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A new book by Ironquill brings vi
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In a book way Mr. Ware la known
only as a poet, therefore it will oc
casion surprise when it is announced
that Ironquill is the author of a new
legal text bok. It isn't one of the dry.
musty kind, however. It's title is "Ro
man Water Law," and it might prop
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Mr. Ware became interested in the
Roman water law through his connec
tion with modern irrigation cases an 1
the farther he delved the more inter
ested he became. He found rare old
Latin texts which he translated with
great care. These he has given to the
world revivified and freshened. While
the book is intended for lawyers, it
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The book is published by the West
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MR. BOWSER'S MAD DOG.
If lie Ever Meets One He Will Do the
Right Thing.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowser sat on the front
steps at sundown of a hot evening, and
while he smoked his cigar he careless
ly glanced over the evening paper. He
had been reading for fifteen minutes
when he suddenly exclaimed:
"By George, but that man ought to
be clubbed for a fool!"
"What is it?" was asked.
"Why, a man in St. Louis was going
along the street when the cry of 'mad
dog' was raised. He looked up the
street and saw the brute coming, and
what did he do but run into a yard,
where several children were playing,
and of course he escaped while they
were bitten. There ought to be a law
to take hold of such cases. Ten years
in prison would be too little for him."
"I suppose he was rattled by the
suddenness of the thing."
I Shall Throw Up My Hand-se.
"But he had no business to get rat
tled. If a man hasn't his nerve with
him he should keep off the street. I
haven't gone outside the gate in fif
teen years without being prepared for
the cry of 'mad dog," and knowing just
what I would do."
"Would you climb a shade tree?"
"What! Do you wish to insult me!"
"I had forgotten how fat you were."
"Another insult! Mrs. Bowser, if
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"Editorial Wild Oats" is the title of
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It is announced that the title of Tom
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you have lost what little sense you had
when you were born you'd better hunt
up an asylum."
"But it seems to me," she protested,
"that most any man would climb a
shade tree to get away from a mad
dog."
"Probably most any man would, but
Lemuel Bowser is not one of the sort.
I am glad this subject came up. Now,
then, let us suppose a case."
"Yes."
"You read in the papers that on a
certain day Pinchem & Stickem are
going to put on a sale of 5,000 pairs
of women's stockings at 2 9 cents a pair
former price 60."
"Well?"
"You sneak out of bed in the night
and steal two or three dollars out of
my pocket, that you may attend this
sale."
"I don't do anything of the kind, Mr.
Bowser! I never took as much as a
penny out of your pocket, and you
know it. You talk about my insulting
you, but what do you call it when you
charge me with being a thief!"
"I was simply making an illustration,
though sums of money have disap
peared from my pocket In very myster
ious ways. We will discuss that part
of it later on, however."
"No, we won't! We'll discuss ft
right here and now! Do you say I
ever took money from your pockets?"
"I make no specific charge, Mrs.
Bowser. I simply say that I have
missed small sums from my pockets ut
various times. It may be that the rats
took it. We will agree that the rats
took it. We are now ready to take up
the mad dog case again. You get
money somehow and start to go down
to the sale. You are bound to have at
least five pairs of those stockings if
you break your legs in the crush
around the bargain counter. Provi
dence steps in to prevent you from
making a donkey of yourself. In other
words, between this house and the cor
ner you hear the shout of 'mad dog!'
What I want to ask you is, what coursa
of action would you adopt?"
"I can't tell."
"But you must be able to tell. You
must have a course thought out and
ready to be acted on."
'Well, I should first scream."
"I don't doubt it."
"Then I should rush into the near
est house."
"And the dog would follow you and
perhaps bite half a dozen persons.
That would be cowardly selfish."
"Should I climb a tree?"
"You couldn't climb a ladder. You
HE STRUCK MR. BOWSER'S LEGS
would only show your big feet for
nothing."
"If there was a man selling vege
tables, perhaps I might jump into his
wagon," said Mrs. Bowser, after ma
ture thought.
'Humph!"
"Well, then, what should I do?
What could I do?"
"You should and could make a hero
ine of yourselt. It would be a grand
opportunity."
"Oh. I see. Then if you ever meet
a mad dog, you are going to play the
hero?"
"There will be no playing. I shall
do a natural and perhaps a brave act,
and if the public insists on calling me
a hero I shall have to submit to it."
"Well, what is it?"
"On hearing that dreaded cry, Mrs.
Bowser on hearing a cry that has
more than once appalled the stouter.t
heart I shall come to a halt. 1 shall
locate the animal. If he is coming
my way I shall get -e-dy for him.
When he is within thirty feet of me,
frothing at the mouth and ravening for
my destruction, I shall throw up my
hand so. That will attract his atten
tion in an instant. As soon as he be
gins wondering what he is up against
I will fasten my ey-?s on his. He will
stop dead in his tracks. If he don't
shy off Into the roadway ai-.J pass me
he win sit down and whine."
"That is. you think he will."
"That is, I know he will. If he sits
down I will :,:ow!y and gradually ap
proach him. nev3-.- for the f rc.:tioii of a
second allowing my eyes to wander
from his. As I draw nearer he will
shiver and shake. When 1 am within
three feet of him he will howl in a
lugubrious maimci- ar.d fully realize
that his doom is sealeJ. I will then
taken my cane in bo,h hinds. I?ke a
soldier charging bayonets, and with a
mighty jab I -ihall reach his brain by
piercing his ey--M. That will be the
end. It will only remain for the re
porters to interview me, and for the
Humane Society to forward its medal
and a complimentary letter."
"Mr. Bowser, if you weren't my
husband "
"Look out, now' X) further
suits!"
ln-
"If you heard anv oth
m'tH talk-
ing that way you'-i call hini
con-
ceited ass.
"What! What What!" lie shouted,
as he jumped up. "Mrs. Bowser, I al
low no living person, man or woman,
to talk to me in that way. I have told
you what I should do in a certain
emergency. By what right do you call
me names and dispute that I would
do it?"
"Because nobody ever heard of a
man going through all that perform
ance with a mad dog. You might
hold up forty hands and he wouldn't
stop. You might look at him with ten
eyes, and it would do no good. I
should say the proper thing for you to
do would be to crawl under a wagon
or climb a tree. Shan't we go over to
Brady's and get some Ice cream?"
"Brady's! Ice-ream" he gasped, as
he Hushed red and white. "You talk
to me of Brady's and ice-cream after
insulting me fifty times over! By the
seven bob-tailed cows that gave milk
to the children of Moses "
Then his feelings overcame him, and
he descended the steps and went out
to the gate to wonder what he should
do. He was standing there In an un
decided frame of mind when a big. lub
berly dog that was trotting along on
the opposite side of the street espied
the Bowser cat on the lower step. He
was out for game, and he spotted her.
He came rushing across the street, and
in his impetuous haste he struck Mr.
Bowser's legs and brought him down,
and at the same instant a hoodlum
yelled out "Mad dog!" The cat went
racing around the yard, with the dog
a good second, and they had both
jumped over Mr. Bowser twice before
he could get up. When he did reach
his feet he made a rush for the house,
taking the steps two for one. Mrs.
Bowser sat there, but he saw her not.
As soon as he could get inside he shut
and locked the door and got to the
second story.
The cat climbed a tree, the dog pass
ed on, and ten minutes later the door
was unlocked and Mr. Bowser came
down.
"I didn't see you raise your hand to
attract his attention, nor yet look him
in the eye," remarked Mrs. Bowser, as
demurely as she could.
Mr. Bowser didn't reply. He didn't
notice her. After a brief look around
for other mad dogs, he marched down
the steps, out of the gate and up
the street. He wanted her to think
that he was going to the nearest saloon
to fill up to the chin, and then commit
four or five cold-blooded murders.
Copyright, 1905, by R. B. McClure.
Of Interest
to women.
GRACEFUL WOMANHOOD
Lung and Throat Troubles Disappenr
When the Voice Is Trained.
The one essential characteristic of
graceful womanhood Is poise. With
the mind this is self-possession attained
by having an ideal in life and living up
to it under any and all difficulties.
With the body it is a perfect control of
every member acquired by steady con
trol of the breathing apparatus -the
engine of the physical machine. Sing
ing is the art which teaches this con
trol as nothing else can.
"But," one girl says, "I can't sing
and I can never learn how to sing. In
the first place I haven't any singing
voice."
The expert answers: "Every girl has
a singing voice if she once learns to
use her diaphragm. Her tones may
AND BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
not have the sweetness of Pattl's nor
the power of Nielsson's, because these
qualities depend on the shape ot th
vocal organs and unceasing practice.
But there is no reason why every
girl should not learn to sing melodious
ly, and in singing secure the physical
benefits which accrue from proper use
of the voice.
Rightly to understand the value of
voice culture, a girl must consider first
some of the exercises which help her
to get control of the diaphragm.
No. 1. Place the hands on the side
of the ribs so that the elbows stand
straight out from the body and the
finger tips cover the lower edge of the
front of each rib. With the base of
the hands press in the ribs until every
bit of air is expelled from the lower
part of the lungs and the fineers al
most meet. Now inhale slowly through
the nostrils, allowing the lower part
of the lungs to expand hrst. the hands
separating gradually until they are as
far apart as the breadth will spread
them.
No. 2. With the tips of the fingers
on the very middle of the chest, press
down on the breast bone until the
lungs are contracted to their utmost.
Inhale gently, filling the lower part of
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the lungs first. Allow the chest to rise
slowly until it is thoroughly expanded,
and the elbows are standing straight
out and pointing well back from the
body.
No. 3. Rest the fingers on the fleshy
part of the body which lies just at the
separation of the two ribs. As you
deliberately count ten, Inhale, holding
this point steadily as the lever of the
breathing apparatus. When the lungs
have reached the limit of expansion,
explode the breath suddenly by a quick
drawing in of this lever, which Is the
controlling muscle of the diaphragm.
Like the handles of a bellows, it gov
erns the drawing in and letting out of
the breath.
The last exercise has to be worked
up gradually, as It is apt to make a
person dizzy at first. As the diaphragm
gains strength, the breath is exploded
on the words baa, ba, bee, bo, boo in
turn.
None of these exercises can be prac
ticed in tight clothes. The body must
be perfectly free In order to expand to
the limit of its capacity and contract
accordingly. Dally practice is like
wise essential. The effect is a strength
ening of the walls of the chest, expan
sion o the internaf. organs, and last
and most important, the awakening of
the diaphragm to its sustaining pow
ers. The next step in the cultivation of
the voice is the development of these
sustaining powers. This is accom
plished by various breathing exercises
in which the lips and tongue are
brought into play.
Xo. 1. Inhale slowly and deeply.
Then push the breath out slowly by
contraction of the diaphragm and hold
the lips closed as if to say em. Make
a humming sound while the breath is
being exhaled, and if the exercise is
properly practiced the Up will Ijuiver.
Time exhalation by a watch or clock
so that it requires a whole or part of
a second longer each week.
No. 2. Stand before a lighted can
dle, allowing the mouth to come just
In front of the name. with tne lips
well forward repeat the vowels aa, a. e,
i. o and u in turn, having the tone per
fectly clear cut; that is, free from all
breath. This can be determined by
the flame. When every bit of breath-
lness is out of the vowel sound, tne
light will remain absolutely steady.
The least bit of hreathlness will cause
it to flicker.
No. 3. Repeat the Twenty-third
Psalm, keeping each word as free from
breath as were the vowels in the pre
ceding exercise. In both cases sustain
the breath with the diaphragm muscle
and hold it if possible longer each
day.
There are hundreds of methods for
producing the results obtained from
the exercises just given, but they all
work toward the one end the perfect
control of the diaphragm which en
ables a person to force the breath over
the vocal organs with evenness and ns
slowly or rapidly as occasion demands
It Is the experience of all singing
pupils that after a month or so of simi
lar exercises the chest increases an
inch or more in size. Many women are
obliged to have their bodices enlarged
across the shoulders and the wearing
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of tight clothes around the waist be
comes unendurable.
So much for the direct benefits from
the fundamental exercises of voice cul
ture which are to singing what five
finger exercises are to the playing of
the piano. They continue from the
time the singing lessons begin until
long after the opera or concert singer
steps into public notice with a finished
voice.
Indirectly the benefit of the exercises
are legion, chief among them to a girl
being the acquisition of a calm, digni
fied bearing. Some of the idea of the
truth of this may be obtained in a very
simple way. When you feel particu
larly nervous in someone's presence or
at the prospect of meeting a new per
son, take a long, deep breath and ex
hale slowly by use of the diaphragm
muscle. Your uneasiness will give way
almost immediately to a feeling of
surety and self-confidence. This sel
dom fails and its constant practice in
singing soon makes a certain assur
ance as well as a calm control of the
body, habitual.
Not all the physical value of voice
culture, however, is secured from
proper use of the diaphragm. Singing
also cultivates the use of the mouth
and in bringing the tones of the voice
forward, relieves all tension at the
back of the throat and the vocal
chords.
Just here Is where incompetent
teaching displays Its bad effects. The
voice which is hard, the voice which
does not hit a note square
ly on the head and the voice which
has to screech to be heard all belong
in the same class. All are due to the
same cause and in the end produce
equally injurious results.
When a singing tone is directed from
the diaphragm muscle, the breath
rushes over the vocal chords straight
to the front of the mouth. It stands to
reason, therefore, that when one first
begins to sing, the power of the dia
phragm is limited and the tone should
be small. A noisy tone at first means
that some other agent has stepped in
to help. Xnis is usually the back of
the throat which contracts and forces
out the tone, eventually hardening the
muscles and causing all sorts of trou
ble with the larynx and the other vo
cal organs.
On the other hand, a tone which
comes straight from the diaphragm
grows gradually stronger as the lever
muscle acquires power. The breath
passing over vocal chords which are
not strained by contraction of the
throat strengthens all the delicate or
gans and renders any one who sings
moderately almost proof against colds.
The sounding board for the tone is
the roof of the mouth and the lips.
When it strikes this board properly it
should vibrate so that the very gen
tlest note can be heard throughout a
room. A weak singing voice usually
indicates that the tone does not strike
the sotindftig board as it should. If
the tongue is held in position for
yawning the tone has a perfectly free
sweep and vibrates with full force.
The upper lip determines the shape
of the tone; that is, the sound of the
consonant and vowel which forms the
word that is sung. This is a part of
the face which has little consideration
from the average girl, while if she did
but know it, the upper lip is one of the
most important factors in a pleasant,
happy expression. A singing exercise
for the upper lip is to exaggerate the
position which it takes on the different
vowels. For intsance, after inhaling
deeply, sing on one note aa, e, i, o and
oo. AA requires the mouth to be well
open. A has the corners slightly
drawn back, but the upper lip quite
free from the teeth. E pulls the lip
up and out. O pushes both lips for
ward and oo has them well puckered
out into trumpet shape.
Such an exercise, of course, is only
to limber the upper lip. These exag
gerated movements are not at all nec
essary to correct sweet singing, but they
greatly Improve the appearance of a
girl's mouth and enable her to keep it
from an uncomely display of the upper
teeth.
This concludes the fundamental
principles of voice culture, and while
the exercises given are very rudimen
tary, they are the basis for all others.
The girl who would study singing ser
iously must go much deeper into voice
culture than this short article permits.
The few rules set down give an idea of
the scone of the singing voice. In its
perfection it requires the concentrated
forces of the entire physical being, the
lever of which is the diaphragm, and
the girl who would have poise and
self-possession summed in the one
word "charm" must master first the
art of singing.
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