TAFT AT
BRYN MAWR
Gives Commencement Ad
dress at Famous Girls'
School.
SAYS COLLEGE TRAINING
NECESSARY FOR WOMEN
Daughter Helen Is Student . at the
Old Eastern College Near
Phllariclnhla.
' PHILADELPHIA, June 2-Prcsi-dent
Taft delivered the annual com
mencement day oration today at
15ryn Mawr college where his daughter
IltTeii, is a student. Taking for his
subject, "Higher Education for Wo
men," the president said "college edu
cation certainly does not detract
from the power of women to make a
good companion or to train and teach
children, while at the same time it
makes her independent, and if she nev
er meets the man who can make her
happy as a husband she can become
an independent and useful member of
society." The prcisdent spoke in part
as follows:
"Your president has asked me at
this conimmencement to say s,jnie
thingin respect to the higher education
of women. It is, of course, a theme
most relevant and germane to the
occasion, but it is one I hesitate to
speak of in the presence of those
who have made it their life study aud
whose opinions in regard to the matter
arc of so much more real weight than
my own."
The president reviewed the advance
made in educational advantages for
both sexes since 1S00.
Continuing he said:
"I dissent. from the view that an
academic education unfits a man or
woman for business. It may be that
the tastes thatlead one to an academ
ic education are not those which
insure such success, but the asser
tion that the mental discipline, the
power of reasoning, the cultivation
and comparison of ideas, are not of
assistance in business transactions in
which the highest quality of the mind
arc actually in action, can hardly be
true.
"Hut it is said that women arc not
all going into the profesMons and so
that the education necessary as a ba
sis for a professional career is not needed
by those women who have a com
potency or who look forward to
marriage and motherhood as the
chief end of women.
"It is even suggested that the high
est education of women rather unfits
them to discharge the duties of a wife
and mother, that in some way or pthcr
it robs them of a charm and gives them
an intellectual independance that is
inconsistent with their being the best
wives and mothers. I utterly dissent
from this view. The companionship
of married life is the chief charm and
reason for its being so far as it relates
to the two persons concerned. The
enjoyment of the home, with children
and the training of them, are, of course
among the most important duties
and pleasures of married life, and it
certainly does not detract from the
power of a woman to make a good
companion or to teach and train her
children up to high ideals that she
should have the advantage of a higher
education. It is nnt rs-tmitiiil tlmt a
woman who knows much must con
form to the unattractive manner and
ways of the conventional blue stock
ing that she should make the extent
of her knowledge a discomfort to those
with whom she associates or that she
should lose her interest in the senti
ment and emotions of life or fail to
have an appreciation of beauty and
romance."
President Taft left Bryn Mawr at
4:53 p. m., his private car being at
tached to the train leaving here a
4:30 p. m. and due in Pittsburg at
2:10 a. m.
Epworth League Convention.
Programs for the Eighteenth An
nual Convention of this district of
the Epworth League arc off the press,
showing a two days convention which
is to be held at Auburn, June 15 and
10. The names of several Plattsmouth
people appear on the programs, Miss
Hazel Tuey will speak on "The League
and the Pastor" and Rev. Mr. W. L.
Austin will act as evangelist of the
convention. There will be a small
delegation visit the meetings, Mr. E.
11. Wcscott, a leading odicer of the
district, In'ing one who hopes to at
tend. B. C. Oslin and wife arc callers in
the Gate City today going up on No
15 this morning.
Returns from Institute.
County Superintendent Miss Mary
Foster, returned last evening from
Lincoln where she has been attending
the state institute of citv and coun
ty superintendents which has been
in session here since Monday. The
meeting of the superintendents is
an idea recently brought before the
instructors of Nebraska by State
Superintendent Bishop, this beinir
the first annual session c.f that body
At the mooting were the most promi
nent women in the educational work
of the country including half a dozen
state superintendents and .Prof. Up
degraff of the National Department
of Education. Last evening in the
county superintendents section, Miss
Foster read a paper on "Organiza
tion and management of institutes"
which from the reports, seemed to be
heartily appreciated by her audience.
Lost Horse.
J. E. McDaniel suffered the loss
of his small black driving mare which
died yesterday afternoon of paralysis
of the stomach. It was a valuable
little animal, Mr. McDaniel having
bought it at a fancy price not more
than four months ago. The horse
was taken sick last Thursday night
and was placed under the care of a
veterinarian, her condition seeming
to slowly improve until yesterday
morning when she suddenly grew
worse and it was seen then the stuff
was all off with her. The animal was
going eight years.
BARTENDERS AND CIGAR
MAKERS DON WAR PAINT
Expect to Play Their Big Ball Game
at HlrtzPlace Coming Sunday.
(From Fridays Dally)
If the breweries do not close their
doors and the tobacco bugs don't
eat up all the stink weeds before
Sunday, the cigar makers and bar
tenders are going to pull off their groat
exhibition of the national sport on
the coming Sabbath as sure as Adolph
Goise sells his ten year Sunny Brook
Rye for Twenty year old imported.
The game lias been delayed for some
time in order that the slab artists
could reach a more superb state of
accuracy in handling the horse hide,
and some of the white aporn wearers
could reduce a little of their avoirdu
pois so they should bo able to find the
sphere should it drop beneath their
feet. Many rear windows have boon
smashed a goodly number of knuck
les swollen in practice with the base
ball in the alleys until now the fans
have set their jaws and have deter
mined on revenge which they have
scheduled for the fourth at the Hertz
place about seven mile south of
town.
Prof. Whitcapronsky will Hiount
the mound for the liquor men and Wil
lie Popthekeg is going to got his mit,
in the big glove.
There is considerable rivalry for the
honorable position among the weed-
men but Jliram Acornmaker will
probably deliver his spit balls and
Reuben Twofernickel will glom the
slimy ones. The enthusiasts say there
is going to be some class to the game
and it is safe to say it will be in a class
by itself.
Elks Sporting Up.
The Brother Rills of the city arc
having their headquarters, the Elks
club rooms, spruced up and adding
some new fixtures to their most com
fortable quarters. The walls are being
repapored in a very pleasing design.
The game room ceiling is being coated
with a dark red paper, the border ex
tending to the upper sash of the win
dows, below which is a rich brown to
the chair rails. Ret ween the chair
rails and the base boards the space is
filled with the dark red again which
combination gives a strong, artistic
effect. The other rooms arc being
renovated in colors to match. Severa 1
pieces of oak furniture were received
for the place yesterday and the re
sult is making the Elks feel proud of
themselves.
Finger Smashed.
W. T. Russell, a truck repairer at
the Burlington shops, was slightly
injured this morning while driving a
bolt out of a side sill of a car. The
middle fingrr of the left hand was
caught between the head of the bolt
and the sill and painfully smashed
which may necessitate his being off
duty for a day or so. The member was
tended by the company physician,
who found the accident had not been
severe enough to break the bone.
Miss Nettie Hawksworth, a teacher
at Columbian school, having completed
her work of the school year, left this
morning for Burlington, la., to remain
for the summer at her home.
Final settlement was made in county
cmrt this morning in the estate of
the late Thomas G. Barnum of Union.
The administrators G. W. Cheney
and Mrs. Hattie Barnum were dis
charged.
CROPS THIS SPRING
SOMEWHAT BACKWARD
Cool Month ol May Not Very En
couraging for the Farmers
mers ol State.
The weather so far this spring has
not been favoravble for the crops aud
people with pessimistic minds have al
ready formed pictures of small and late
crops in the fall.
Throughout the past month the
thermometer hovered around the 40
mark during the nights, to rise thirty
or forty points during the day. On two
nights, the third and fourth, the ther
mometer dipped below the freezing
line. The minimum was 20, while
the maximum was 84 on the thirtieth
A total of 3.05 inches of rain fell
during the month, enough to put the
ground into good condition for the
infant crops. Rain fell on eight days
There were seven cloudy and thirteen
partly cloudy days. The prevailing
wind was from the southeast.
The somewhat warmer days of late
have not improved the crops very much
although the oats are looking better
and the wheat is beginning to head
out. The stand of corn is quite poor
mid many of the fanners arc replant
ing even though they displayed the
greatest care in the selection of fertile
seed when the planting was done.
However the weather was too much
against them, there was moisture
enough but it was too cold. Most of
the replanting will be finished by the
last of the week as the time for the
placing of the seed is getting very late
and it will necessitate a late fall in
order for the grain to ripen. Reports
come from different parts of the state
saying that pastures are still very
short and some of the cattle have to be
fed. Some farmers have planted their
corn three times and still the outlook
is for a light stand. Near Ridgley,
Neb., the farmers found their land
infested with a worm which was re
sponsible for many seeds not i howing
signs of life. The small grains have
recovered from the late snow storm
and now look more promising than the
corn. On account of the necccssity
to replant the corn in some places it
will probably produce a very uneven
crop which will be difficult to take care
of.
The cold weather of the spring does
not seem to be a local frigid snap but
it extends throughout the entire coun
try. Around the great lakes in Michi
gan they have recently hasd a severe
blizzard with several inches of snow.
The early spring in Washington state
was unusually cool with a number of
snow flurries, which is somewhat of
a novelty for that country. Reports
from near Denver and North Dakota
show the warm weather to le very
backward about makingits appear
ance, so Cass county need not feel
that it is getting a corner in the cool
atmosphere.
To Be Burled Here.
Word was received by phone today
of the death of J. II. Baley, a rather
elderly gentleman who resided with
his son Charles Bailey of Wymore,
master mechanic for the Burlington
at that place. Mr. Bailey died at his
son's home yesterday. The remains
arc to be brought here for burial to
morrow afternoon on the noon train
the body to be taken from the depot
directly to the cemetery where Rev.
Dr. Burgess will have charge of the
simple services and the deceased will
be placed by the sideof his wife who
was buried at Oak Hill a few years ago.
The late Mr. Bailey was a father-in-law
of Mr. Ed Grisuel of this city.
Sick at Hotel.
Miss Ina Davis of Dallas, Texas
who makes her home at the Riley hotel
was seized with a hemorehageof lungs
yesterday afternoon at about 2:30
her condition seeming quite serious
for some time, however she is much
better this morning and it is not
thought there is any need of alarm.
Miss Davis's mother arrived last
night from her home in Texas and will
remain with her daughter until she
recovers.
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CITIES MAKING AGE
LIMIT FOR CHAUFFERS
1 V
Persons Under Eighteen Years of
Age Not Allowed to
Run Cars.
During the past months of spring
a number of juvenile chauffers have
appeared on the streets, handling big
cars that became a menace to public
safety in the hands of incompetent
drivers. Action is being taken all
over the country to place some re
striction on the drivers of machines
not so much for the saftey of the dri
vers themselves but for the operators
of other vehicles and pedestrians on
the street. At the. last meeting of
the city council in one of the neigh
boring towns ordinances were passed
to the following effect :
"No person under IS years of age
shall drive an auto inside the city lim
its. No person owning an auto shall
permit a person under 18 years of age
to drive it." This ordinance make
it an offense not only for a person un
der eighteen to drive a car but also
makes the owner of the machine sub
ject to arrest and heavy fine.
This seems to be a very commend
able ordinance and one that would
meet with approval from anyone who
is experienced in auto driving and
understands what skill it requires to
drive a car in a proper and safe manner
A child may in many respects be fairly
well acquainted with the manipulation
of a machine but he has not the years
back of him to command quick and
proper action at a critical time. Last
year such an ordinance would hardly
have been necessary in this town, but
with the increase of chug-wagons
this spring, the question is amuch more
urgent one. Then with the hilly con
dition of Plattsmouth's thoroughfares
it is much more difficult to properly
propel an automobile around the city
than it would be if the roads were all
on a level and paved. This matter
is one that might command attention
of the city law makers and enforcers.
WOODMEN OF WORLD
TO HONOR THEIR DEAD
' !
Al J.
Sunday to be Observed by Order
"u With Memorial Services
at Cemetery.
.
(From Friday's Dally)
The coming Sunday will be the
annual memorial day observed by the
W. O. W. and members of the local
order will march in a body to the cem
etery to honor their missing ones,
eleven members of the lodge having
been interred at Oak Hill. The Wood
men will gather at G. A. R, hall Sun
day afternoon shortly nfter one,
leaving a half hour later to form a pro
cession in front of the hall headed by
the Plattsmouth Cornet Band, and
followed by the officers and members
of the order who will march in file
to the burial grounds. A carry all
will form a means of transit for the
elderly people and women. Over
the nioityid of their brother Sovereign
Carton in the nhv cemetery, the
first Woodman buried at Oak Hill, the
anniversary services will be held and
an address delivered by Judge Ramsey.
Following the ceremony the graves of
the other decesacd members will be
covered with flowers as a token of
remembrance of their missing broth
ers.
Other orders and relatives of the
deceased arc invited to participate
in the services and every one is urged
to supply all the flowers possible
for on account of the late season,
the blossoms are found to be very
scarce.
D. O. Dwyer had a little grief with
his automobile yesterday afternoon
when something went wrong in his
crank case while he was in the vicinity
of Weeping Water, which necessitated
him phoning in to the local garage for
a machine to tow him in.
and Mall Today.
of a friend whom vou think would be
His Athletic Neighbor.
A young uiuu Inmate of a boarding
house had lieen disturbed night after
night by tlu boarder lu (bo next room
doing things wltb a punching hag he'd
rigged up in the room some way. At
breakfast each morning the young man
would look over the crowd nnJ won
der who the bag puncher might be.
but there was no one in sight hut u
bunch of women and eight or ten men
with narrow chests and rot renting
chins. One night he made up his wind
to knock on tlio bag punching room
er's door and ask him to put over his
exercise until daylight when all the
world's awake. The man might be
email enough to bulldoze even with all
his athletics. The door opened ami
there, clad In a tight fitting red Jersey,
was a robust, buxom woman of per
haps thirty summers.
"And what did you say to her?" the
young man was asked.
"I was so startled," replied he, "that
I asked what afterward seemed to uio
tho most natural request I could have
uihde. 1 asked her If she'd lend me
a couple of matches." Cleveland Plutn
Dealer.
The Persistency of Colds.
Why is It that we are so heavily
subject to colds? Other epidemic dis
eases measles, typhoid, scarlet fever,
diphtheria may get hold on us once
aud there Is nu end; It Is not usual to
have any of them twice. We brew In
our blood Immunity. The poison of the
disease evokes In us Its proper anti
dote. Our blood cells nmke a sort of
natural antitoxin and keep It in stock,
so that we are henceforth protected
against tho disease. A well vaccinated
nurse, for example, works with safety
In a smallpox hospital, where the very
air Is Infective, but her blood Is so
changed by vaccination that the small
pox cannot nft'eet her. By srnrlet fe
ver, again, we ore, as It were, vacci
nated against scnrlet fever. Tho reac
tion of our blood against the disease
Immunizes us. No such result follows
Influenza or a common cold. We brew
nothing that Is permanent We are
Just as susceptible to a later Invasion
as we were to the Invasion that Is Just
over. London Spectator.
The Festive Codfish.
A correspondent of tho New York
Tost says that the codllsh frequents
"the tablelands of the sea." Tho cod
fish no doubt does this to secure as
nearly as possible a dry. bracing at
mosphere. This pure air of the sub
marine tablelands gives to the codfish
that breadth of chest and depth of
lungs that we have so often noticed.
The glad, free smile of tho codllsh Is
largely attributed to tho exhilaration
of this oceanic ultltoodloum. The cor
respondent further says that the "cod
fish subsists largely on the sen cherry."
Those who hnve not had the pleasure
of seeing the codfish climb the cherry
tree In Hoarch of food or clubbing the
fruit from the heavily laden branches
with chunks of coral hare missed a
very fine sight. The codfish when at
home rambling through the submarine
forests does not wear his vest unbut
toned as he docs while loatlng around
the grocery stores of the United States.
-Dill Nye.
A High Priced Fricsssee.
Lord Alvnuley. a noted wit and high
liver In England a hundred years or so
ago, Insisted on having an apple tart on
his dinner table every day throughout
the year. On one occasion he paid a
caterer $1,000 for a luucheou put up in
a basket that sufllced a small boating
party pntng up the Thames. Being
one of a dozen men dining together at
a London club where each was re
quired to produce his own dish, Alvan
ley's, as the most expensive, won him
the advantage of being entertained
free of cost. This benefit was gained
at nn expense of $."-IO. that being the
price of a simple fricassee composed
entirely of the "nolx," or small pieces
at each side of the back, taken from
thirteen kinds of birds, among them
being 100 snipe. 40 woodcocks and 20
phensants In all about 300 birds.
Our Eccentric Phrases.
Why do we always talk of putting
on a coat and vest? Who puts on a
coat before a vest? We also say put
ting on shoes and stockings. Who
puts on shoes before the stockings?
We also put up signs telling people to
wipe their feet when we mean their
boots or shoes. And a father tells a
boy he wjll warm his Jacket when he
means to warm his pantaloons. We
are n little eccentric In our phrases at
times.
An Odd Epitaph.
The following epitaph Is to bo found
In a cemetery within seven miles of
New York's city hall:
Render, pass on: don't wnato your time
O'er bad biography and bitter rhyme.
For what I am this crumbling clay In
sures, And what I was Is no affair of yours.
In the Game.
"I am In tho hands of my friends."
said the political sldestepper.
"Yes," replied the harsh critic, "and
every time your friends look over their
hands they seem Impatient for a new
deal." Washington Star.
The Proper Tree.
Curious Charley Do nuts grow on
trees, father? Father They do. my
son. Curious Charley Then what tree
does the doughnut grow on? Father
The "pan tree," my son.-Purple Cow.
Never Good.
Fogg-That's a had cold you have,
old man. Fenderson - Did you ever
Imnr of a good cold, you Idiot? Bos
ton Transcript.
A fool's heart Is in his tongue, but a
wise man's tougue Is In his heart
Quarles,
RED MEN
MEETING
Elect Officers for Ensuring
Year With John Cory
as Sachem.
MAY BOOK CARNIVAL
COMPANY FOR FALL
Members Would Like to See an
Amusement Concern In
Town this Fall
(From Friday's Dally)
Last night was one of tho big nichts
of the calendar for tho local Bed Men;
it was the annual pow wow where tho
dus,kies elected their chiefs and war
riors for the coming year. Tho hall
was well filled by members who held
forth with their business session
until nfter the hour of eleven, follow
ing which they adjourned to the ban
quet hall and partook of a light luucb
I he officers of the year arc:
John Cory, Sachem.
J. C. York, Prophet. '
A. II. Koubeck, Senior Sagamore.
William Ilcinrichsen, Junior Saga
more. The secretary and treasurer of the
order are not elected until the first
of the year.
Showing the great growth of the
lodge since a year ago this time
Plattsmouth may now have five
delegates at the Grand Council of
the State where last year they were
represented by a single member.
The Grand Council took place in Oma
ha and is booked for Plattsmouth
this year, to bo held during the month
of October. The delegates who will
represent the redskins this fall were
elected last night. Messrs. "York,
Nemetz, Cory, Kainey and Bates re
ceiveing the highest votes. The
boys are going to make the state
convention a big affair this year and
are going to do thei utmost to show the
visiting delegates that Plattsmouth
is a wide awake town.
A discussion was held last night as
to the advisability of bringing a car
nival company into the city to draw
a full crowd. The proposition being
met with the general approval of tho
members, a committee of one, Emil
Walters, was appointed to look up
a company and report at the next
meeting. It will no doubt be rather
difficult to book a company so late in
the spring as most of them have their
dates filled for tho entire season, but
if the boys can find the concern and
satisfactory terms can be agreed upon,
the town will probably by livened up
for a week in the autumn with the noise
and hubub of the spielers, barkers and
mechanical pianos of the tent shows
The lodge will make arrangements
so the affair will not interfere with the
the Commercial Club stock show
which is being lined up for some time
in August.
Since the decision has been reached
that the city is to have no public cele
bration of the Fourth of July, the red
skins have decided to have sonic kind
of a blow out on their own hook. A
committee to stir up an event for tho
Nation's birthday was appointed last
night consisting of William Gravett,
A. II. Koubck, William Ilcinrichsen
William Egenbcrger and J. E. Mc
Daniel. No special directions were
given the committee but they were
instructed to arrange for something
lively and interesting. It will probably
be in the nature of a picnic at some near
by lake or river but the committee
have not intimated what they have on
their mind at present, and they will
not make their report until the next
meeting which will be Thursday, June
16.
Card of Thanks.
To the immediate friends that of
fered their sympathy in the death of
my brother and to the undertaker
Mr. W. J. Streight for his kindness
and to Canon Burgess for the appro
priate services, I especially' offer my
thanks. Drury M. Graves.
William Statelman a former resident
of this city who is now managing a
telephone company at Kearney, is in
town for a few days. This morning
he journeyed to Hock Bluff to spend
a short time with his sister Mrs.
Mark White who resides there.
Harold Williams and Ralph Smith
set out navigating on the Missouri
the other day and made the round trip
to Omaha and return in a Utile fifteen
foot launch, the property of Williams.
It was quite a pull for the craft against
the current, but the return trip down
stream was made in four hours.
