ri Fitayers and Shrubbery-- eo C2) Their Care’ and Cultivation, Cuisdesd pete ener EE oo ee s 1 Dee ot on nana. oO eile al "Hehe oo kes ae 4 ld an au A nd, Ses es) af | al £2 wale APSF BMY od gee aaa Biase tu C . are 2 A Class in Bulb Planting. ABOUT BULB PLANTING | Suc too, wit ie ito mo sol = ¢K, ceuuiwevene [amd wil werk eum ser erect | When should bulbs be planted? 18 2 ‘question often asked. Bulbs should be ‘put Into the ground ns soon as they can be procured frow the dealer. This Is generally In September or October. ‘The Impression prevalls to a large extent that bulbs ean be plunted any time during the fall, ‘That ts, that It ts safe to put them out any time be- fore the ground freezes. ‘This is a mistake which grows out of a lack of knowledge of the plant's habits. ‘A bulb makes an annual growth of jroots during the fall. ‘These are the roots which support It next spring while It 1s blooming. | Unless this root-growth 1s com- pleted in the fall it will give @ crop of Inferior flowers, as the Incomplete work of autumn will be taken up where Mt was Interrupted by cold weather and carried on to completion while the plant is trying to produce a crop of flowers. ‘This makes it attempt to do double duty on a slender stock of vitality. ‘Late planted bulbs, therefore, should ‘always give us inferior flowers, and ‘often none at all. This explains why it is advisable to sible. Give them ample time to de- velop thelr roots before cold weather puts an end to the work of the season if you want them to give you the flowers next spring. HOW TO USE A HOE So many people have a horror of using a hoe. It is the most comforta ble implement to be found in the equipment of a gardener or farmer. It is 80 handy to use for so many pur. poses that one cannot get along with out tt, Probably one reason that people do not like a hoe is that most hoes ex- plain at once how “dull as a hoe” came into proverbial use, A dull hoe is certainly not a pleasant implement with which to work, The good gardener will keep his favorite hoo filed to a sharp edge all the time. It is impossible to grind a hoe on a grindstone because the level must be on the upper aide of the blade when ‘it ts in use, in order to make the hoe “bite” into the soll. File your hoc, making the bevel about twice as wide as the thickness of the blade. Then keep it bright, ‘and when you go out after weeds the hoo slips through the soil so easily that hoeing is not much lke hard work. In hoeing, a long, slow movement should be made, if the soll 1s in good condition. Simpiy “scuffing” half an inch of the top soil is enough to kill weeds, and one can go over a lot of ground In ono day it the hoe ts sharp and bright and the strokes long and smooth. In choosing a hoe, select one the blade of which Iles not quite fat on the floor when you are standing erect, With the hoe hendle extending trom your hands when in working pgsition to the floor. The heel of the hoe should not quite touch the floor from this position, With a sharp hoe one can cut this. tlos, dock, dandelions and other nox- fous weeds with quickness, dispatch and ease, It is light to handle, easy to use and more effective than any other implement for many purposes. Reewaa ae Fe. Sareea ann 1 he 7s F yl eh aa P ae i he ‘ .. tes ook Mee eas ae tg ‘ace a iy a VA 4 Lg a i an aa Fe ELEN ie — ghd ae eo) Such a hoe will bite into the soit easily, when it ‘es bright and sharp, nd wil work smoothly and etective ly. ¥ Sharpen the hoe as soon as it gets noticeably dull. This will be hard on the hoe, but it saves muscle, and hoes eden Carry a small flat file in your hip pocket, and do not allow a nick to stay: in the hoe a minute after it is made, * SOME TRIED HINTS | When the hanging basket looke shabby, or is at a standstill, it prob ably has been neglected as rogarde water. Remember it {s wholly sur rounded by air, and requires more war ter than the potted plants. Plants will not flourish if they must breathe gas generated by coal or wood in stove or furnace, or escaping illu minating gas.’ Stop the leaking gas, and give ventilation by raising and lowering a window at some distance from the plants, so that the air may get warm bofore it strikes the flowers, Liquid manure is valuable when It is used with caution and good sense. Do not make {t too strong and thus injure the plants, and do not give It to the plants that are not growing, or that are taking their annual rest. Turn the window plants often enough to keep them from getting one- sided. Fuchsias like some shado and plenty of moisture, just like the pansy. It a plant appears sick examine its roots. Perhaps you will find that it needs repotting. If dead or rotten leaves are found, remove them. WORK WITH SICK PLANTS. Christmas cactus needs but Ifttle root room and the soll should be por ous, rather sandy with good drainage. It Is lable to lose Its roots it kept too wet. Watering a cactus too freely some- times causes It to rot off at the base. Take the plant off, cut away the de- cayed part with a sharp knife, let It dry a few hours, then Insert a half inch, in moist sand, and {t will throw out ‘new roots. It ean then be re- potted, ‘Cactuses, as a rule, are Injured by too free watering during winter. If your plants get broken, if It 18 not entirely separated from the main stalk, straighten it buck into position carefully and wind a narrow strip of cloth around the break, as you would bandage a broke limb. ‘Leave one end of the strip long enough to fasten 10 9 slender stake set upright In the pot to hold the plant, Wet the bandage thor- oughly every day and leave unttl you are sure the break 1s healed. Sometimes a good treatment of let- <.ng alone is the best thing that eam be given a discouraged or sulky plant. Many things are killed by kindness or what Is Intended to be such. Gas-heated rooms unless well ventil- ated are bad for plants. Keep the plants clean and whole~ some. Dust and disease go together. Clogged drainage and too lberal wa- tering will sour the soil, ruin the folk age or kill the plant. Remember it ts the weakened plant that Is the easy prey to disease and in- sects, owing to bad conditions. A chilly temperature will cause be- gonias to drop thelr leaves; when once chilled it will take several weeks (o re ‘coves from it ATHLETIC COLUMN. By Ohn. P. Howard. In our "Who's Who Column" this week we take great pleasure in introducing to you Mr. W. H. Kendel. Mr. Kendel—Mr. Reader. Yes, sir, Mr. Kendel is an athlete, every inch. He plays a half for the Springfield Y. M. C. A. college, and during proper seasons represents college in baseball, basketball and track. As a matter of fact Kendel is taking the physical training course at Springfield, which makes it imperative that he study all the major sports and the minor ones as well. It is rumored that Kendel is being groomed to take charge of the physical training department at Fisk university. It isn't Kendel's athletic ability, nor his prospects for a great future that inspire us most, but we'd just like to say that Kendel is the most polished, refined and gentlemanly young man that we've ever met. It wasn't our privilege to see Lord Chesterfield in his younger days, but we'd like to say if the celebrated lord had anything on Kendel he certainly must have been polished some. Drake university's new coaches have arrived, Mr. Ralph Glaze and Lieut. Wier. We've never won any medals for proficiency in judging football coaches, but we'd bet our old grey hat that if Drake doesn't have a great football team this fall it won't be the fault of the coaching. Dept. Coach Glaze had Howard P. Drew under his charge last year and has nothing but highest praise for the gritty little runner. There is a possibility that Draym may comply with Glaze's wish that he come to Drake with him We'd like to see the colored people of this community get back of and support every movement that is made for the betterment of the community. Some of our people refuse to have anything at all to do with any movement that isn't designed for the special benefit of colored people. They don't seem to see that what helps the community at large helps them also. Very often religious organizations open their doors to delegates from colored churches and colored organizations, but they seldom, if ever, send a delegate. Last year for the first time a colored Sunday school was represented in the Sunday school athletic meet. If we don't embrace these opportunities now they'll soon be closed to us. Now, all together, let's get ready to enter a rattling good basketball team in the Y. M. C. A. league this winter. One of the best amateur games of baseball ever played in this town was played Labor day at the Union park grounds between the Des Moines Giants and the Riverview aggregation (white), the game going fourteen innings for a count of 8 to 8. The Riverview bunch got off in the lead with two runs in the third, but the Giants came back in the fifth with four runs, grabbing the lead from their rivals. Everything was lovely then until the eighth, when the Riverview boys made six runs, making the men on in the ninth, "Pud" Saunders saved our scalps by spanking out a two-bagger, thus tying it up for then, henceforth, now and forever more. From the ninth through the fourteenth innings neither side could score. Each, however, came desperately near getting over the necessary sleep producer. Twice did one Grafton Roane make phenomenal stabs. He was easily the fielding star. In the thirteenth with two down and a man on third, the Riverview first baseman hit a long one far over the said Grafton's head. Grafton ran forward, ran sideways and then turned and ran backwards, and after running as described for about twenty-five yards he stuck up his gloved hand, looked toward heaven with a prayer and was rewarded by having the sphere lodge safely in his gloved hand. The enthusiastic spectators refused to allow him to walk in home. Wade of the Riverview team also did some excellent fielding. Batteries: For Riverview, Goodwin and Flinn; for the Giants, Hays, FT. MADISON, IOWA. The Second Baptist church gave a rally Sunday, September 3, 1916, for their pastor, Rev. C. Lindell. Amount of money taken in amounted to $20. An excellent program was rendered. Mr. Louis Franklin was a Ft. Madison visitor from Albia, Iowa. Mrs. M. C. Eubanks was a Keokuk visitor Saturday. Rev. C. Tindell leaves Tuesday, the 4th, to attend the association. Mrs. Freda Range leaves the 15th for Chicago. Mrs. M. Vanderzee leaves September 20th for Oklahoma City for a month's visit with her daughter, Miss Sidney Davis. Subscribe for The Bystander. Iowa Phone 778 Rates $1 per day Automate 3852 Tenth Avenue Hotel 1 block from C. & N. W. Ry. All Rooms are Warm. Restaurant and Lunch Room SPECIALIES Chop Buey Chili Con Carne Yockeme Oysters in Season Special attention given to Theatrical People Barber Shop in connection F/ F JACKSON, PROP. OPEN DAY NIGHT Clinton, Iowa During the past few weeks the papers have been full of the reports of the epidemic of poliomitis, or infantile paralysis. The results were simply a panicky condition on the part of fond parents, for there was nor can there be any definite advice given either to present nor cure the malady. It is the sensational and the unusual which attracts attention. There were about 500 deaths reported in this epidemic, which was bad, of course; there will be many cripples among the survivors. Every year there are more than eight thousand children who die from measles and its complications. People look upon meas- will be many cripples among the survivors. Every year there are more than eight thousand children who die from measles and its complications. People look upon measles as a harmless disease and often purposely expose their children to it, feeling that they have done a favor. While there were thirty-two hundred cases of poliomitis in New York, there was nothing said of the nine thousand seven hundred cases of measles. Diphtheria, scarlet fever and tuberculosis cause so many deaths every year that the small number who die in the present epidemic in New York dwindle into comparative insignificance. The point we wish to bring out is the fact that people are to watch out along the lines of the old and ever present diseases and to use methods of protection which are known, namely: Keep children from all sick people, consider no disease or ailment simple, avoid any but known and safe contact. Be sure that a physician does not mask typhoid fever under the guise of Diarrhoea. The summieriarrhoea is as dangerous as tuberculosis or measles. The child who is fortunate enough to escape the infectious disease of childhood is in better shape to live long and prosper than the sickly one. Those diseases which confer immunity are too dangerous to trifle with. All fevers and rains upon the young organism are apt to leave some weakness on delicate and essential organs. This promises to be a year when typhoid fever will be prevalent. There are many cases in Des Moines now. Some cases have nearly died because so-called doctors cannot diagnose the disease. But we all can fool the doctors by boiling the water which the children must drink. The grown up people may be successfully vaccinated for the disease. Consequently there is little excuse for those who prize health to succumb. Keep your ear to the ground for the commonplace things, watch for the usual terrible diseases, do not get into a flurry about epidemics in the east when we have right at hand every day our old friend the enemy of life and happiness. BEDFORD, IOWA, ITEMS. Mrs. Willa Mae Harris of Marshall, Mo., is visiting her father, A. Price. Mrs. Alva Rhone of St. Joe returned home, after a week's visit with her mother, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Lily Wilson of Corning visited friends in the city last week. Miss Iola Brown of Blanchard, Iowa, spent a few days last week the guest of Helene Lucas and Agnes Robinson. Miss Gertrude Lucas left Saturday for Buxton to resume her work as teacher in the public school. Helene Lucas accompanied her, where she will visit for two weeks and then go to Iowa City to enter the state university. Miss Frances Johnson, who has been in Clinton spending the winter, is expected home soon. Rev. W. W. Ewing and little daughter, Irene, spent the week-end at Bedford, where the Rev. filled the pulpit at both services Sunday. Mrs. White is assisting her brother-in-law. A. W. Ashford, in his cafeteria. (Last Week's News) Rev. W. W. Ewing will preach Sunday. Mrs. Agnes Robinson, who has been visiting in St. Joe for the past two weeks, returned home Saturday. Mr. Tom Mozee and family of St. Joe have arrived here to spend the winter with his mother, Mrs. Jap Keene. Mrs. Daisy Martin and son, accompanied by her nephew, Roy Ashford, returned to Red Oak, after a short visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. M. V. Robinson, who has been confined to her home from results of slight stroke of paralysis, is able to be out again. Mrs. Ada Duncan of St. Joe returned home, after a visit with her mother, Mrs. M. V. Robinson. Miss Gertrude Lucas returned home last week, after a six weeks' visit in Ethematism, Catarrh, Scrolfa, Tetler, Syphilis, Eczema and all Diseases from Impure and Infected Blood. Fifty Cents the Bottle Tampa Drug Company Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. Pool and Billiards Barber Shop, Cleaning and Pressing Soft Drinks, Tobacco and Cigars. HAVE YOU BEAUTIFUL HAIR? WE are the only Importers and Manufacturers of Real Colored People's Hair. Also Wavy Hair. We absolutely guarantee our hair to stand combing and washing and to retain its color and crimp. Wigs, Plats, Braids, Transformations and Puffs in stock or to order; all shades, none too difficult. Straightening Combs and Toilet Articles. Send two-cent stamp for Price List. Mail Orders receive prompt attention. The Old Reliable Mme. Baum's Hair Emporium 486 8th Avenue 11-16-2-16 Between 34th and 35th Sts. NBW YORK CITY Kansas City, Mo. 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