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91 4 3 3 3 i w 5 I 4 -"5 it E I Pi hi rc 16 DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. PAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, AN AMERICAN HADIT. A Chicago doctor counts speed In eating ns tbo cause of many ot tho todlly disorders from which peoplo suffer, particularly in tho business world, Quick lunches, tho hasty bolt ing of food chosen because it is In Eight and tho rushing back to work without thought for tho abused di gestive orgnns, can only result, he de clares, in a physical condition that in vites diseases in variety. Ho is un questionably right, says the Indtannp oils Star. Amorican people really caro little about what thoy eat this In spito of tho fact that thoy pobsoss tiotols and restaurants in which all ftho luxuries of the world nro sorved nnd markets which Bupply n wonder ful variety of products. Notwithstand ing what is open to them, as a class they are not fastidious as to quality They havo ticlr preferences in foods, of course, but If what they especially caro for Is not immediately available they accept what Is at hand, gulp It down, dash off and forgot within ten toinutea what It was Uiey ate. "Quick lunch" places aro an Institution of the tlmo in the business district in all cities and havo nn enormous patron age. Thoy came In response to a do Jnand. Tho managers aro not to blcmo because their patrons Insist upon eating In tbo shortest possible Ume, nor is tho food thoy sorvo nec essarily at fault. Simple eating Is urged oy a Horlln newspaper as a reform that shculd bo aimed at In Germany for thj salvation nt society. Tho presont extravaganco in dining, It is assorted, threatens fi nancial Impoverishment as woll as di gestive ruin. Why la it that Germany has such famous spas? Tho intima tion Is mado that the reason lies In the clrcumstanco that Germany has so many gluttons, who go to tho wa- tering places, penitent In tho spring nfl strong as death; Jealousy Is cruol and summer, to mnko amends for tho as tho gravo; tho coals thereof aro over-oatlng and over-drinking of which coals of llro, which hath a most voho they havo boon guilty during tho win- . ment flame." ter. Tho Dorlin papor Bays: It would That's tho verso fraught with a dou be a gcnulno public service on tho bl meaninB for each sorority coed part of the leading society porsonages If they would begin by practical ex amples to wage war on tho sonsual luxurlousness of modorn entertaining, pa far as thn culinary end of It Is con- eerned. Only by a return to elmplo stnd senslblo dinners can wo avert Bcnulno economic and physical perils. (Circumspection In the samo direction would not go amiss In tho United Btates. Thoro has been a growth ot tatravaganco In tho outlay for luxu- . ries of the table. Many men ot means kavo eaten themsolves Into evil phys ical condition. Louisville Is tho nickel town of tho country. No case is on record of a jimn or woman buying something cost ing less than $1 and giving a larger ( fcmount than the cost of the purchaso that the shopkeepor didn't lncludo sev eral nickels in tho change It you trip around town shopping you'll And your pockets full of C-cent pieces un til you think you aro the victim ot a conspiracy until a nntlvo tolls you It's a habit tho town caa't shako. Chicago authorities aro asked to prohibit tho rear Boat on motorcycles on the ground that "It encourages elopments." What gifted press agent for manufacturers of tandem motor cycles invented that glorious adver tisement? A SL LuUls woman testified In a divorce suit that hor husband pelted tier with money, compelled hor to spend $1,000 a month In clothes alone, end that Bho could not count all tho money he gave hor. And yt sho was not satisfied. It may bo remombered that some time ago another woman wanted a dlvorco because hor hua tsand vaa too perfect. Tho unrest emonz woman of which one hears so tnuch must havo a qSor twist In 1L Ono of Brooklyn's young men Ktudied all tho detoctUo stories avail cblo to learn how to avoid arrest and then turned to burglary. But tho po licemen got him. Betoctlve stories nro Bt their worst when they are taken seriously. A New York woman has bequoathed cor buBband J5, to bo given him at tho rato of G conts a day. Wo hope be will refrain from spending It In riotous living. One of the wondora of nature Is that a trout weighing half a pound today will Bcalo four pounds when tho angler tells about It next week. At a marriage in Now York a sugar jrlnoesB married a p!ne"applo king. Such a marriage- . ,ht bo called a sweet fruition of romance. Of course tho bunny hug is highly demoralizing for the poor, working tirl, but high Jinks in a gilded ball room is quite another matter. It Is conceit when the other roan fcaa it; when we havo It ourselves it Is merely a proper appreciation of our own abilities. Authors ot best sellers do not trou ble tbo calm of tho 0,C10,C93 personj la the United States who can neither lead nor write. The complete records of tho life of the deposed Sultan of Turkey are to ie published. They will probably be bound In asbestos. 1MP UTO OMB8? Swordfish and Sharks Fight to Death a fcLTfel r yv ss NEW YORK. That hardiest of hardy ship news annals, the story of the deop sea quarrel between sword fish and whale It was a shark this tlmo reached port in good order tho other day on board tho stanch ship Cale donia. It was a calm and beautiful Sabbath morn at sea. Tho Caledonia plowing her way through a bottlo-grcen ocean, was CO mllos duo cast of Montnuk Point. Captain F. H, Wadsworth was on tho bridge. Passengers and crow lazed Idly on deck. All waB peaco and tranquility. Suddenly some one with keen eyesight osplod tho perennial commotion In tho water Just off tho ship's bows. All eyes at onco peered seaward, expecting to bo rewarded with a view of the usual death strug gles between shark and uworflsh. To their utter amazement and de light, what should meet their wonder ing eyes but scores nyo, scores of swordfish and sharks frolicking in friendly play nbout tho ship! It was easy to see that thoy wore making a splendid Sunday dinner of bltiefisti, mackerel, porgles, floundera. Sorority Girls Read Their Bibles DETROIT, Mich. Sorority girls havo taken to reading their Hlblcs. Tho Blxth verso of Solomon's eighth Bong Is that part of tho Holy Scripturo, hold ing for them tho greatest meaning. "Set mo ns a oeal upon thlno heart, aa a seal upon thin arm, for love Is WIIU wuum iwjr 1ULU lUV luiuiu, uuu line tho namo of her husband to bo. How do thoy do It? Listen. First you get a small DIWo. Thon you get a door key and one-half yard of rod twine. You open the Bible at tho eighth chapter of Solomon's songs and lay tho key within tho Bible so that the round part of tho koy comes out over tho sldo of tho Holy book, and tho other end Just touches tho tTvA hAni " flm vnlt nlnan 4tlA Yinrtlr and wrap twlno Th(jn two girls support tho book suspended by placing the tip of tho third finger of tho left hand under tho round part of tho key, never touching the book. A third person repeats the alphabet. A, B, C, and so on, and tho koy twists the Bible around whenever tho letter Is reached which spells tho name of tho "husband who is to be.' Tho while ono must bo repeating tho veree quot ed above. M Boys Bat Revenge ST. LOUIS. Eight young womon of tho Hawthorne school In East SL Louis, who havo boon teaching tho young Idea how to shoot, attempted the other day to show how to play baseball. Thuie Is a dispute fB to whether thoy succeeded, tho touchers main taining they woro victorious by a "per fectly awful score," and tho unabash ed boy pupils doclarlng, "aw, dnm blddica don't know nuttln about d game." Tho fanB gave tho decision to tho boys. Miss Agnca Hlchoo, who ployed Ami bnBO, wiih tho first to suffer by the game's strenuoslty, spraining her ankle in making a spirited dash for tho first sack on a nlcoly placed hit A quiet Uttlo rumor to tho effect the teachers would appear In bloomors brought out hundredn of fans. After tho women appeared In skirts tho crowd showed a seemingly unJuBtlilod desire to kill the umplr tho rest of tho same. MAMMmmAaAAMmmamwvvvVW How a "Dock" Waiter Served the Soup BALTIMORE, MD. Charles F. Mur phy, during tho recent conven tion, deigned to breakfast In tho main dining room of the Emerson hotel. It wns usually moro comfortable for convention guosts (If thoy had pull enough to got tho service) to dine In their room. But It was tho quaint mood of Mr. Murphy to mingle with tho musses, Mr. Murphy Is ono of tho most scholarly looking persons In political life theso days, Ho looks moro llko a college profesaor than Woodrow Wilson or Ooorgo Harvoy of the bar-re'-hooped spectacles over did In tholr lives. 'l hua, then, ho snt at ono ot tho tablcB In tbo main dining room of tho Emerson. Walters wero senrco in Unltlmore. A number of energetic, though unro flncd, porsona from the water fiont (moro used to hand trucks and tho bale hooks than tho napkin and tho menu card) had been hired to fill the emergency, nnd had beon disguised In dress clothes). Ono of thoso, bearing a silver tureen of beautifully red tomato Foup, boro through tho atslo of tho tables along whlfh pat Mr Murphy, Tho waUor'a solar plexus and the Mlail ft 0 tJTrTTTT 1 1 .1 T-tr- M ff rf? r young halibut and other well-known varieties. Tho Caledonia's passengers said the Bwordflsh averaged 20 feet in length, and that, while tho sharks wero not qulto as largo na that they wero Just as numorous. Having feasted on the fat of tho sea, tho monsters of tho deop frolicked oin more, darting hither and yon through tho salt sea wavos. Playfully, tho swordfish ran their swords be neath the bodlos of tho Bharks and tosBcd them high In tho air, then deft ly caught them and repeated the per formance. Tho sharks, In turn, took playful swipes at tho nwordfish and chased them all around the ship. This continued for an hour, when one of tho Bwordflsh erred In hla Judgment of dlstanco and caught a shark on tho point of his bony nose, piercing tho shark and ending his careor thon and there. With tho death of their schoolmate, tho sharks, becoming infuriated, turn ed upon tho swordfish, and tho battle which followod from nil accounts was Indescribably horrible. Ono particular pair of fighters wore watched by Purser Johnston, who said that tho sword of tho great Ash broke off In rnmmlng tho sldo of tho Calc donla after missing a vicious thrust at hla enemy. Before tho swordsman of tho deep could savo himself by flight tho shnrk had killed and begun to de vour him. -IDOM'T THirikiwia ?LKi AMY V! ti(" Last Sunday In th Eta Blta Plo so rority, three maids perched on tho dav enport In the living room. One was grave as an owl, for It was "hor" for tuno that was to be told. "A, B, C, D, E. F. G," tolled off the maid slowly, and tho book hung sus pended, motionless. "H" droned tho maid, and, whiz, the koy fairly turned ,tso1 out of tho girl's hands "Ho-hoho" giggled tho maids and triod it again. In turn enmo tho rest of tho name "arry," and as each letter was told off, thoro wore moro "hes, lies, hes, hes." Then began the last name, nnd lottor after letter It spelled It out, but by that tlmo It had grown too aerlouB a thing to bo giggled oyer i n.m wuoo uio iiuuio waa bo mr speneu . that one know for suro whothor It was to be "Sherman or Sherwood," Miss Sorority coyly decided Bho would not play any moro. "It was all bo foolish anyway, don't you know," said Miss Sorority. Any way, It's great fun, and each sorority group Is paying particular at tentlon to Bible study theso days. On Girl Teachers Boss Crenshaw, pitcher for the boys, shocked and pained tho womon by throwing tho ball ovor tho plate Just as hard as ever ho could. The outfield lay down nnd rolled over when one ot tho women Indignantly asked "How In tho world could nny body hit n Uttlo old round ball when you throw It real hard?" Tho gamo lasted threo innings. When ono of tho young women was called "out" at second base, her teammates were a unit In declaring tho decision faulty, prejudiced, out of order, ungentlomanly and reversible. When tho umpire gently Inquired why thoy took that view ot It, they answered "because." He was up against It and allowed tho runner to return to Bocon'd. The gamo wub called off at tho end of tho fourth Inning because tho women woro afraid they would got hit with tho ball bocauso tholr clothes woro KtUi)K dusty bocauso thoy woro tlrc.l, and because. The gamo waB ono of the features of tho annual school picnic. All the boy playors woro members of tho eighth grado. Tho kids wero a Uttlo "soro" becaUMO tho game broko up so soon, for It spoiled tho year's boat chance to got ovon with Uio tenchors, and they had hnd tho plonsuro of see ing only ono of thora carried on the field. shoulder of Mr. Murphy met in a head-on collision, The boautlful red tomuto soup was spilled across Mr. Murphy's coat Just south of and a fow Inches below his right ear. It was poured out with all tho accuracy of a steam dredgo discharging a bucket load of mud Into a dump car. Mr Murphy is first of all a gentle man. Ho restrained tho Impulse which a commoner person might hafo had, to strike tho offending waiter on tho pin feathered Jaw, Ho meroly switched himself nround In his seat and glared Into tho servitor's card eye. Hut tho dock front man met the cri sis llko a hero. Ho grabbed tho nay. kin from Mr. Murphy'B lap and scrubbed tho Tammany leader's ahoul. dor with It. "It's all right, old pal," he safd soothingly. "It's all right Thare't no harm dono ut all. I'll fix it, 'h I'll fix It." hmr-. ly- m tTf' Sv 1 ilf.il IflBu OKWu. t yviMj$h . ?$"$ tit-; f. Xlfcfiify' 7" ".." iV.J' .'& A z. m 'xz4rvn . .r '"" t I THE Olympic games aro now In progress at Stockholm and will contlnuo until July 22. Our Illustration shows, in thn center, tbo Swedish eight on tho water; at tho left, Colonel Iilack, president of the Olympic eames, and J. Farrell, tho English coach of tbo Swedish oarsmen; at the right, the diving contests. TO RECLAIM LAND Madcro Government Will Redeem Promises to People. Some of the Intended Reforms Mexico Delayed Because of Dif ficulties Encountered In a Technical Way. In Mexico City. One of tho plans evolved by the government through Jta department of public welfare, col onization and Industry, to provide arablo lands for division among the people ono of tho chief planks of Ma dero's revolutionary platform Is un der way. It contemplates the drain age nnd filling in of the great bed ot Lake Texcoco, some two and a halt miles east of tho capital. The work "will requlro five years, It Is estimated, and an expenditure of 4,000,000 pesos (?2,000,000 gold). Thousands of acres of waste land, now partly covorod with water to tho depth of two feet, and tho remainder either useless swamps or dry, sandy Btrotchos, tho latter giving rise to tho frequent dust-storms which sweep tho capital In tho dry Beason; aro to be ,roclalmod. This land, according to plana which aro being worked out, Is to be placed on sale to Individual Mexi cans at the lowest possible figure and on long-term payments. Lake Texcoco is tho last remnant ot the once mighty body of water which covered th plateau and completely surrounded tho ancient city of Neno chltlan, now tho capital ot the re public. Legend has It that somewhere In Its depths tho treasure of Monte suma was sunk to prevent Its falling ,nt0 th hnndg of Hcmando Cortofc It hn, h-n Rnnrht,H fnr. , ,,, lng tho hundreds of years slnoo the conquest, and It Is regarded as pos sible, thoueh hardly probable, that It will come to light In tho conversion of this lake bed. Throe bills, Intended to put Into ef fect some of the reforms which wero promised to the people by President Madoro, were not presented to tho na tional assembly because a great deal of difficulty was met In the legal tech nicalities of tho measures. Two of tho bills dealt with the land question and tho third was an employers' liability act. The drafting of the bills also havo been In tho handB of Carlos Tre Joy Lerdo do Tejada, attorney gen eral of the federal district President Madero's cabinet has de cided to cancel n fishing concession on the east and west coasts of Lower California and tho western part ot tho mainland granted to the Mexican Ex ploratlon company by tho Diaz govern' piuruuon company ny mo uiaz govern- ment. The company is British, and will receive $150,000 Indemnity. It is stated that th canceling of tho con cession has nothing to do with the late Japanese talk, hut Is aimed aim ply to return to the peoplo on tho coast the Ashing rights of which they hid Boen deprived and which In many Instances constituted their only means of livelihood. Tho Inherent politeness of a Mexi can referee neirly annulled tho effect of a clnnn knockout during u recent boxing match In the capital. Incident ally tbo row which follownd tho urn plro's decision In favor of tho Mexican pugilist, who waB pitted against Jim Smith, a negro, has resulted In an of ficial ban on the sport within the fed eral district. Cuauhtemoc Agullar, the Mexican, (went through the ropes in the fourth 'round. Tho umpire, carried away by the calamity which had befallen tho pcoplo'a Idol, rushed to hla aid and was about to try to put him on his foot. "Tho countl Tho countl" yelled half a hundred Americans In the audi ence Several seconds later tho umpire re membered his olllco nnd to nil appear ances Agullar was down and out. The Young Girl Deliberately Undresses on the Bank of a Canal and Jumps In Sister 8ees Act. London. A remarkable account of tho suleldo ot Louie Popo, a school girl of twolvo, was given nt an Inquest ut Daisy Bany, near Wolverhampton. Tho Juny, found that Bho committed self-murder. Tho girl's mother Bald that eho had some words with her daughter recently and afterwards the girl re fused to go to school. When her fathor camo home at dinner time sho said: "I am not going to school for you or mother." 8ho went nway, and not long after wards anothor Uttlo daughter brought homo tho clothing of her Bister The girl had a most ungovomnblo temper, If sho did not got what she wanted she always said: "I will drown myself or stop a motor," Anno Popo, aged nine years, said OLYMPIC GAMES AT STOCKHOLM umpire then declared tho blow a foul because It had bcon struck after the gong sounded. It was pointed out that tho gong was broken and could not be heard, but the decision stood. Tho meeting broke up In a fuss that threat ened to result In further fisticuffs. ODD WEAPONS USED IN DUEL Men Misinterpret Judge's Advice to Settle Family Dispute Out of Court. New York. "You look llko two sensible men. Suppose you take this family dispute outside. Go to your homes and settle It between yourselves. I'm sure you can arrango things be tween you privately better than with mo. Try to settle it, anyway, and then como back and tell me how you feel." This benevolent advice was given by Mnglstrato Fitch In Long Island city court to Louis Cltryn of 172 Nott avenue and his brother-in-law, Louis Rosenberg of 168 Nott avenuo, Long Island City. They had como to court after a dispute between their wives. Tho court's suggestion seemed to meet with Instant approval, and they left tho room. An hour later they returned, and if it hadn't been for their clothes tho magistrate wouldn't havo recognized thorn. They were battered and blood stalnod. Their lips were so cut and swollen they could hardly speak and an ambulance surgoon had to bo called to patch them up before they could tell their story. As they stood before tho magistrate wrapped In bandages he looked at them sorrow fully. "You ah, havo settled this mat tor?" asked tho magistrate, hesitat ingly. Thero was an affirmative nod from ono of them and a glanco of doubt from the other. Then both men began to talk at onco to a choniB of lamentations from their wives and children. At least On the Training of Girls English 8chool Teachers Do Not Agree on the Subject of Educating Young Women. London. "No man, however good he may be, understands girls, neither does he understand women." This pearl of wisdom fell from tho linn of Miss Cox of Birmingham at -- . , ,, T..i,.,. . the conference c rf Head Teacher- o lng that mlxod schools and combined departments under tho charge of a headmaster aro not conducive to tne best training of girls. "The decreasing proportion of wom en teachers who can becomo mistress es of glrla' schools 1b," she said, "very discouraging to the large body of wom en, who, by sex, ability, training and qualifications, aro best fitted to take charge of girls. Something should be done whereby women teachers Bhould havo Justice I think tho time has como when the womon should stand up for their rights In this matter of tho training ot girls. I firmly believe that men should havo tho training of boys and women the training of girls." Miss Cooper of Birmingham said thoy all knew that boys and girls de veloped their montal capacities at dif ferent ages, and It was impossible for thm to be taugut togctner in a group. "It has been asserted," sho said, "that whero boys and lrls are taught together discipline Is better. I deny that. It Is Infinitely worse. Discipline cannot be administered to both sexes at the same time In the classroom. I do not wish to boo tho effeminate boys Kills Herself that when Loulo went to the canal she followod, and her sister said: "It I could catch you I would hit you." Not long afterwards tho witness saw her sister undress and slldo Into tho wator, Tho witness picked up tho clothes nnd ran homo Bcrcaming. No ono was near. Jealous Wife Hard on Patients. Denver, Colo. Dr. Samuel O. Phil lips, a prominent physician, has ap plied for a dlvorco, alleging that the Jealousy of his wlfo has driven hun dreds of women patients from his door, with tho consequent loss of many big fees. Kissed and Mado Up Ten Times. Ix)s Angeles, Cal. After kissing nnd making up ten times, John Johnson has been granted his eleventh divorce. Ho declares his wlfo feels sho cannot llvo without her mother in the bouse with her and ho cannot llvo with her In tho house. tr. zv' f ' i ii in ,. i? Si I. ' " the maglstrato was able to learn, much to his regret, that his advice to settle the dispute outside court had been misinterpreted. It came out that In settling tho dispute one man used a brass candle stick and tho other an Iron coffee mill. The men mado counter charges of as sault and were held In $500 b&ll each for examination. As they wero led away Vie magistrate said something about tho folly of trying to bo a peace maker and advisor sometimes. AT 80 MAN BUILDS SHIPS Captain Johnson Goes Dally From His Baltimore Home to the Plant at Sparrow's Point. Wilmington, Del. Capt. Thomas Johnson, now In his eighty-fourth year, is superintending tho construc tion of two Bteol steamers for the Bal timore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Rail way company at Sparrow's Point, Md. On Juno 17 ho and his wife will cele brate the sixty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Tho anniversary will be observed here for the reason that they were married In this city. Mrs. Johnson is In her eightieth year. The captain goes to and from Spar row's Point dally from his home In Baltimore. He Is the railroad's su perintendent of construction. Everybody in Delaware knows "Cap tain Tom." Born in "Brandywine Vil lage," now within the limits of this city, he was 45 years superintendent of the shipyard ot the old Harlan & Holllngsworth company, now controll ed by Charles M. Schwab. Ho enter ed the employ of the concern In 1849 as a laborer at $4.50 a week. Twenty years ago ho retired as superintend ent because of Ill-health and bought two farms In Northampton county, Virginia. His health having been re gained "without taking a drop of med icine," he last winter re-entered tho shipbuilding industry. Voice Returns After Fifteen Years. Pana, 111. Fifteen yearB ago Miss Alice Hedges lost her voice, and slnco that time could not speak above a whisper. Recently her voice suddenly returned to her. - we see In some of tho mixed schools. You will also see much moro forward ness In girls In the mixed school than where tho sexes are separated. Boys should be manly, bold, and strong, and the girls tactful and kind." Mr. Harwood of Halifax declared that when boys and glrlB were tuught together the boys learnt a great deal from the girls, and the girls learnt much from the boys that was good. "And something that is bad," retort ed a lady delegate. "Comradeship of tho boy and girl In school," continued Mr. Harwood, Ig noring the interruption, "Is an excel lent thing. There Is nothing which fits a girl to a better understanding of a boy than sitting boslde ono an other at a desk. For my part, I al ways find the girls love the men teach ers, and I find the boys get on better with tho women teachers." Socialist Ritual Used at Marriage. Cambridge, Mass. Tho Socialist rit ual has been used for tho first time on record as a part of a marriage cere mony to unite Miss Jesslo Holllday, daughter of Henry Holllday, and ed mund T. Dana, a grandson of Henry W. Longfellow. Each expressed a do siro to live with tho other and Justlco Edmund M. Parker declared them man and wife. Circus Elephant Kills Third Man. Toronto, Ont. Frank Johnson, a cir cus performer, was killed by an ele phant. Tho elephant stepped on his head while In tho ring. This Is his third victim claimed this season. SWISS GUIDES FOR ROCKIES Europeans Offered Jobs In Canadian Northwest by Railway Agents. Paris. The allurement ot better wages and all-the-year-round employ ment Is causing tho emigration of ninny of the best Swiss mountain guides to tho Rocky mountains, ac cording to dispatches from tho Swiss mountain resorts. In Switzerland the majority of the guides havo a precarious existence, as dtfrlng tho winter months they havo practically nothing to do, nnd earn no money. AgeutB of the Canadian Pacific rail road havo offered many of them em ployment twolve months In the year. Sovornl families of Swiss guides re cently have left Grlndolwnld aud In terlakon for the Rocky mountain states. Never fear to bring the subliraest motive to tho smallest duty, and tho most Infinite comfort to tho smallest trouble. Phillips Brook. mTwh 54 AS A MATTER OF BUSINESS The Beauty and Orderly Keeping of One'o Home Town Should Appeal to Every Resident. "Tho cities of Europe," declares an expert, "consider civic beauty an ab solute asset In cash. Paris, for exam ple, Invariably has an eyo to tho beau tiful in whatever It does. Paris would never daro to lose Its prestige as tho most beautiful city In the world. That would bo bad business. "We ought to consider it a ruinous business policy for one of our cities not to protect its beauty. Take the railroad problem in our cities. At present onrao railroads aro beginning to brace in nnd do splendid things, but for a lor1; tlmo wherever we hnd a rallrptu' in a city It was death and despp ation so far as beauty was con corned. "Wo ought to do the samo in other things. Hero each fellow has gone ahead for himself, without regard to others. A city ought to bo a unity. Each cltltzon should bo allowed to do what ho pleases only In so far as he does not hurt tho city aB a whole. As soon as he does that ho should bo stopped." In conclusion he said: "No one man Is competent to plan a city. Such a task needs a combina tion of men. Tho problems of city planning today aro not L'Enfnnt's nor Sir Christopher Wren's. What wo now havo to faco Is far moro complicated. "City planning should bo undertaken by architects, landscaplsts, traffic ex perts, and tho various types of engi neers working together. All these men, beforo making plans for tho rebuilding of cities, should glvo special study to tho various difficulties of civic Im provement." DATE PALMS IN CALIFORNIA County Supervisors Are Planting Them Along Roade and the Work is Applauded. Tho board of supervisors of Los Angeles county have authorized the county forestry commission to pur chaso 500 date palms at a cost of a dollar apiece to be planted nlong tbo San Fernando road. There Is a great deal of work of this kind to be dono In southern California. It waa nat urally a treeless section until tho horticulturist camo In and adorned It with millions of revenue-producing fruit trees. Tho highways aro still, neglected to a large extent, a thing that should bo remedied with all pos slblo dispatch. Every lino of country road should have Its ornamental trees, and tho main thoroughfares should bo parked with grass plots and parterres of flowers well cared for. Wo must not forget that this Is tho playground of tho continent, nnd that tourists seeking enjoyment desire to have the sense of sight delighted above all things. Los Angeles Times. Never Need of Ugliness. No town Is so small that It need bo ugly. A little railroad "whistling post" could bo attractive with trees. Some tlmo the railroads of the west will send out their "arbor specials" aB thoy send tholr good roads trains. Thero Is little excuse for tho habita tions of men along tho track to be usually the slnglo unlovely thing In the Kansas railroad Journey. Have you noticed that where flno trees form a park In the air tho peo ple below havo holiday manners? Tho people under tho trees seem to bo enjoying life. Thoy aro not satisfied with slovenliness. Tho accompani ment of nice lawns and protty, well kept houses and clean streets Is a trib ute to the example of the trees. Even to be lazy under arching branches Is the nicest sort of laziness. When you loaf in tho shaded streets of towns like Lawrence and Manhattan you In vito your soul. Tho "good, pray poet" would have liked these Kansas towns. Heat City With Electricity. It is planned to electrically heat the dwelling and .business houses of Slav anger, Norway, and the board of di rectors of the electric light plant at that placo has asked permission from tho city council to make contracts up to a consumption of 100 house power. It haB been suggested that tho price for tho current thus used shall bo $6.75 per horse power (741 watts) per year. It Is also planned to heat tho government nnd city buildings in that manner. Tho population of Stavan ger is 38,000, and the city has water power facilities to furnish 25,000 horso power for electrical purposes. Hypocrisy of Cities. Tho hypocrisy of cities lies In the fact that their front yards are clean and their back yards aro dirty. Tho front yards are spread ovor with emer ald grass shaved smooth by a lawn mower, and aro often attractive with flowers, rich markets for tho bees. Tho back yards aro slatternly with ash heaps and refuse and many of them are never cleaned up. The front yards with their pleasant grass and tholr daffodils daffodllllng and their cro cuses croaking, are a pretense. They pretend that the viholo premises aro equally clean. Vancouver Sun. SI Wouldn't Have It. Miss Pearl McGufnn wanted to read an essay on "Tho Boredom of Great Riches" beforo the Punklntown Lit erary eociety. SI Slmmlns, chairman of tho lecture committee, wouldn't havo It. Ho says there ain't any auch thing. Kisses and Kisses, In Wollesley slang, a kiss adminis tered by a man is a "dowdab." If tho mixed kiss Is bo short, perky and in consequential a thing as dowdab sounds, what foolish word havo they, ffor tho all-feminine osculation? 'ttt'tt , M