Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1911 — Page 6

Our Manner of Living Is Absurd

By Dr. CLEMENT A. PENROSE of Baltimore

1 H ITH ALL OUR VAUNTED MODERNISM, IS NOT OUR MAN/g I NER ° F LIVING ABSURD? The slaves of convention and prejudice, we EAT IRRATIONALLY and without desire, yet we know that avidity for food is as important as the food itself. We drink freely any POISON handed to us, especially if we do not pay for it—l mean in money; we generally do pay in some other way. We cover our bodies with clothing which is of such a nature that it excludes the air, although the therapeutic value of the air bath to the skin is well known.

Women to Be Supreme Must Overcome Difficulties Just as Men Did

By Mrs. GERTRUDE ATHERTON. Novelist

ts - F I should go back to the British isles in fifty years Pm CON- . ■ VINCED I should find the British isles being governed by ■A t women. Of course the women will have to FIGHT to attain such SOVEREIGNTY. But I’ve met all the chief militant suffragettes in England, and they are capable persons. MEN HAVE HAD TO FIGHT FOR ALL THEY HAVE GOT. WHY SHOULDN’T WOMEN EXPECT THE SAME DIFFICULTIES. Until today, when families are much reduced in size, women have lacked leisure and time to study and instruct themselves. As they gain more time for improvement—fewer hours in shop and factory, more labor saving devices for the home—they will PROGRESS accordingly m capacity and power.

1911, by American Press Association.

Our court of commerce will in the future have access to ALL "the books and acts of corporations and will- fix prices according to the profits revealed. THEN 25 AND 50 PER CENT PROFITS WILL BE NO MORE. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH 5 AND 10 PER CENT, AND MULTIMILLIONAIRES WILL THEN BE VERY SCARCE. The courts will deal LIBERALLY with capital, but also JUSTLY with the consumer. At last we shall have peace and contentment in the wide range of production, and this new plan will be far more satisfactory to both parties than any the world has yet known.

' j g MERIC ANS are not the ENTHUSIASTIC PATRONS ! F - * of air sports that the French are. We have the men, we J have the machines, but contests, flights of endurance, great C aviation meets, cost money not only to the projectors, but to aviators they cost more in real cash than the general public would Relieve. That is where the sport in this country is WEAK. Not that the absence of this patronage hinders the businesslike development of the aeroplane in its mechanical details, but prizes for real efficiency and endurance, rather than for feats, would encourage our aviators to work for SUBSTANTIAL improvements. Our LEADERSHIF, both in construction and in the art of flying, was recognized by the European aviators at the Belmont meet. Latham and the best of their operators could not stand the tests of endurance in the high winds on that occasion, although Hoxsey and Johnstone flew every day. r •IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE EXPERTS OF ALL NATIONS THAT THE AMERICAN MACHINE WAS THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED, BOTH PRACTICALLY AND IN THEORY. AND WE HAVE |n©T GONE BACK IN THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS BY ANY

Multimillionaires Will Soon Be Very Scarce

X ■ HEN I declared some ■ ■ ■ years ago that combinations meant ultimate CONTROL by the government of all manufactures, railways, etc., I was thought WILDLY RADICAJL, but there is no other recourse.

America Leads the World In Aviation

By ORVILLE WRIGHT,

By ANDREW CARNEGIE

Aeroplane

Inventor

HUMOROUS QUIPS

Just Before the Circus. Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me WilMe. but the fellers call me Bill. Guess, like every other Bill who’a pa’s a Democrat. I got thb name original from Bilyum of the Platte. Lovis to practice shooting with an air gun at a cat. Hate to go to Sunday school or any school > for that. And love to badger aunt about her new divorce decree. But just before the circus I’m as good as I can be. \ You wouldn’t know me 'bout the tbne the elephant is djie. "I wear a halo overhead a bull could sidle through. * Does father want his Willie boy to get him a cigar? Well, hippity-hop to the store and back, and, “Father, here you are!" Would mother rather I did not refer to aunt’s divorce? - Well, auntie's husband went to war and perished there, of course. The Peck's bad boy of fame was not a circumstance to me. But jest before the circus I'm as good as I can.be. —Clark McAdams in St. Louis Post-Dis-patcb. ~

A Reminiscence. Booth Tarkington was talking In Indianapolis about the stage. “There were two actresses in an early play of mine?’ he said, “both very beautiful, but the leading actress was thin. She quarreled one day at rehearsal with the other lady, and she ended the quarrel by saying haughtily : “ ‘Remember, please, that I am the star.’ “‘Yes. I know you're the star,’ the other retorted, eying with an amused" smile the leading actress' long, slim figure, “but you’d look better, iny dear, if you were a little meteor.”’—Washington Star. Things Father Learns. “It isn’t at all safe to judge by appearances.” orated the restless boy’s father. “Yes.” replied the mother, “appearances are awfully deceptive.” “And so are Inanimate objects. You Would never think, merely judging from external indications, that the heavy pair of shoes I bought for that kid was only going to last for six weeks, while the fragile looking Latin grammar I got him a" month ago will probably last a lifetime!”—Boston Traveler.

Eloquent Speakers. Andrew Carnegie at a dinner in New York was talking about the horrors of war. “Once, at the height of the civil war,” he said, “two men at a railway station saw a carload of wooden legs depart for a military hospital. “ ‘Those wooden legs.’ said the first man. ‘are a rather eloquent protest against war, aren’t they?’ “ ‘Yes.’ agreed the other; ‘they are what you might call stump speeches.’ ” —Los Angeles Times. The Preponderance of Evidence. “Sorry,” said the constable, “but I’ll have to arrest you. You been drivin' along at the rate of fifty miles an hour.” “You are wrong, my friend.” said the driver. “I say I wasn’t, and here's a ten dollar bill that says I wasn’t” “All right.” returned the constable, pocketing the money. “With 11 to 1 against me I ain’t goin’ to subject the county to the expense of a trial.”—Harper’s Weekly. His Favorite. Bacon—What is your favorite horncornet trumpet or trombone? Egbert—Well, really, 1 like the shoe horn better than any of those. It doesn’t make a noise, you know.— Yonkers Statesman.

Family Jar. "My wife and myself had another foolish quarrel.” “About what?” “About where we would go if we had money enough to travel”—Washington Herald. Ever Notice? Visitor—How was the show at the opera house last night? Rural Citizen—Fine. That fellow’s imitations of actors we’d never seen were the best 1 ever saw.—Philadelphia Press. Culinary. Little Willie—l want to ask a question, teacher. Teacher—What is it. Willie. Little Willie—Are the Sandwich Islands ham or beef? —Chicago News. Makes For Popularity. A man has made a big stride toward popularity when he has come to the point where he can recognize that the other fellow is as much entitled to enjoy life as he.—Detroit Free Press. No Such Luck. Book Agent—Don’t go into that house! There is scarlet fever there. His Coworker—l couldn’t catch it if I wanted to. I carry health insurance.—Puck. More Recent. "I don’t see any more old fashioned poker stories in print." “They have been supplanted by smart bridge anecdotes.” Philadelphia Press. i Explained. Stella—What causes her insomnia? Bella—She takes so many beauty exercises before retiring that it is morning when she finishes.—Harper's Bazar.

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NOTICE. Notice is hereby given by the 1 Common Council of the City of Rensselaer that the waste of city water such as has been gonig on for the past few months must cease at once and forever, and that any person who violates any of the provisions of the city ordinance in regard to the use of water will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. This action becomes absolutely necessary for the reason that riiore water is wasted than is actually needed, and it is impossible to keep a sufficient Water in the tank with the pumps working all the time in insure safety to property in case of fire. With the pumps working all the time on Thursday night the water level in the tank was lowered twelve feet and the fire department would have been unable to do effective work had a fire occurred. The ordinance regulating the use of water will be rigidly enforced from now on and any person who is caught wasting water will be fined not less than SI.OO nor more than SIOO.OO. — The Common Council of City of Rensselaer, Indiana. THE DEMOCRAT’S CLUBBING RATES. Remember that The Democrat always has clubbing rates with many of the leading daily and weekly papers and can furnish you almost any newspaper or periodical you may want at a reduction over the regular rates. Here are a few of the more prominent ones, and the price given includes The Democrat: i Indianapolis News (daily)... .$4.00 Chicago Examiner (daily).... 4.00 Chicago Record-Herald (daily) 4.25 Chicago Journal (dai1y)...... 3.50 Cincinnati Enquirer (weekly). .2.00 St. Louis Republic (2-a-week) 2.00 Bryan’s Commoner (weekly).. 2.00 National Monthly (monthly).. 2.25

Personally Conducted Excursion to Niagara Falls VIA Chicago, Indiana & Southern R. R. Wednesday, August 9,1911 Round Trip Fare, $8.50 Special train, consisting of Pullman Standard and Tourist sleeping cars, high-class coaches, smoking and baggage cars, will leave SHELBY at 4.07 p. m., and run through solid without change. Stop-overs allowed at Toledo, €>., Cleveland, 0., Erie, Pa,, Westfield, N. Y. (for parties desiring to visit Chautauqua Lake), on return trip. Tickets limited to 12 days, including date of sale, affording ample time to visit Niagara, also make e-uch trips as are afforded from Niagara Falls to Toronto, Thousand Islands, Highlands of Ontario, Montreal and Quebec. The most attractive and inexpensive vacation trips of the season. For complete information apply to nearest ticket agent, or write to the undersigned, who will mail you a beautiful booklet, “Niagara Falls,” and other matter describing the advantages of this excursion. _T ~" J. W. DALY, J. P. HAGERTY, Passenger Traffic Manager Traveling Passenger Agent CHICAGO

NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS. Notice is hereby given tp the landowners of Newton tp., to cut the grass aio weeds'along the highways abutting i their property, as provided by law. They Will be credited on their road tax for the time actually employed in doing such work. E. P. LANE, Trustee. PARKER’S 1 HAIR BALSAM n~li i and bcaatifiea thehmr. Promote* s I taxarian* growth.

DR. A. G. CATT • Optometrist Rensselaer, Indiana. Office over Long’s Drug Store. Phone No. 232.