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In Reeltal

Willam T. Bartlet, chairman of theCommunity Christmas committee

has announced the program for theannual Chiratmas celebration for thechildren which will be held Satur-day evening. The committee hasbeen at work and it is apparent thatthe children will have a celebrationthat will be long remembered.

The community Christmas treewill be surrounded by long lines ofred, green and white lights, throughthe courtesy of the.Connecticut Lightand Power Company. The lightswill probably be turned on Saturdaythe 22nd and burn each night untilNew Year's.

The Community Christmas partywill be held at the Community the-atre Saturday the 22nd. It is plan-ned to have the children of the St.John's and the Congregationalchurches meet at their respectivechurches and march to the theatre,arriving shortly before 5 o'clock sothat they may be seated promptlyon time.

A program which will include theKleinschmidt "Santa Claus" wonderpicture loaned by The Waterbury Re-publican-American and secured byMgr. Fox of the Community theaterwill be carried out. Oi considerableimportance on the program will bethe singing of, Christmas carols, in-cluding "Come all ye faithful," "TheFirst Noel," "Little Town of Beth-lehem," and "Silent Nightf HolyNight," under the direction of Mrs.D. G. Sullivan. Following the enter-tainment, boxes of candy will be dis-

, tributed.At 6:30 o'clock, the above program

will be repeated for the children ofthe Methodist and Episcopal churchesThe children are asked to meet attheir churches and march to theCommunity theatre so that they will

In the. Unit of a aerie* of fourrecitals,. E..BL Sothern began to re-vive some of the high Ugnte of fairlong and distinguished thepfileal ca-reer yesterday afternoon ,*» TownHall. He also gave part of one play,-Othello," in whicn he neref beforebad appeared. £ .

[His one-man show, staged withoutthe aid of costumes or settings, washeartily appreciated by a gtpd sixedaudience. Between the two let partsof his program—the "Othello" andthe reading of the Villon poems fromJustin Huntly McCarthy's "1*1 WereKing"—the romantic drama In "whichhe scored one o( his greatest suc-cesses—Mr. Sothern indulged In

. . . . shortly before 6:30,The Watertown firemen will be in

charge of the children aloAg the "

some reminiscences concerning ro-mantic plays in general, his father,whose characterisation of Lord Dun-dreary he'will give In a subsequentrecital, and his own varied activitiesIn the theatre.

Romantic plays, Mr. Sothern said,were essentially for soft-boiled au-diences, not for sophisticates; as thelatter cannot believe in people^ whosespeech and deeds are those of thecharacters to be found In such plays.But the actor held a brief for thistype of drama, saying that when itwas the outcome of the reflectionsof a cultivated man and was,playedby competent actors, it often con-tained something fine and true, asin "Cyrano" and "If I Were king."

Relutlng some of his own experi-ences, Mr. Sothenf recalled certaindifficulties in making a motion pic-ture in Brooklyn. His horse, it ap-pears, ran away and, clad In a suitof elaborate armor, he was in dan-ger of serious injury when, from be-hind a tree, stepped an old man whobrought the steed to a halt Then

Ooroe Dudley Has HighNational Farm Journal + H

Leadership Contort *

George Dridley ot LitcbJMM hasbeen awarded fourth place in a na-tional contest to pick the matt out-standing local, volunteer 4-H CtabLeader In the United States.

The contest was open to any per-son over 16 years of age who hasbeen, during 1928, a local volunteerleader of a 4-H club and who baacompleted at least two years workas a 4-H club member prior to ltS8.

The contestants were scored on(he following^ points:

1. Club Achievement Record.2. Leadership Record.3. Contestants* own story of club

work and leadership.The record made by George Dud-

ley Includes three years of club mem-bership during which he carried bothpoultry and dairy Projects. For thesame period he has been volunteerlocal leader of the LUchneld Pro-gressors' Calf Club, the most activedairy club in Lltchfield county. Lastspring he was chosen as leader ofthe newly organised Lltchfield DallyCacklers Poultry Club. His activi-ties also Include the organisation ofa garden club in Litcbfleld duringthe last* summer.

As a reward for his Interest andactivity, George won a trip to Wash-ington' last spring where he attendedthe National 4-H Club Encampmenton the grounds of the U. 8. Dept oAgriculture. '

In addition to hiB club actlvGeorge has recently completed fnetwo-year course in agriculture at ,theConnecticut-Agricultural College andhas had the sole responsibility forthe conduct of the home farm. )

The following is a statement madiby Dudley with regard to Ms . f lClub work: "I think 4-H Club workIs the best organization there is foryoung people and lt has helped meso much that I want to help otheryoung people receive the same ad-vantages. I have been very busy

UtehflsM Resident Calls Attentionto Its Misses

To the Editor of The Courant:Ever since the time of Teddy

Roosevelt, the foresters and con-servationists have been warning the

of march andHuav.\ the enter-tainment at the theatre. Troop I,Girl Scouts under the direction ofMiss Olive Walton, captain, will fillfrom five to six hundred boxes ofcandy. The committee in charge in-cludes W. T. Bartlett, chairman, Mrs.John D. Bassette, Miss DorothyWheeler, Lester Atwood and HarryMcCrone.

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LOCAL NEWS

Horace D. Taft and Karley F.Roberts of the Tuft Sejiuol arc A; --'nd-irg the Christmas holidays in Flor-ida.

State Policeman Jack McClearywho has been a patient in the Green-wich hospital fpr the past sevenweeks has returned to his home onEcho Lake road.

Mrs. Alice Ashenden of Main St.is visiting friends in Boston.

knew your^ told of

for the soldiersdurlns the war, with Mary Andersonas Lady Macbeth and with nn Hi-nt ting Y. M. C. A. uniform aa hiscostume.

His Interpretation of act three of'Othello" was . necessarily another

presentation of Shakespeare in mod-ern dress. He has, It is said, longhoped to act. tho role of the. Moor,nml at one time a production of theplay was prepared to take Its placeIn thi- Sothern-Marlowe repertorybut w:- <, for some reason, abandoned:The rlirt ROleefed by him, contain-ing as it docs many or the climaticmonKv.ts, was excellently suitud forhis scholarly, well conceived, projec-tion of the name character and ofseveral other Important roles.

Daniel Frohman. who presentedMr. Sothern as a star In "The High-est Bidder" at the old Tyceum The-atre, Introduced him yesterday after-noon. Tile actor will again appear

and my mother, andcollege, but I have always foundtime, for my 4-H Club work."

Iiitchfleld county people will hepleased to hear that one of our local4-H Club leaders has .won such wide-spread recognition. ' *

AGAINST STEftX TRAM

State Will B* Asks*' to Pass BUI Re-garding Thsir Use

To the Editor of The Courant:The notices, some of them elabor-

ate, of the start of the intensive nghtlublic against the coming shortage m ^ r^egteutUre for the-eventual

-» —»he translUon from a period when | are most satisfactory, as they showhere was plenty of timber for all j that the ethical sense of even our

uses to a period when wood will b« j old-faahioned communities is awak-so scarce that it will be prised asit is in Europe has been very grad-ual.

Many do hot realise even now therue condition. But go to the gro-

cery or to the shoe store or clothingstore and ask foe an.empty box andyou will be handed an empty paste-board carton. If further request Ismade for a wooden box you will bepolitely informed that all their goodsnow come in cartons- and not Inwood. Even the meat dealer saidthat his wife complained that theylidii't get enough wooden boxes fortliclr own kindling wood now.

Surely the days are past when theUi«r old Irish lady entered the gro-cery and confidently asked, "An* hovye an imply barrel uv flouf? 01want to make me a chicken cooptut me dog." The store that couldsupply its customers with tree boxesor tin- old time quality would uponailviTtising the fact _ get a greatmany new customers, ^

PRTER PINE PLANTER.Mtchfleld, Dec. 11, 1928,

DEFENCE OF RURAL JU8TICE8

The statement has often been•mado that auto drivers are "roastvi\" by rural Justices. Tell the pub-lic how. Are auto drivers who havenot violated the auto laws broughtbc-rore these justices and "roasted?"Please tell how many violators comebefore a Justice and plead "guilty'and, also tell how many fall to denythat-they-are in any way at fault.

Rather than this, the ninety andnine will fight with all the forcethey can bring to bear to try toprove that the officer making thearrest was the one who was D k

oarochial'schools at Town Hall next Tuesday, when

mas recess. TimoHMiss Abbie Saver of Connecticut llmes

College is visiting her sister Mrs.'Harold A. Johnson of Pine street

OLD REC0RD8 CONCERNINGETHAN ALLEN

WALCOTT IN THE SENATE

By his life training, Frederic C.Walcott is eminently fitted to stepat once into the finance committee

. position held by Sen. McLean. ButAn author of Rutland Vermont h e w l l , n o t . l t l 8 n o t t n e w a y of the

asking for records and anything t h a t . g e n a t o A aeasoned man of 581 will support the claim of Cothren s y e a r S | a trained financier, a substan-

History that Ethan Allen was born t , a l mKa o f ^g^n a 8 w e n a a OfIn Woodbury has written to the iegiBiatioB} a man whose interestsTown Clerk of Woodbury and from r e a c h m w 9 i ^^f t n a n Connecticut,the Land Records it was found that n e muBtJnevertheless take his placehe sold to' William French a parcel ^ a m e r e Senate cub. Sen. Blngbam,of land located in the Society of n o w a member of the Senate com-Southbury, estimated to contain 25 mjttee on committees, will know theacres for 22 pounds in silver'in Jan- flxed CUBtOm ot tne Senate betteruary, 1781; it was further described t n a n t 0 f a v o r his colleagud for soas being on a hill called the Salt J jmpOrtant a position. It was sevenTooth Rock. HiB residence was glv-.1 y e a r a a f t e r .n e w e n t to the Senate

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

Auks When and Why Date of Meet-ing Was Changed

To the Editor of The Courant:—Wili-you-klndly inform me throughthe columns of your paper when andwhy the date of meeting of ourPresidential electors was changedfrom the second Monday in Januaryto the first Wednesday in January?I believe the original date was pro-vided for in the Act of Congress of1887.

CONSTANT, READER.Hartford, Dec. 15, 1928.

The change in date of meeting ofPresidential electors from the secondMonday In January (o the first Wed-nesday In January was provided forin a bill introduced by Representa-tive H« W. Sumners of Texas, whichwas passed by Congress last spring.The main purpose of the act was todo away with the expensive methodof having a messenger deliver thevotea from each State. That is nowto be done by mail. The change in

./•the-law; and in such ridiculousstatements as they make they makethe costs all the greater.

Now, Mr. Editor, please tell howmany complaints you hav investi-gated and have found the rural jus-tice to have "roasted" the violatorafter you have learned the truefacts. Tell how many have provedto you by sworn statement andbacked by '. evidence given underoath, that supports the statementthat is rubbed under the nose of arural justice, th'at the violator hasbeen "roasted."

Will you not. IOOK over the lawsrelating to autos and violations, asgiven to justices, by the state offic-ers, state police department andstate department of motor vehicles?What are those laws? What arethey for? How cnme those laws tobe passed? You ppeak or town con-stables! What about the state po-lice? Many cases of auto viola-tions have been brought before me.Not one by a constable. Every oneby a state policeman. Where dothey get their authority to arrest?It comes from the head ot the statepolice department. Fines are pro-vided by the state statutes. Therural justice either curries out thelaws, or the state' "roasts" the jus-

ii ing, even if slowly. Most of thesenotices, however, give a somewhatone-sided account of the movement,which is not merely that of any oneorganziation, but of all together. Thehistory of the anti-steel<trap move-ment In this country is an interest-ing one. It started only five or sixyears ago with the entrance into itol a well-known woodsman, navalofficer and scientist Commander E.Brock, whose books on the woodsare authorities. After making a closestudy of trapping for several years,to see in what lt differed from Itsold character as he knew It inyounger years, he discovered that ithad become still more horrible anda hundred-fold greater in bulk.

Applying to the president of theAmerican S. P. C. A. and the Amer-ican humane Association, he was as-tonished to discover that he wasconsidered by these gentlemen as analarmist and an exaggerator, not tosay u rank-"butter-In." However, hewas given a chance to speak at thegreat convention in New York, tocommemorate the passing of Mar-tin's epoch-making law In 1822, andthe humane societies then took themutter up seriously. Previously toCommander Brecks activity in thefield, nothing was done to eliminatethe steel-trap except the publicationof a pamphlet here and there. Theresult of his Inntstence on an Inten-sive campaign was the formation ofthe Anti-Steel-Trap League (Wash-ington, D. C) , which is the centralorganization of the country In thisfield, and In fact the only one deal-Ing exclusively with it.

The league works in die severalStates, through the local humanebodies; or through Its own commit-tees, as may be most suitable. InConnecticut all the humane organi-zations will no doubt band together,u.'der the leadership of th« generalmanager of the Connecticut HumaneSociety, Hartrord (ex-State SenatorWheeler), and a bill will be preparedrepresenting a distinct advance inthis field, while at the; same timeprotecting the fanner, poultrymanand other citizens from vermin. TUBpurpose is to avoid fanaticism, butto rid the State of the Iniquitousinconsistency between the use of Lhe

AMERICAN LEGION TO HOLDNEW TEARS EVE DANCE

Memorial Hall, Bethlehem to BeScene of Gaiety as the Old

Year Passes Out

Le Roy G. Woodward Post of theAmerican Legion are planning onholding a New Years Eve Dance inMemorial Hall in Bethlehem. SerraaSyncopators, who have earned quitea reputation around this section havebeen engaged to furnish the musicfor the-occasion and dancing will bein order until 2 A. M. The committeeare working hard to make the eventa success both financially and soci-ally and an evenings enjoyment ispromised every one. During inter-mission refreshments will be servedin the basement of the hall. The fol-

i i hin the basemlowing committee is in charge.Joseph Angel, chairman, FrankRoberts, Q. F. Campbell, Carlos Hun-gcrford, Leman Bronson, John O'Connor, Wm. Harrison, Alfred Rei-chenbaik, Alfred Roy, Samuel LogueWilfred Bryant and Granville Leeke.

CHRI8TMA8 MESSAGE

When HIP star of friendship sbinethAt the blessed Oluiatmastide,IXep within all hearts may gladness,Joy, and happiness abide.

Star whose flame J» ever burning,..And whose glory knows no ead,May its light so shine ai ChristmasThat it reaches ev'ry friend.

K. V. VV. H.Norfolk, Conn.

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Woman's Club— Hears Travel Talk

ysteel-trap and the plain law of theState, which 'heavily fines and im-prisons anybody who "tortures, tor-ments, cruelly kills or" deprives of

between the meeting of the I going in the oppositers and the canvass of the vote crowding the other auto

en aS'Sunderland; Vermont I that George P. McLean made anyIt was also found that he. pnr-|BUCb position. Sen. Walcott will re-ased a small tract of land of t w o l ^ g f u l ] y t n a t he cannot break over

l i-chasedand one-half acres, more or less, in tbe senate's custom, or that it wouldtho Society of Roxbury on May 2, n o t D 6 to his advantage to do so;tho Society of y1764, and gave hiB residence as Salis-bury, Conn.

The property he purchased waslocated on the west side of the Ship-pague River,, which piece of land wasformerly laid ont to ye first propri-etors/by Samuel Pitcher and JesseBaker being the sixteenth part, withall the privileges and appurtenancesmore especially the minerals locatedin a mountain called Spruce Hill.< An execution was recorded in hisfavor against Israel Bronson and Ab-raham' Branson, October 6,1767, giv-ing 1iis residence as in Northamp-ton, Mass.. and the property leviedon was otf.the east side .of the Shift-

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n gHe will bide his time. But he willnot mark time. Frederic C. Walcottis not that sort of a man.—AnsoniaSentinel.

r River.'mount of debt £55 IS 6Kvprnses * 1 45 «S(rljve roundB. shillings and penee)

Monmf* PkHo*>phyMonet's philosophy of palnttaf

M to paint what you really •«•,Mt what you think yon ought toM l ' n t & • object enveloped to•••light and atmosphere, with thoMm dome of heaven reflected Inthe shadows. . . . H e oftenn l d that no painted could paintM M Ihan one-halt hour on anyMtdoor efMct and- keep the. nte-

S true to nature, and remarkedIn this respect-he practiced

«nat he preached.—Lllla CabotParry, lath* American Magaslne.otlit

A few years ago a man copnectedwith one of the Hartford papers,coming from .a summer resort, failed

the date was to provide a little more I to give "right of way" to an auto

electorsby Congress in February.

The Committee on Election ofPresident, Vice-President and Repre-sentatives in favorably reportingRep. Sumner'a bill ..said:

"The present method of assem-bling the certificates of the votes ofthe electors for President and Vice-President by messengers from theseveral States Is unnecessarily ex-pensive, unsafe and ridiculous inview of modern facilities and mod-ern methods In general use. Thepublication of these certificatesmonths after the facts which theycontain Tiave.. already become gener-ally known is a useless expenditureof the public money.

"The purpose is to modernize, tomake more safe and less expensivethe method of assembling the certi-ficates of the votes of the electorsfor President and Vice-President andto dispense with the publication ofsuch certificates In a newspaper, andIn lieu ot such publication makingcertain copleB of these certificates

necessary sustenance . . .any au-imal."

To show how out-of-date the justpublished articles (referred toabove) are, it may be mentionedthat the pamphlet quoted from, pub-lished by the Massachusetts S. P.C. A., appeared years ago, and that•a new edition is now being preparedby Commander Breck, undoubtedlythe best authority oh trapping powalive. The original is an excellentone, but the next edition will be bet-tr. Meanwhile tho most authorita-tive work oa the trapping situationis, of course, Edward Breck's VTheSteel-Trap," which has reached, its

lird editioq, and which can' be had>f the Anti-Steel-Trap League, 1731

direction,up a bank

and causing an accident. State po-lice investigated and summoned theman to a hearing. The justice gota letter from the office of the paperasking him not to arrest the manas. he was a good man and was "allright." This man was found guiltyby unquestionable evidence and wasgiven a fine which he paid. Courtpapers are evidence of this case.Was this man one of the "roasted?"

<5ne special. case, most .flagrant,occurred. The one causing lt wasarrested, and the appeals that cameto the rural Justice from "somelearned In the law" was an outrageagainst the public, nevertheless therural Justice gave this man "the lim-it" anl public feeling in sevoral

public records.'Courant)

.— (Ed. Hartford

Warning .Never be an unexpected guest It

be taken home to dinner by'thehusband If you ran help It Everywife likes ut least nn hour's warn*

towns upheld. ' • hi..

the decision. As forJustices' fees, I know that out ofsympathy, many times the rural Jus-tice draws his-pen across Ills fees.Who has a friend for a special courtthat shall not roast a violator? Whensuch a bill comes up for a hearingthe rural towns will be represented.Morgan G. Bulkley said, "The ruraltowns had never Injured the oltles."

AN BJHHJRAL JUSTICE, otRockvuie, to The Hartford Times.

Agm of DeceptionBverythlng In the • orid deceives

but good food.—Woman'sfnmnnnlrin

Mrs. Fletcher Judton of WatertownDescribes Recent Trip to

Australia

With pleasing informality Mrs.Fletcher Judson of Watertown toldthe members of the Woodbury Wo-man's Club about her recent trip toAustralia at the Monday afternoonmottUng.this,week. Mrs. Judson, whowas accompanied on the trip by Mr.judson, well known man In town andrelative of several Woodbury people,gave many of their personal expeij-ences along with her description. ofthe various places they visited whichmade the account very realistic, andin many cases, decidedly humorous.

After six days of water travel onthe Pacific ocean they reached Hon-olulu on the Oahu island. The Ha-waiian farewell song. "Aloha," wasplayed on the piano by Mrs. Judsonand to illustrate the costume ofAmerican Samoa Mrs. judson attiredMiss Emily Tomlinson, a memberor the audience, in the grass skirtand other native finery.

After a stop at the Fiji islands,.British possessions, Mrs. Judson lefther listeners at Sydney; Australia,with a delightful description of thenatural harbor, the sports of the pe*Ilk; and all matters of interest to atourist or ii stay-at-home audience.The capital, which is in process ofconstruction, is being patterned afterour own at Washington. A friendpresented Mrs. Judson with it flowercovered boomerang upon her depart-ure for home. The Australian boom-erang always comes back; so that isa sincere token of hospitality. Thepoints of travel were made clear bythe use of maps and Mrs. Judsonshowed several souvenirs, picturesand cards.

Miss Miriam Sweet made her first

H St., N. W., Washington, D. C , for10 cents a copy. It Rives all manner

of Information in regard to trappingand hints as to how to fight i t

In Massachusetts an independent\nti-Steel-Trap Committee has beenFormed/with Commander Oreck asIts chairman (he being a Massachu-setts man), and including the namesf-Hon. A. E. Pillsbury and Dr. Row-

ley of the Massachusetts 8. P. C. A.,Mrs. Huntington Smith of the Ani-mal Rescue Leage, the famous writ-

rs, Mrs. Deland, Lyman Underwood,Katherine Lee Bates, Dallas LoreSharp and others. It may be seenthat In Massachusetts no one organ-isation is trying to carry on an in-dependent campaign, but that all arebanding together, to avoid frictionand waste of energy, time and mon-ey. It is sincerely to be hoped thatthis will also be the case in Con-necticut.

JAMES B. BRIGGS.Secretary AnfUSteelTrap League.

Washington, I). C, Dec. 15, 1988.

Umetal rouon*If danger from polsqn lnrks In

' foods It has, too. been brought toman's aid. Arsenic ! • helpful to'doctors Hunting fever, carbolic addis invaluable to surgeons during anoperation, opium Is a pain killer,and belladonna aids the eye spe-cialist.

contribution to the'musical club pro-gram by singing a group of twosongs, "A Brown Bird Singing" byHaydn Wood and "A Little Bit ofHoney" by Carrie Jacobs Bond. Showas accompanied on the piano byMrs. C. S. Hlcock.

Miss Lois Harvey, vice-president,presided at the meeting in the ab-sence of the president, Mrs. Elite F.Clark. MIBB Harvey asked that mem-bers remember the ill or shut-inmembers of the club at Christmastime and also brought to the atten-tion of the club that dues must bepaid before January first for a mem-ber to be in good standing In theclub. Thirty members have unpaidannual dues. Mrs. S. C. Tomlinsonpresented the motion, which was car-ried, that the chairman appoint acommittee to confer with' J. D.Coombs, principal; and Miss Sweet,English teacher, in the Woodburyhigh school, In regard to the ad-visability of the club again sponsor-ing an essay contest in tho school.Mrs. Karl Whiter of Watertown willbo the guest speaker at tbv nextmeeting of the club. Mrs.-8. C. Tom.linson was the member in charge ofthe meeting this .week. v

Ughtnint KilU ManyLightning kills about MO

and Injures twice that•rer* year In tht Unitedand Chnndn.

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LAWYEKSFATTEIfON UNIQUE WILLS TO SOUTH AMBttCA

They Aw Crooks With

Slew York.—/There at* a lot of M Mwalking about wttb prices en theirheads, Generally speaking, they areMen who, through dabiooe dealing*.have Incurred the hitter enmity oftheir fellows. They are, in a strictersense, onregeneratea who have heenmarked for death, and tbey lite istear and trembling,.

As one might suppose, these menlive ontalde the law. The hands ofmany of them are stained with otb-

. er*s blood. If they .are not actualmurderers themselves,' they have had• hand In Instigating these crimes,and, If tbey wished, tbey could tellthe Inside story of many a killingwhich is veiled In mystery. Or elsethey are men who have been top treewith their tongues and have revealed

„_; secrets which have put the lives of•then in Jeopardy. Few of, them es-cape the vengeance prescribed forthem.

Living today in seclusion .and soli-tude In a "foreign" quarter of thecity is a man who fifteen years agowas a member of an organised bandof criminals whose crimes smelt toheaven. They were continually en-gnged In warfare with rival gangs,and In toe course of a few years themembers of the band fell in battleuntil he alone was left He bad ahost of enemies and bad long beenmarked for death. He had had un-friendly skirmishes with the police,as well as his enemies, and be wiselyresolved to retire from criminal pur-suits.

A One-Man Fortress.He realized, however, that there

wus a price on his bead; that he wasliable to be "bumped off" any time.He went about In fear and trembling,knowing that the streets even inbroad daylight were unsafe. Heowned a little bouse and decided tomake It his fortress. Accordingly,be barricaded the windows with Ironbars, built strongly reinforced doorsand sealed up the place, as It were,

. from cellar to roof. He then became—nrrrecluse, seldom- venturing out On

the few occasions when he did goabroad he first satisfied himself thatnone of his enemies were loiteringnearby. He was as unobtrusive as asnake when be did go out

As the years passed he did not re-lax his vigilance. Occasionally afriend brought him news of the deathof one of bis crook enemies. Hoheard such news with a heartfeltsigh of relief. His neighborhood be-gan to change and new faces movedIn. These new neighbors who didnot know his history thought him anodd fellow and wondered why hestuck so much to the. bouse, for hewas still a recluse.

The police long ago censed to takean Interest In him. They had satis-

- fled themselves be wasn't doing any-thing-wrong. The last they heard ofbim he bad. moved to another partof the city, where he is still pursuingthe life of a recluse and not takingchances of becoming a target

"Like other partnerships," sold adetective, "criminal alliances are fre-quently dissolved. Indeed, crookedfriendships do not last very long, andwhen crooks fall out there is prettysure to be fireworks.- —:

(Causes of Quarrels.

"I do not believe Sherlock Holmeshimself could divine what is behindthese crook quarrels. One mightconjure up any number of causes:an unfair division of the spoils; steal-Ing one another's girls; squealing tothe cops; gambling with double-deal-

'' Ing and double-crossing; failure topay' old debts; violation, of crookethics, and a hundred other reasons.

"Whatever the real cause Is, thecrook who believes be has. beenwronged Is never satisfied until hehas had his revenge. And If his re-venge ends In bloodshed and murder,as surely as the world moves, thefriends of the slain gangster willavenge his death, for the crook 'be-lieves Implicitly In the old Mosaiclaw of an eye for an eye, a tooth fora tooth and a life for a life.

"When one potential murderer killsanother no great sympathy should befelt. It Is better for society to havethese dogs kill one another and thuseliminate themselves from the com-munity than to have them slay Incold blood Innocent citizens. Theonly trouble with these crook killingsis that there are always other crooksto step into the dead man's shoes.

"As soon eg a crook leanm be ismarked for death be engages the services of a bodyguard, and the latterbecomes his constant companion. Thebodyguard is his armor-bearer. Thecrook fears to carry a weapon, notknowing when he may encounter thepolice and be searched.' The body-guard usually walks a safe distancebehind him, yet close enough to beavuilnble should danger arise.

"The crook who has been markedfor death sometimes perfers to leavetown and put as many miles betweenhim and his enemies as his Docket-book will permit"

He May B« RightNew Turk.—The peculiar behavior

of nebulae, whirling about in space,1

CS.000.000 light years away from theearth, and seeming to move fartheraway at the rate of 250,000 miles asecond, Is beginning to convince soastronomers • lhat • Einstein was right,that space Is eurvebY and that theuniverse to "closed.'' ~; _ -•''

whoto their wtna give a tot of

trooble to their beaeadarles, bet alsogive a lot of money to lawyers, accord-Ing to legal d i t tos here. •

The dlscnssloa on eecentrle wltisarose over a clause in a will creatinga trust which wss to continue anttl 20years after the death of the last ear-

of die lineal descendants ofQueen Victoria living at the time ofthe testator's death. The wUI recentlywas the subject of litigation in thehigh court here,

Among other recent peculiar willswas that of the Yorkshire gardenerwho bequeathed one shilling and acracker bowl to his wife.

Another awn left his wife five shil-lings, approximately SL28, to boy arope with which to hang herself. Heleft ,hls son O (about $20) "withwhich to go to the devil."

The type of will which has for Itsobject the discomfiture of the testa-tor's relations. Is often proved in Eng-land, but In other countries such lega-cies are illegal.

A testator In Toronto a few yearsago put a number of Methodist min-isters Into an extraordinary dilemma.Staunch prohibitionists, they wererather embarrassed by a large brew-ery concern which was left them. Thesame man also left to three Importantopponents of racing in Canada sharesIn the Ontario Jockey club, the lega-tees being requested to draw the divi-dends and exercise the other privilegesof membership.

There Is a record of a testator writ-Ing his will on a door, another on apetticoat

A British sailor treated bis wife*somewhat shabbily when be requestedbis executors to pay her one shillingto buy hatel nuts, "as she has alwayspreferred cracking nuts to mending,my socks."

Perhaps the worst of this kind ofprovision was that of a London publi-can who, in revenge, stipulated thatbis wife, to get the property, mustwalk barefooted to the market on eachanniversary of his death and read aconfession that If her tongue had beenshorter her husband's life would havebeen longer. This she refused to doand received only an alternative be-quest of $100.

Chinese Women FormBands to Fight Bandits

Hsuobow, China.—Tired of havingtheir homes pillaged and burned andtheir daughters carried off by banditgangs, several hundred women ofnorthern Klnangsu districts £ave de-clared war on bandits,

Two foreign missionaries who ar-rived here recently report that the in-dignant women and one of the small-er bandit gangs clashed near KoLab.Da village and that the banditswere routed, fifteen of their numberbeing killed, seven captured, and sev-eral wounded.; Nine of the women at-tackers were either killed or wounded.

As a result of the reign of banditryand lawlessness In the northern dis-tricts of the province, troops undertwo generals have been ordered tosuppress the bandits. The womenbandit fighters are reported to havedeclared that they have no faltb Inthe soldiers, declaring that bolt ofthem are at heart bandits themselvesand that they, the women, will op-erate against the bandits Independent-ly of the soldiers.

Rheumatism ForecastsStorms, Doctors Admit

Chicago.—Three physicians ofRochester, Minn., lend credence to theage-old belief that rheumatism Is abarometer capable of forecastingweather several hours in advance. •

Drs. E. B. Rentschler, Frances Van-zant and L, O. Bowntree told theCentral Society for Clinical Researchthat they had observed a correlationbetween pain in rheumatism and thepresence 01 a storm in 90 per cent oftheir cases over a period of years.They also said they found that sun-shine affects rheumatic pains and thata surprising accuracy of weather pre-diction was recorded..

Dr. C. A. Mills,, of Cincinnati, re-ported that patients suffering fromadrenal malfunctioning also were af-fected by weather.

Moon Is Often Late inTrips Through Skies

London. — Astronomers needthe help of horologlsts to checkthe gains and losses in timemade by the moon. Luna is notalways up to the second on hercourse, according to Sir FrankDyson of the British Horolog-Icnl institute.

The moon was 30 secondsslow on astronomical time In1630. Sir Frank said, but madeup the half minute by 1720. By J1775 it was nearly 80 second*ahead, and then started to lose

] again, and was back to the time! ! of the rotating earth by 1805.

From 1876 to 1807 the moon lost15 seconds, but regained 11 sec-onds between 1807 and 1018.

"We should like half a dozenclocks In the best observatories."

> Sir Frank said, "which could betrusted to keep time to one sec-ond a year."

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will voejr ex imaHHssv'wieHHoover among the nations to thesooth of the United States.

• resume of thetributtons Sootii Americato civilisation and thegraphical features of that continentare contained to a communication tothe National Geographic society byDr. John Oliver La Gores, tta vicepresident .

" u Peru originated the potato, theworld's greatest single crop; Chilecontributes the guano fertiliser whichreJuvenateJ the soil of many lands;the pampas of Argentina bestow meatsand wool open millions outride herborders; BrasU helped make possiblethe automobile by teaching the useof rubber—to mention only a few ofthe Important economic services ofthe continent" Doctor La Gorcewrites.

They Buy Our Products."The United States and Booth

American countries have always mani-fested their friendship by their trade,to a recent year Argentina boughtthree-eighths of her Imports from ourcountry; Brazil spent to the UnitedStates approximately one-half of herexpenditures for Imports, and Chilegave the United States practically thesame proportion of her foreign pur-chases. Colombia was an equally goodcustomer to proportion to her totalimportations, while Pern gave theUnited States nearly two-thirds of hertotal foreign orders. More than two-thirds of Venezuela's foreign businesswas done with American houses and,to Ecuador, the proportion was 45per cent

In our turn we bought more thanhalf of the exports of Chile, Colombia,Peru, and Venezuela, nearly half ofthose.of Brazil, and nearly a thirdof those of Argentina.

"To the geographer these figurestell far more than a profitable businessrelationship, they betoken a mutualdependency based on mutual needs.It to a happy geographic fact that onrtwo continents, thrown Into closeproximity, need each other and, to somany. ways, complement each other.

"The physical geography of South.America to fascinating. It to distin-guished by the absence of clearly de-fined watersheds between Its greatriver basins. '

"Nature has been prodigal of herblessings to South America—blessingswhich, in some instances, are Just be-ing revealed. .

."A rich asset of our eastern sea-board of North America has been Itsrugged, Indented coast line, which af-fords sheltering harbors from Maine toFlorida. South America's coast1 line; is'more regular; but she has what now toproving an even greater boon, navi-gable rivers enormous length—na-ture-made canals which offer readytransportation to regions of some ofher rlcnest products.

Vast Untapped Resources."The map reveals the wonder tale

of South America's future—her futureof commercial Importance, because sheholds so much wealth to natural re-sources which the world needs.

"There are delineated the vut>t ex-tent of the rubber forests of theAmazon basin; the regions whenceArgentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colom-bia, and Venezuela draw their valuableexports,of cattle, hides, mutton, andwool; the nitrate lands of Chile andPeru; the rich coffee, sugar, andcacao plantations of Brazil, theGulanas, Venezuela, and Colombia,and the stiver, copper, gold, Iron, andtin deposits of various countries.

"The Andes are the Alps of SouthAmerlca-^-only on a tremendouslylarge scale. Everything In SouthAmerica seems scaled large, especiallyIn contrast to classic Old world stand-ards.

"The continent has twice the areaof Europe, yet Its people number onlyabout two-thirds the combined popula-tions of France and Italy. Peoplehave plenty of elbowroom In a conti-nent of natural wonders, rich re-sources, and progressive governments.

"So towering and so extensive arethe Andes mountains \that If all thehighlands were plowed down and allthe lowlands were filled up, the conti-nent would be a plateau 1312 feetabove sea level, and 820 feet of thiswould be represented by the materialwhich constitutes the Andes."

Old Pirate IslandBecomes Leper Refuge

Canton.—One of the world's majorleper colonies, on Tal-Kam island, offthe southeast coast of China, Is pre-paring to move Into new quarters.

The Tal-Kam colony was started In1001 by Dr. John Lake ahd his wifeof Edgefleld, S. C. Wu Ting-Fang,famous former minister to Washing-ton, *)ecame Interested In DoctorLake's work and bought the Islandfrom a .fishing company and gave It tothe missionary-

Tal-Kam Is a beautiful, well-wooded,mountainous spot nearly seven milessquare. For centuries It was a refugeol pirates.

.Asks Divorce at Seveaty-Oae .Pittsburgh, Pa.—Henry W. Lehman,

seventy-one years old, la seeking adivorce. He avers that the bride he'met at a matrimonial bureau twenty-nine years ago deserted him five yeanUtter.

freaks,« • at the

end of the U88 eamtval trail.With the wtodnp of

fHlr season, the bantover for the trailing trooperslife from spring to Bear winter Is

•ton of tents, trains andweekly tjnmpa.- ,

Sprinkled over Dizto am winterquarters of the showmen. One of thelargest carnivals of the .coontry win-ters on the grounds of the state fairhere. Another organisation ness theLouisiana state fair ground at Shreve-porfc The Georgia stats fair groundsat Savannah is also a favored •win-tering spot One carnival widelyknown In the United States and Can-ada winters at Orlando, Fla.

Whiter, however, to not of neces-sity an Idle period. Wagons, tracks'and railway equipment need repair-ing. The hfrld side-ebow fronts re-quire painting and retouching. Mewcostumes are devised. New "rides"are conceived and built or purchasedfrom manufacturers and put In run-ning order.

The owners and agents go forth onbooking tours and attend district andstate fair conventions. Many of thecarnival retinae visit their old homesIn other sections of the country, someeven going to Europe.

The southward begin to not con-fined to carnivals alone. One of thecountry's major circuses winters atSarasota, Via. Another to utilizingthe fair grounds at Macon, Ga* forIts winter home.

Old Baltimore library,Unsupported* Closes

Baltimore.—The New Mercantile .li-brary of Baltimore, a literary land-mark to which Dickens,' Thackerayand many other noted authors havebeen attracted during Its ninety yearsof existence, closed its doors Decem-ber 1 because of lack of sufficientfunds for maintenance. °

The library' contains about 60,000volumes, the sale of which has al-ready started. Among the books aremany old volumes printed late in theEighteenth century but which have nogreat monetary value.

The original library came into ex-istence in 1889. Its first quarters werea few reading rooms In the downtownsection. A committee, of which JohnsHopkins was a member, later movedthe library to larger quarters,

Throughout its existence the libraryhas been beset with financial vicissi-tudes, but various subscriptions bybusiness men .have made possible Itscontinuance. '

In its early years the library wasconducted by leading figures in theliterary development of Baltimore, andduring Its 50 years many famous per-sons were attracted here by i t

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way to theyports or scientists.

Hunter's Trip a Success;He Gets Off With Neck

Marquette, Mich.—David J. Sheff-man, Detroit, doesn't claim to be thegreatest deer hunter in Michigan, buthe does contend he to the state's mosthard-luck nlmrod.

Officers of Mackinaw City tookSheffman in custody on suspicion ofbeing the man who robbed a bank atPlnconnlng In lower Michigan. Afterconsiderable trouble he proved analibi and was allowed to proceed Inbis quest for a buck. Then he wentto Berglund to hunt, but didn't baveany success. "Dave" thought thewoods near Munising would be Justthe place to fill bis license. But hardluck followed him there for he gotlost Finally be got to town and mo-tored to Marquette.

Suddenly his car skidded and wentInto a ditch. His only injuries were• hard bump on his bead. He fig-ured he had « Httle luck in that dealin escaping alive. When he got outof the ditch he looked around andsaw his automobile burning up,

Men Make Their Livingby Catching Scorpions

Constantinople.—In the town ofMardlne, Asia Minor, scorpions are sonumerous and dangerous that the mu-nicipality pays a bounty for each onecaptured; For the first eight monthsof this year 16,909 were turned In bymen who make their living huntingscorpions. Last year the total was17,545. Mardlne Is ah old town, sur-rounded by ancient fortifications. Ev-ery night the hunters, bearing lan-terns, prowl around the base of thewall where scorpions and a fewsnakes are starting their climb to getinto..the city. The sight to a pictur-esque one, but tourists who bave beenattracted to the town hall In themorning to see the scorpion hunterscollect their bounties are usually will-ing to admit that they are gratefulthat they do not live in' Mardlne.

World War MapsDestroyed in Fire

Washington.—Maps of theWorld war depicting the move-ment of troops have been de-stroyed to a fire, The mapswere to be used to Instructing

.students and to be referred toto event of another war.' Theywere considered valuable by theWar department

for the recolatfoo of ex-ploring expeditions that employ Nor-wegton vessels or engage Norwegiansubjects to Norwegian ports. Thiswill toctode practically all expeditionsto Spitsbergen, since Norwegian sub-jects are nearly always Included insneh andertakings, even If Norwegianships are not chartered.

Norway has made steady progressto the drafting of regulations for thedevelopment and exploration of thecountless Islands constituting Spits-bergen, her polar possession. Nor-way took* her place among the polarpowers when she was granted controlof these Islands by the supreme coun-cil to 1020, becoming operative to1925. - • -

Enacted Qame Laws.Following the usual custom to the

advent of sovereignty to uninhabitedor but sparsely settled Arctic lands,Norway's first act was the promulga-tion of game tows to restrict the an-nual ravages of the winter fur trap-pers. Spitsbergen, or the archipelagoof Svalbord, embraces all the Islandsbetween latitude 74 and 81, north,from longitude 10 to 85, east

Under the provisions of the newregulations for exploration, the plansand equipment of all expeditions fromNorway will be Inspected by a com-,mlttee from* the Norges Svalbord ogIsnavs-under-sokelser, a governmentdepartment created for the purpose.The Inspection wlll>app)y particularlyto expeditions which may winter tothe polar regions. A government shipsurveyor and a member with personalexperience to Arctic wintering are in-cluded In the committee,.

Save Rescue CostIt to believed that the system of

inspecting expeditions before tbey en-ter the Arctic wastes will save the im-mense cost of rescue and relief whichhas been necessary to aid inexperi-enced explorers. This expense hasbeen borne either by the state orSpitsbergen coal mining companies.The money spent on relief expeditionsto recent years would bave. financedseveral property conducted scientificparties. Norwegian officials make itdear tbat there to no desire to dis-courage legitimate enterprise or Inter-fere with expeditions to the hands ofexperienced men, .

Further help is offered explorerswho will consult the Spitsbergen de-partment before completing theirplans, to that they may find out whathas already been done, or what con-temporary expeditions are doing. Thisshould prevent overlapping id scien-tific Investigations. Literature andmaps will be supplied free,' the onlyrequest being tbat the explorers inturn give the government a report oftheir work and copies of any subse-quent publlcatldns.

Canvas Painted as JokePraised as Work of Art

Malmoe, Sweden.—A still life pic-Jure painted as a Joke by a Malmoemusic publisher, E. Anderson, whoexecuted the crude "piece of art" withhis thumbs. Inspired the praise ofconnoisseurs at a recent amateur ex-hibition here. Numerous flatteringarticles appeared to the local pressuntil the, Jester revealed his Identity.

The hanging committee, canvassingMalmoe for paintings by amateurs,appealed to Anderson, who bad stud-led art in bis youth, to submit a pic-ture. All. he had to offer was a can-vas of some roses, which he had madein tun for his wife as a consolationfor not bringing home a bouquet offlowers she bad asked for.

The canvas was accepted as a pieceof modernism and Immediately be-came the center of Interest at theshow. One critic spoke highly of thetechnique to which the painting wasexecuted, another praised Its richcharm. Some collectors offered tobuy It

Files Reckless Driving. Charge Against Flyer

Bridgeport Conn:—Charges of"reckless driving" have been filed withthe state aviation commission againstHarry Wilson, pilot of the MllfordAirways by Henry Whltei chW pilotof the Sikorsky Aeroplane company,as a result of a near-collision at theBridgeport airport

White was landing a nine-passengeramphibian plane when Wilson startedfrom the runway, according to thecomplaint and as a result the pilotof the big plane was forced to endan-ger both his plane and the passengersaboard by handling of the ship toavoid crashing Into Wilson's smallerplane.

Ancient Mede Invasionof Morocco* Indie

Fes, Morocco.—Archeologlcal, dis-coveries said to indicate an'ancientInvasion of north Africa by the Medeshave been made by Captain Odlpotof the French army.

They were made near a road twen-ty-five miles from Fes, to several cav-erns, each abort 800 feet long. Thefinds lndudef examples of " —writing; two stone hatchets and wappeared to be vestiges of tombs.

1900 A. DCas many as BOjOOOyOOS or

wortd. This to the conclusion of Dr.H. J. gptaden ef Harvard snlmsity,reported to the Gjoa-rapateaft Review.

Doctor flpfndmVs estimates of the.people to prehistoric America take-Into 4irqi'»t the M*yapMoond.Bollders, Peebles- si

as scattered over theworld. . At prietnt the Indian popu-lation of North and South, America,amounts to lafiOOflW. About SOOyOOOof these are to North America north-of Mexico.

Epidemic disease brought by the-whit* man has been the chief factorto cutting down the Indians.

Europeans unloaded open Ameri-can Indians a tremendous harden e tnew infections for which the latterhad not the slightest Immunity." hestates. "Perhaps smallpox comes firstas an Introduced plague and measles*second, this latter malady being dead-ly for the red man. But to the trop-ics the debilitation and mortality re-sulting from the Introduction of ma-laria to three types and hookworm*to two are heavy factors. There-have been great epidemics of severalother diseases, Including Asiatic chol-era. In recent years trachoma has-been a burden among many tribes.High mortality among the aborigine*has generally followed the opening;up of new territories by the white-man."

There were few serious diseaseforms to America when the Indian*lived here undisturbed. Doctor Spin-den explains this as partly due to the-thin scattering stream of Immigra-tion from Siberia Into Alaska, as con-trasted with the thicker settlemepuof the Old world, and partly dne to-the. fact that' the early. Americans-brought very few animals under do-mestication to. become new sources'of infection.

Army Is Poorly Clad,General Reports to U» S.

„ Washington.—Enlisted men to the-army are compelled to purchase uni-forms with their own funds In orderto look "presentable" when they ap-pear In public. Gen. Robert Allen,chief of Infantry, Informed Secretaryof War Davis In his annual reportmade public recently.

Allen said that only one made-to-measure uniform, was given each en-listed man during n three-year period,aud that investigation bad shown tbi*Insufficient.

"Having only one presentable uni-form furnished him. to three years,"Allen said, "compels the soldier eitherto buy a tailor-made uniform out ofbis slender pay or else, part of thetime, to wear while on pass, or else-where on public view, the "Issue" uni-form, the quality, fit and general* ap-pearance of which are too well knownto require further condemnation."

The soldier's clothing and quarters,Allen said, had much to do with the-state of mind and state of discipline-In the various organizations.

Old Soldier Leaves All,$1,200, to Cause of Erin

Los Angeles.—Just before the died,a year ago, John Connelly, an In-mate of the Soldiers' home at Saw-telle, Calif* told his friends thatsome day he was going to "do a lotfor the cause of Ireland."

By a decree of Probate Judge Des-V

mond a local bank was Instructed toturn over Donnelly's 11,200-estate toEamon de Valera, the Irish patriot

Donnelly's will bequeathed bis en-tire estate to De Valera, and set forth-that the money was to be used "forIrish freedom."

Railroad "Mm* Baby*Welden, Bavaria.—A baby carriage

with a crying Infant occupant was-found on the station platform here.Officials, unable to find the baby's*mother, were nonplussed, but eventu-ally she sent a message from Neustadtthat she bad •forgotten" the child.The baby was sent on the next train.

In Leisure HoursHe Can Use a Gun

Washington.—The-Gilbert andSullivan policeman whose lifewas not an easy one enjoyed asoft snap as compared witb an-other uniformed personage—theUnited States army band trapdrummer. A recent official sur-vey of the American' soldier'saccouterment shows tbat be-sides the usual soldier's equip-ment of uniforms, weapons,'mess kit canteen, haversack,and shelter tent trap drummersare charged with and must beexpert to the use -of the snaredrum, triangle, triangle beatermuffler and strainer, drum•ling, drum stand, cow bawl,cow bell,, jtielgb . bell.' woodblock, -Castanet cockoot Chi-nese cymbals, Imitation rail-road, •adjustable rattle, slap-sticks, tambourine, Chinese tom-tom, canary whistle, locomotivewhistle, steamboat whistle andsteam exhaust whistle, ,"* ,

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8 EVKBY. child knows.Santa Clans makes bisrounds on Christmas eve Ina sleigh drawn by "eighttiny reindeer and theirnames are "Dasher,""Dancer,1* "Prancer." "Vix-en," "Comet" "Cupid,":"Donder" and "Blltara."

Tbe eight-reindeer team, however,waa not always Krtos Kringle's uto-•tJve power. Time was when be madeills visits mounted on a snowy whitetoorse. That was when be waa knowna s Slnterklass, the pet name of thelittle Dutch children for their friend.Bishop S t Nicholas, who, they b»sieved, brought them gifts on StNicholas eve, December 5.

When Sloterklass came to New Am-ssterdam and became Americanised,tils name was changed to Santa Clansand be began using a little wagondrawn by a fat pony, for his visits•on New Tear's eve instead of De-cember S. Then In 1822 ClementOark- Moore wrote the famous poem-which be called "A Visit From 8 tNicholas," • but which later becamefamous as T h e Night Before Christ-mas." In this poem Santa's equipagewas the "miniature sleigh and eighttiny reindeer" and tbe sleigh andreindeer It has been ever since.'

Just as Santa Clans Is an "Immi-grant" and s "naturalised American,"ao are the steeds which he drives.No doubt It will be s surprise tomany Americans to learn just howmany of these "Immigrants" tliereare In America now aa well as toknow that tbe reindeer is not only apart of the symbolism of Christmasbut tn one part of this continent he Isan Important economic factor. Dp InAlaska there are more than 700.000of these animals grasing on the fros-«n tundra of the North and theirrapid Increase, despite the fact thatmore than 210.000 have been .slaugh-tered for food since they were firstIntroduced here. Is America's protec-tion against a meat famine caused bythe rapid diminishing of our beefnerds. All of which la due to an ex-periment which our far-seeing UncleSam embarked upon some thlrty-aev-an years ago. The story of that ex-

. pertinent and the part which a Wis-consin professor had' In It Is told bya writer In the Milwaukee Journala s follows:

Reindeer are caribou, domesticatedthrough many.' centuries. The averageweight of a full-grown animal la 1(0

. oounds. but by crossing with tbe largr«r woods caribou, It to hoped to de-

' -velop an animal of NO pounds. Throughthe centuries of domestication Ita fleshSUM- lost the game flavor until no.v Itta said to resemble a erase between

*^e%n4male..are more docUa th-n.«attle. A man is aafe In a milling, herd,although be may appear to a wateherto be In Imminent danger of beingtrampled under the feet or Impaledontbe borne of the deer. Thla docility,together with knowledge of their hah-

i ;

Santa Glaus a BishopThe name of Santa Clans Is merely

•tarring the Dutch San Nicholas,which is. of course. Saint Nicholas.American children, are probably theonly ones la tbe-worid who nay It Justthat way. .

Nicholas was an actual person. Hewas Bishop of Myra. In Lyda, AsiaMinor. In,Urn first part, of tbe Worthcentury of/the Christian era;: He wa»the youngest^blshop la the history'ol

Ita, makes them the easiest to handleof all'domestic animals. Tbe roundupla almpllllad by tha fact that the mos-quitoes In aummar drive the deer tothe aea eoaef. where they are protect-ed by ocean brecsee, Harding to madeaaay by their attachment to thalr eras-ing ground. A reindeer turned looaemany days' Journey from the paatureof Its own herd will find It* way aura-ly and quickly home.

Ralndaar were Introduced to Alaaka tolt>l. In that year sixteen wete broughtfrom Siberia at the Inatlgatlon of Dr.Sheldon tackson. Whan Doctor Jack-son waa sent to Alaska by the go*-,erument to eatabllab achooto among the

i h fund his wards threat-natives, he found his wards threataned with starvation as a result of tbeslaughter by white men of the gameanimals on which the natives had de-pended for *ood. Be conceived the Ideaof replacing the fast disappearinggame with reindeer, the prlnelpal do-,mastic animal of Upland and Siberia,the climate and vegetation of whichresembled that of Alaaka. • .

Returning to the states and unableto Interest congress In tHe venture.Doctor Jackson sought contribution;from tbe public. He obtained 11148with which tbfrflrat animate were pro-cured In Siberia. At the same time Si-berian herdsmen were brought over tocare for them.

In 1891 110 more reindeer were Im-ported Congress then became mildlyInterested and email appropriation*made possible Importations through thenaxt tenyeera until. In 1001. when theRussian government out an embargoon further exportatlona from Siberia,1.SS0 animate had been taken IntoAlaaka. . M '

Tha Siberian herdsmen proved In-competent as teachers for the Eski-mos, and tor a time the venture waethreatened with failure. It waa thanthat Doctor Jackson went for adviceto Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson of Mad-ison. Wle.. who. while mlnlater to Den-mark, had visited the reindeer herds ofLapland. "Doctor Jackson's early Inter-eat In the animate had been arousedby a report on the Industry there madeby the professor.

In pursuance of Profeasor Ander-son's advice, Lapp herders were en-gaged »o reptaoe the Siberians as In-structors to -the BSMmoa. Bach waslent 100 animate from the governmentherd for a period of yeara, at the endof which an equal number of reindeerwere required to be returned to thegovernment The Lapps were permit-tad to retain the Increase, '

The Hsklmoa-were apprenticed to theLapps tor a period of four yeara. Atthe end of the llrat year each wae glv-in alx reindeer, at the end of the eec-ond! eight at the end of the third«ar. ten., and ten more at the end efbte fourth year of training. With nor.mal increases, each man's herd wouldbValmoet 100 head by the time he hadcompleted hla, apprenticeship. He waawell iotppediW start In. bushuss to*7lma.lt' Today, more the.• two-thlrda

results of the enterprise. Within leanthan a generation the reindeer Indus-try baa advanced the natives of Alaskathrough one entire etage of civilisa-tion—from tha primitive to the psstor-aL from nomadic hunters to civilisedmen. Independent, responsible, assuredof support for themselves and an op-portunity to acquire wealth. They havabank accounts, purchase Americanulotblna and food, have adopted Im-proved methods of sanitation and. Insome Instances, have built framehouses from Imported lumber.

Between III! an* MM more than1,871.000 pounds of reindeer meat w*aahlpped t i the United Statee tram Alaa-Ita. Two hundred thousand ipounda

^ a S e c W K . training on * •Bsklmos la one of the moot Important

M . M WW •eiaM«aa«*ai »MWM——w »-— —waa ahlpped In lot*, while by if 16. theexport hid Increased to 080.000 pounds.The export for JM7 waa expected al-most to double that of 1016. the amountdepending on shipping facilities. Rein-deer meat sells In Nome for 1* to SOeanta a pound. It can be delivered atSeattle for 16 eanta a pound, and., withIncreased shipments and Improvedmethods of handling, even thle pricecan ba reduced.

While «he only reindeer on thla con-tinent now are. In Alaska, and the ter-ritory'e production Is restricted bynaaturage «o four million head, tharaare milllone of acres tn Canada whereten timea aa many can be fed. andvast atratcbea In northern Europe andAsia where reindeer have been minedfor centuries, but never on an exten-sive, scale, where ten times as manycan be grased aa In Canada. In allthan. 444,000,000 reindeer could be aup-ported ov Alaaka, Canada and Eurasia,assuring a substantial contribution tothe world'a aupply of food and a uti-lisation of what otherwise would bewaate tend

The reindeer roundup rlvaja aa ascene of picturesque activity the oldcattle roundups of the western states.Reindeer, like cattle, mill about a com-mon center, but unlike cattle, a herdwill mill In one direction only Thlahabit slmplines the work of tke brand-era and tally keepers. Chutes are con-structed at intervals about the corral,their moutha formed by short: winsfancee or "hornsT projecting Inside thecorral at an angle opposed to the dlree-tlon of tiie herd'a motion.

Anlast these, "horns" the edge oftheberd, kept In motion by EskimoherdarVia nlicedoB and. one at a time,the animate are driven down the nar-row chute. If tbe animal, la branded.Sni of the men at the chute will callout the brand. If unbranded. the ani-mal will be eelsed aa It emerges fromthe chute and either a branding Ironapplied to its hip or a mark snippedIn one of Us ears.

Reindeer are prolific. At the normalrate of increase, herds double everySree years. Even under tbe presentplan of killing off the surplus males,amounting to about 10 per cent of the

' herd, each year, tbe animate are almostdoubling' In aumbera every five years.V Within fifteen'or twenty years, at thenresent rate of growth, the herda willhave reached the limits of the territoryto feed and It will then be necessaryfurther to Increase tbe alaugfater of theanimate.

Tata, In the _la based on "beauty of

sssteriel and on perfection of de-sign." and Is s quite duresent Idealfrom that of tbe "elaborate Isgsnrs"of old. That as we vie* style today.says a fashion writer la tbe NewYork Times, was* overelaboratlon,while tbe test of sp-to-date smsrtaessla —*f">ttt, refinement and finelybalanced scheme la form, and color.

That sophisticated simplicity ofwhich much Is beard Is evident intbe styles for tbe younger set Thewinter mode as a whole la both so-phisticated and extremely elegant Tobegin with, tbe gowns are made verylong at tbe back, In keeping with tbe'renaissance of tbe train. This lengthIs emphasised In some models withdrapery at tbe side, which Is consid-erably fuller than last season. Thisstyln leads in some models to eccentrie arrangement, with a definitetrain coming out at an angle, some-times at one side of the gown. Thislatest fancy, however, Is regarded asrather freakish by the beet housesand has had little response amongfashionable Americans.

A point that la emphasized In allof the latest styles, most of alt Inevening dress, Is the flat hlpllne. 'ingowns of rich material—brocade, me-tallic cloth, moire and the printedvelvets—the goods. Is seamed, to fitplain about tbe hips. When soft orlighter fabrics are used, some cleverways of achieving tbe flat effect are>shown. This, In some important cos-tumes Just come from Paris. Is don*with vertical tucka that mold thegown to the figure and help to createfullness In panels and trains.

Use Canary VelvetCue of the most striking evening

gowns seen this season comes fromWorth, who uses deep canary velvetdraping It Egyptian fashion. In frontThe velvet is made Intonbhg panels,which are fitted with vertical tuckaover the hips and form a train at theback. Tbe skirt Is short in frontbut touches a point several Inches be-low that of last year's styles; and aswith all of tbe evening gowns of un-even hemline, slashed skirt and longdrapery, an underskirt Is worn. ThinIs made of taffeta, nlnon. chiffon andlace and ta taken to be a part of thecostume. .. *

A beautiful gown of pale green vel-vet, of the lustrous noncrushableweave Is made after a model fromHagdelelne des Hayes in princessstyle, the velvet being tucked In di-agonal lines to fit snugly over the hipsand very full at the sides and back,ending In a wide, short train. -Infront the skirt to cut with one sideoverlapping the other, giving an un-usually abbreviated effect In tbe mid-dle, front, where It opens over a daintyunderskirt This to made of palegreen chiffon and Ivory lace lightlybeaded with tiny rhlnestories. Thissparkling touch repeats the trlmmta?

. of pale gray satin to two dr-enlar tiers fitting without a wrinkleover the Ups and Joined to aa ab-aotately plain bodice, which is sleeve-loss and square, with steeldor straps.• small piping marks the natoralwaistline. Tbe skirt has tke longback and to lifted la front to shewtke linings of silver tissue.

Worth* manner of marking thehigher waistline to shown with a aar-

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Unadorned Chiffon Frock la Favoredfor Dine and Dance Wear.

Formal Kvenlna Modes of 8ti« Fsb-rkn Achieve Extreme Bouffency,

on the decollete bodice, which Is cutIn. a- deep V. back and front Tbeedge ta outlined with a single rowof rnlnestones and has at one aide ofthe waistline a large motif of the

the church, rrom the day of bis birthNichols* revealed bis piety and grace.Be refused on fast days to take thenatural nourishment of a child.

But Nicholas was not a barefoot re-cluse vowed to poverty. His fatherwas * wealthy merchant and hisrirbes. Inherited by tte-maglc wandwhich- fairy godfathers wield, enabledMm to be a dispenser o f the goodtilings of life as earthly "representativeof tiie Supreme Giver otGlftt, '

The bankers and brokers wished togive sanctity sod dignity to their busi.

ness and also adopted the generousNicbolss ss their heavenly protector.Be was, In tact, the most popularsaint In the calender., The feist of 8slnt Nicholas was

originally celebrated on December &But when church people In the lateMiddle ages tried to suppress, lor onereason or another, tbe. festivities which,grew up around the Boy .Saint's day.tber children refused to give bin opand gradually his festival was asslm-

'listed with • Chrtstmsa day.-JohnMacy In the Bookman. ; ' ^

Other slips and underskirts shownwith gowns of handsome fabric sug-gest the return of frills and fnrbe-lows with their many little ruffles.plaiting*, entre-deux and edgings oflace and ribbon bows. A skirt «tylealways chic to one In which sheerlace-edged material is used either ac-cordlon-plalted or slde-plulted.

Waistline Creeping Up.that the waistline In gowns, par

ticularly Id evening gowns, to creep-int ep to i t s natural position Is II-tuatrated In 'ate models from, some

row ribbon of blue, black or metaldrawn through a amall stress buckle,making a single note quite apart-from tbe entire costume. Polret andPatnu are both making some of theirhandsomest evening gowns with a de-fined waistline at the normal point

As a characteristic of the season'smode some of the handsomest cos-tumes for evening emphasise the feel-ing for everything that to durable.Tbe silks, satins and velvets that thebest modistes put into their, formalgowns and wraps are of the qualitythnt was once recommended as Doingable to "stand alone." The samestandard of durability to held for tbeafternoon and evening gowns of per-manent moire.. noncrushable velvetcrepe, maracaln, orchid tissue Inde-structible voile, and even of a newtulle that may be handled In manyways and can withstand wear, tearand weather.

Many New Ideas. .Our passion for fancy dress at

large balls and private dances abroadbaa brought out Innumerable newIdeas In evening dress, some of whichhave caught on Instantly. One ofthese Is a robe de style, as we nowcall It of nattier blue moire; madewith, enormously wide skirts attachedto a quaint plain decollete bodice,which has a scarf of tulle drapedfrom the shoulder on one side to tboopposite hip. where It Is tied In alarge bow with streamers. Tbe topof tbe waist and the short, ruffledsleeve with which one armbole tofinished—tbe other being sleeveless—are trimmed with a band of crystaland pearl passementerie. Another lagreen satin and silver has a lone;slightly fitted bodice and to trimmedwith rows of narrow frills of yellowvalenclennes lace, a particularly dain-ty and picturesque finish. ,

Bringing the evening mode up totbe minute, Luclen Leiong makes anemotionally stylish gown of perma-nent moire In a soft shade of rose,the-skirt of which to cut In threegraduated tiers. In the top tier tbematerial to gathered into a duster ofloops at one side, where the softlyending bodice Joins It and fits plainover the hips, except at the back,where It lengthens to form a ripplingpanel that almost' touches the floor.The lustrous qaullty and wateredpattern of tbe moire require no trim-mug; T°e edges are finished witha piping of the same goods.

Louiseboolanger Is presenting someof the most dashing' costumes forevening shown in any of the late col-lections. She to using th« handsom-est fabrics, velvet a stiffly woventaffeta, Jacquard moire and a mob*woven with metal thread. Her styleof dip now lengthens Into a train,and her bustle and pannier appear Inseveral new arrangements. One ofthe very latest to made of this moirede luxe In which the, pattern Is tracedwith a silver thread on sea-green.Tbe bodice Is supple and tightly fit-

'ting; and tbe skirt, which to cut Intwo tiers In front to drawn' towardthe back to be gathered in two verytarge rosettes, falling then hi astraight gathered panel to form atrain. This model ta crisp and for-mal and to some extent '

of yean,of att

_ to me." be said, -that styaffaire are slipping Into a

n t rm afraid aiy wife to gettingbored. There doot seem to be aa*of the romance toft that we had hioar early married Ufa. I wish I knewwhat to the matter."

"I can make a guess," said bis con-fidant "Do yon still pay your wifethose little attentions that yon needto pay bur when you were courtingherr

-Well." confessed Jones. "1 cant saythat I do."

1 thought as much.-* said tb* wiseeounseler. T h e trouble with you Isthat you're like that other marriedman who said under similar-condi-tions that when vou'd run to catch acar you didn't need to run any moreafter you have caught It Now. thisto my advice to yon: Turn over a newleaf. Start this very day. Begin pay-ing your wife a Uttle attention. Pussover her Just as you used to do whenyou were first engaged. Try to be asweetheart to her Instead of Just ahusband."

"By gum, maybe you're right" saidJones. "V\\ do that very thing."

That evening, when he bunt In tbefront door, bis arms laden with par-cels, he planted a warm kiss upon thecheek of the astonished Mrs. Jones andIn tones of a wetl-worked-up enthusi-asm he cried out:

"Dearie, this to going to be a Mgnight for ual Here's a ten-pound boxof candy for you and here's s dozenAmerican beauty roses. Now I wantyou to slip into your best frock. I'vegot a table reserved at the IUts-Carl-ton for dinner and Tve ordered twoseats for the opera. Why—what's thematterr he added, seeing that hertips trembled. •

"Well, to begin with." she said,•the cook quit today. Tour Aunt Claraarrived unexpectedly for a visit andthere's no telling how long shell stay,both the children were sent fromschool, sick with bad colds, and now—" she bunt Into tears "—and now,to cap the climax, you come homedrank I"

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NOT so very long ago tbe militaryattache of one of these flywheel

republics In Central America, wherethey are always having revolutions,came up to New York from the lega-tion at Washington on Important of-ficial business. Calling upon a mili-tary tailor on Fifth avenue he ex-plained his mission. There had beena change of administrations In biscountry—the first one. tt would seem.In nearly nine months—and the newgovernment bad decided to alter theuniforms of ail branches of the na-tional defense.

It was the visitor's purpose to givethe contracts. He bad brought withhim special designs, band-colored Inthe chosen effects. There ensued abusy time In the tailor shop. It would*seem that the fancy of tbe CentralAmericans ran to startling contrastsIn color and to much use of braid,buttons, rosettes, festoons and plum-age.

Undress and full-dress had been se-lected for the navy, for the officersand men of the infantry, and tor tbeartillery. Next the attache produced]a drawing for a costume more gor-geous than any be already bad shown.There was s cocked hat, rather resem-bling the kind worn by the KntghteTemplar In this country excepting thatIt was bright red In color with saadornment of vivid green parrot feath-ers floating out behind. There was adouble-breasted blue coat heavily em-bossed with gold lace on tbe cuffs,sleeves, breast collar and skirts.There were baggy, crimson riding-breeches- also, belaced down tbaseams. There was a pair of shinyblack, patent-leather riding boots withan adornment of silver spun and. forfinal touches, massive bullion epau-lets and white crossbelta finished on?with bright buckles.

"Ah." said the daisied tailor, "howvery striking I I presume this uniformto to be worn by your cavalryr

"Oh, no." said the attache. T h i s hiCor our secret service."

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This to the season of the return ofthe caribou to Alaskan feedinggrounds. These animals travel In ahuge circle below the arctics, visit-Ing their feeding grounds once s year.Seven million animals are In theherd.

UakU to Work That Way"He who makes life harder for oth-

ers." said HI Ho, the sage of China-town, "must not be surprised to find)that he has crested conditions whichmake life harder for himself—Wash-ington Star.

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""FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1928

OM think of aIt was the

raL In thejr feaatlajt it recalled ourThankssiTing Day.

The CblneM lSth ot the 8th monthla called "noons TWu"—Middle Au-tumn. On that day they have theat-ricals before all the fods la the tem-ple end burn the <i8haung-teo"—license busheL Tola bushel-ltkemeasure Is made of Incense sticks.The largest "bushels" sometimes

ing on a cloudher beautiful fame. Bat novhearts have become wicked, sad theworld is full of sin. so the taflMMIs not so pure as formerly aad *does not rise so high as to reach thegoddess in her palace and so* notenjoying its fragrance, she comes nomore on the clouds; but people stillotter Incense and.hope she*will ap-

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THE VANISHING HOLLY

Holly trees ouce grew on Manhatlun Uiand; ground pine scram-bled throuKh the woods, and Christ-mas IVrus drooped over the rockyledges. This month holly trees all

measure as much aa 20 feet in diom-i P*ar sometime.eter. In the middle of the "bushel"' They say that in theis a long, large stick of incense made | goddess has a most beautiful castle.up of thousands of thin incense i It is called the "Yulh-Koong"—Moonsticks the sl«e of vermicelli. On the Palace. Only one human has everafternoon and night of this day each • seen its glories. Once, during thefamily also burns an incense bushel Dong Dynast»a Chinese king; called

SjlYO rlOw JBDSJUUMBI* — —better understanding- of the natoraladrantacet ot the regie* fat wUeht _they make their homes. TBaeh wv, -derstandins shoald be a powerful afactor in keeping here the roomsmen and ydunc women who mightotherwise seek their fortunes in dis-tant portions of the land. '

The adoption of the plan meansthat in the next three years morethan half a million dollars, 1600,000to be exact, will be devoted to thisuii.1. rtakisg: While it will Includeoxpt-nditure for direct advertising,

m w u y a i v u uu<4io •»« U I V » U B « wua«*«a *-»«-•« —-*• •••—-«• r — — — Hint will D© only on© &moD£ too &C"at borne. These are smaller than Ming Won*, by the magic of a holy t | v i t U , s which will be included to theth<- ones burned In the temple. On i monk, was euabled to mount up und,. r tai img< And this, work supple-this day they who can so afford "eat * from the earth to the Moon Castle m o n U that which Is already carriedmoon-cakes and all kinds of nice j I o hear the music and see its. beauty. b o t n e r agenda Of publicity.

in the abandonment,New England, is U»

ply New York's Christmas wants; n t h o m e p u t candles on their birth-;man was there. She was wry an- ̂ e c o m p o I l e n t p a r U ot N e w

small boys have gone into the woods — • * "- '- ' - - ' — « « — " " H " - -in Jersey, Pennsylvania and NewEngland and stripped whole carpetsof ground pine to be woven intowreaths for New York. And if NewYork and the other cities go on de- j m ' . u "the'-streets.standing the holly tree may become . ..,._., ,..„ „,.,

Its very own. ItwasoBly* ,paper them, it to true, aad art a.»atylarge one at thai. .le«ajL.a«9s» wa»

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H reached this eonatry. Wat the* «* w » « n i i * f « r f l »things were true of most other neva-paper of « • day and generation, andWaterbury n very proad of "ourAmerican." « R had the field all tokself for a good many years. Itgrew and flourished under "FatherCooke" and his? associate*, expand-ing In sise and Interest.*

It la worthy ef note, in passing,that /'a portion,of the ground occu- TRY A CLASSIFIED ADV.

e* with tt» _but stfll preserres aadtradition of Its fomnders.lean has an honosahle past, and islooking forward to aa «aaaHy fcoa-orable future.—Waterbury Ameri-can

the way dot a the coast to the Caro- t n j n g s > The Incense bushel is dec- He was allowed to stand outside for. J t ( J ( | eglln:is have been hunted out, and their j o r a t e d w l t h flaRS a n d many-colored! only a few minutes. By that t i m e o f ( ! i e l rbrlgiueet branches torn down to sup- a raKon.gatt>s something as children! the goddess knew that the king of a Bniv VPIV Vnrit'a Christmas wants: _> v»_« ....< u n i i . i «•. iimir hirth. mnn was there. She was very an- .

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n , h o m e p u t candles on their birth-;man was there. y ^ ( | j e c o m p o I l e n t p a r t 8 ot N e w

tiny cakos; but the children in China igry at the monk for leading the king; E n } ? ] n n d m a y b e expected to contake the Hags and dragon-Rate dec-1 to her holy land. SOOD from tne, ^ ^ I n d iv W uai work In the promotiny cakos; but the children in China igry at the monktake the Hags and dragon-Rate dec-1 to her holy land.orations from the bushel before It .Castle ameis burnt, and have great delight In!sounds.

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came most unpleasant jThe monk understood that

n d m a y b e xpected toI n d iv W uai work In the promo-

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is burnt, and have great delight In!sounds. The monk understood that JnU,r(>8tf) o f . rfaon w h | c h f w e r e

playing with these, marching up and' it was the queen's giving « « B ; | l a j l n g i e8 la '« ,woi i l i i l i e tbe tonr tbdown the street!.. iher wrath and he quickly led the - „,:,„. o f ^onuiaUonT-

as rare five hundred miles from NewYork as it already is within fiftymiles' and the ground pine become8B scarce as arbutus.

The plants or Manhattan, at IeasUwere doomed by the invasion ofbrick and stone and mortar. Lawsto preserve wild flowers or treeshelp only in so far as they tend todevelop a public opinion against de-spoilment of the roadside; they can-not be enforced. The rising priceof Christmas greens may help tosave the holly, and tho increasing in-genuity ' of the makers of artificial

. greens will aid still more. Thereare those who preach the preserva-tion of one winter's greens until thenext year, and others who point outthat holly can be grown In pots fromseed; but the Americans are not apntlent people and few of us would

• remember to water our holly potsthrough fifty-two weks of the year.A slow sense of denuded woods maygrow up. and lavish use of Christmasgreens conrn to soem aa_nialaproposas the lavish use of birds' wings onwomen's hats. When the sight ofa room overstrewn with holly sug-gests the empty woods, the hollywill bo saff—hardly sr^ner — Ex-change.

Thet of popuIaUoHTenthusiasm with which theI asked the Chinese why they burn | klnK b a c k ••* •>ni>t • , IU! wiuiuuuu «••.•* ......... »»

the Incense bushel and eat the moon- You can thus sec.now IUH or , . | m v p n t l o n a t Por tiand adopted thecake, and worship the moon with superstitioni the Chinese are ana, ..,,,,., p l a n , 8 a t r l b u t e to the successcandies, incense and food on this how « g £ " Z ^ J ™ ' & . h l C , - * . attended the New Bng-•—. They answered that there are! r p a , R | n R | n H I g D P a u t y a n d , , v e

ny reasons for It and-many stor- f , n H l s gioriOus palace ondayinanyten are told'about It, One of thereasons is because there is a lady-god in the moon. Her name IsZaung-noo. She is said to be ex-ceedingly beautiful. Prom the be-ginning of time to the end therenever was nor will be one as beauti-ful as she. She was once-upop atime a woman of this world; but be-came displeased with her husban Iand all the world and fled to th?moon. On this 15th the real storyof why she fled is acted but in tholong • theatrical plays attended bythrongs of people. In ancient timeson the 15th of the 8th month whenthey burned the Incense bushel thethey burned tsweet fragrance would go high up

forever in His glorious palace onHigh. It's a Joy to teach Chinesechildren of Jesus and His salvationwhile young.

A Merry Christmas and a BlessedNew Year to you and loved ones.

Yours in Christ's glad service,-H. G.C. HAIXOCK.

TO "SELL" NEW ENGLAND

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"pled/ by The ,American-Republicanplant formerly., belonged to JosephB. Hurlburt,-ewof The American'soriginal owners. The changes thathave "come about, not only In thecity, but in the country at large, aswell as in the process of newspaper-maklng, would fill, a good sised book,were they even listed. Grand streethas changed'from a pleasant, wellshaded residential street, joh whichwas located the ancient cemetery ofthe town, to one mostly devoted'tobusiness, with the handsome build-ings of the Bronson library, theChase offices and the post office lo-cated upon it.

The "old American building,1

which, a third of a century ago, was

its organization.. The proposalinvolved adding $200,000 annually toi lie existing budget of $100,000. this;imnwl expenditure of $300,000 tocontinue for three years. In otherwonts, the business Interests of NewKntiland were asked to appropriatenearly a million to enable the Coun-cil to carry on.the work it has beendoing and.the new work contemplat-ed. The "reauest .was granted with-out hesitation. What better test!-

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Adopted by the representatives otlmonlal could this young organizationall six States, the New England i want than this?—Boston Transcript |Sales Plan presented" by the NewiEngland Council to the New EnglandConference marks a long step for-ward In intelligent publicity for the

THE AMERICAN 18 84 YEAR8 OLD

Today, Dec. 14. 1928. The Water-recreational and industrial resources bury American completes an honor-

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J. L. DOYLE AND J. M. EMERSON

By fhe* death of James h. Doyle,editor :and piibliBhpr of The NewBritain Itecord, and James M. Emer-son, proprietor of The Ansonia Sen-tinel, Connecticut journalism hasbe#n deprived within four days oftwo vetpran craftsmen whose liveswere dedicated to the highest stan-dards of their profession. Mr. Doyleand Mr. Kmerson began their ca-reers when newspaper making wasstill, for the greater part, a personalenterprise. To_ the end of theirlives, each of the two newspaperswith which their names have beenintimately associated for more yearsthan, many of us can remember hasretained a distinctive stamp of theirrespective personalities.

Mr. Emerson and Mr. Doyle fol-lowed difTerPnt paths to many of theends of newspaper making, but theywere alike in this, that in the be-ginning they both conceived thepublication of news as a publictrust; and as long as they were en-gaged In the newspaper enterprisethey continuously adhered to thatconception of it. The New BritainRecord and The Ansonia Sentinelhave been clean, conservative, typo-graphically handsome newspap»rs.Both havt- been well edited, withthoughtful, discriminating emphasi3upon the truly important, not themerely sensational, n»".vs of tlv day

Reflecting Mr. Doyle's pr^ro^sp"-sions, The Record has been sMlwart-ly Republican in its general oullool'upon I lie public issues of its era, >••(e\er responsive to civic intere^:s inwhich no partisan bias has b«en pos-sible The Sent'nel, under M.\ rui-

n's direction, has been sl.ari h

_ at times, of the proc«°" ii'sof the Republican state organization,although as strongly Republican asThe Record in its general prefer-ences

Hoth newspapers have exercised awide and beneficent influence intUeir respective communities, andtheir proprietors have been lookedupon with sincere respect and affec-tion by all the newspaper executivesin Connecticut as men learned intheir profession and creditably rep-resentative of it. May their sonB. towhom the sincere sympathy of Con-necticut newspaperdom is extendedin this hour of their bereavement,carry on with the same fine devo-tion to high ideals and pulblc spiritwhich the stat'e has come to lookupon as characteristic of their eld-ers.—Waterhury American, Dee. 17

CHINE8E LETTER

Dear Editor,Here comes another letter from

the "bottom side of the world." Itmay be of Interest to the readersof your most excellent paper.

We have recently had one ofChina's chief holidays. For morethan a week I noticed signs of Itscoming. Great stacks of "moon-cakes" In brightly colored packetswere shown In many stores Beau-tiful lanterns were seen along the

' streets. Everything was In .such gay

Are you looking for "something different" togive her this year? Something wcrth while andlasting — something useful — and somethingshe will appreciate every day of the year?, '

, Do Ybu Realize——how often your wife is called to tho telephone whenshe's upstairs making the beds, cleaning up, or doing otherthings? Every time this happens she's got to go down*stairs—if there isn't an extension telephone upstairs—andafterwards, she probably has to go right up again.

Or, just as sho's mcldng some fancy dessert for yourdinner, the telephone rings—and ft's probably 'way off inthe living room. Perhaps she can't leave the dessert rightaway, and when she does get to the telephone, the friendwha called her has hung up* Of course, if she has an e&» (

tension in the kitchen; she can telephone and walch^hercooking at the same time.

This is the IdeaIf she hasn't one already, what better Christmas presenf

could you give her than an extension'telephone in theupstairs hall, or in the kitchen? Ah unusual present?Probably; But what could be more usefall.

Here's ttie PlanBlace'your order for an «&•

tension at the telephone com-pany's business office. You'llreceive a special holiday greet*ing card to present to your wifeon Christmas. It bears the an-nouncement that, with yourgood wishes, go the installationof an extension telephone andits service to her for next year.The extension will be installedduring the holiday week.

Jt costs leas than $10for the entire yearl

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Nola* of West Haven ware Sundayvisitors at the home of Miss Fowlertbrother. Chart* Jtowto.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Clapp andMisses Eleanor and Marjorie Clapp

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Dr. and Mra. M. J. Adama and^Dr.and Mra. Ralph Nichols and' daugh-

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The Chrtatmat of l i n tChurch Sunday school will taka plaoaMonday evening at T o'clock. Allare requested to meet at thia tiu*and enjoy the Christmas Carols,which (weather permitting) win besung at the Christmas tree on thechurch lawn. .

Miss Katharine Stair, after spend-ing the summer with. Mr. and Mrs.O. 8. FItssimons, has gone to Los

l f the winterter, Miss Helen Judson of Kew Ha-ven were Sunday Visitors of Mrs.C. B. Judaon. ' •

jlmmie Cannon's ba.br stop willbe open on Christmas, ev?. _

Morris Clark has a n3w De Soto

will spend Christmas with Mrs.]George B. Tilge, Mrs. Clapp's motherin PhuadMpbla. Mrs. CUpp and the

tgirls will remain tor the vaostloaperiod.

Sterling Parker attended the fu-neral of Postmaster Green in Goshenon Sunday afternoon. ' j Herbert Fowler came from Storrs

Miriam Minor, two year old daugh. o n "Wednesday for a two weeks' va-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Boger Minor, Is «"«>n-ill with pneumonia with a trained Miss M. L. Breeding will returnnurse in attendance. , the last of the week from a visit in

town

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Angeles for the winter.The . invitations to the

Dance, December 28, in <all. V

I'o r&- -t hrj fceba .one jii.tre to irak a U a meat enjoy*t bio, affair, fcr liie older X3 well a.ihe younger jieopl«>, the latter of

v.hom arc homo fo- the Christmasvucp.tlon.

William Morgan frew tfce plan!for the

Itthey

Mden. and at present than -are-auny more demands for tata partje-later beautiful accessory than tfceboys can possibly fUl befare Christ-mas. In tact, the studio waswamped with/work very earl* in itscareer.

Many boys were anxious to takeadvantage of the opportunities tolearn and earn, to discover their po-tentialities and to prepare the way.for future livelihoods. So T i e Art-]

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Mr. and Mrs. Kuthmeyer and chil-M t; M«»o. N. Y.dren, Margaret and Francis of Ja-: Mrs. LesAe Cable, who-has beenmaica, 1*̂ 1., have been visiting with HI for the past few days, is beingMr. and Mrs. Louis WenseL i cared for at the home ot her moth-

Brothers from the Scovill Manu-,er- Mrs. John Crofut of Oxford,factoring company, Waterbury. visit-1 The Service and Dramatic, clubed King Solomon's lodge last Friday m e t o n Monday evening at the homeevening and conferred the Master.ot M l 8 B A"0* Warner hi the Minor-Mason Degree. The annual meeting t o w n district. Following the meet-of Ktng Solomon's lodge was held »g-there was a pleasant social time,last evening and the Installation of Miss Margaret Perro Is assistingthe officers elected will take place c s c l e r k a t t n e Woodbury postofflceon Wednesday night, January 2. (during the Christmas rush season.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Benedict of Bos-1 J^J^^JS^^'SS^ton will spend Christmas at the B e n - ; j j £ & 1 ™ 3 s ' t the »'* B

\ On Christmas Day all places ofbusiness will bo closed with the ex

ot the

craft Studio Club was formed, con-jIdling of the three members of the

" IOWM r -mft Studio and Barton Smith,i week. '•' J f | | l S Stevens, Petter Klffelbrack <by the ! a n d Francis Bell, all of New Britain. j

Merely as a side Issue, to earn'~» <; capital the studio has soldr,;i r«« than 100 boxes ot salt water'a'-'y, though they had the misfor-U'.jf to get their second order justtoo lain for Thanksgiving. And nowthen- Is another department—of

Friday evening.The boys' basketball team of the

Woodbury high schoo\wlU play theLltchneld lilgh school team in thattown on Friday evening.

Four more to be delivered beforeChristmas.

In accordance with the usual pro-:edur<\ Junior Achievement' Clubs j

ry roaa. business will bo closed with the exMrs. Julia L. Starr is spending the c e p t l o n o f ,hepo8tofflces which will

holidays with'her son.'Dr. G. Fal^ reCelve and dispatch the morningchild Starr, of Pleasantville, N. J.. m a l l o n i y T h e rural carriers willWhere Miss Millie Starr Is also a n a v e t n e holiday: 'vtaitor. j Frank L.-Field and family are oc-

George H. Crofut, Miss Mary E. cupylnp the second story - ' **"•Phalen and Miss Annie Phalen ot Methodist parsonage.

" ~ ~ • •« - - * * • - _ TillI'naien ami nuns n u u n i u.i^u _ . M»WW..».». ,Roxbury were recent guests of.Mrs. We hear that the Fire Board mem-Lucy Crofut. hers are about ready with their or-

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Smith and ganizatfon papers for the Woodburytwo children of Waterbury wore Sun- Fire,department,day visitors at the home of Mrs. Mrs. Austin Isham was re-electedSmith's aunt, Mrs. Caroline Hoff-. president of the Ladies' Aid societymann. ' ' at the anr.ual meeting held on last

GeorKn Lyons \yaa in Bridgeport WHnesday afternoon at her home,on Monday attending the funeral of Mrr. Charles Karrmann Is vlce-prbsi-his father. Arnold Galpin alHo at- <t<*nt of HIP organlzallon and Mrs.tended the funeral and was one of A...W. Mitchell secretary and treaa-the pallbeUreis. -..urer.', The "board of dlrectresBeB la

Mrs. A. D. Warner, who is with her composed of Mrs. C. C.

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT 8TORY

Have you'heard of the AircraftStudio Incorporated? Perhaps not,for it was organized only October 1,and consists of only three persons.But to the two school boys and theirleader, the Artcraft Studio is veryimportant Indeed. More than that,it has come to mean to many personain New Britain something very defjlnite in the matter of JuniorAchievement.

A hand-tooled leather handbag?—kodak pictures finished?—a hookedrug designed and executed to har-monize with one's furnishings?—Certainly. And If there is any otherform of artcraft that may well comewithin the 'scope of six ambitiousand hardworking boys, the studio

will DP formed with these special!•projects as soon as the members of'the organization reel that they haveattained proficiency. Boys in thepresent Artcraft Studio Club will beeligible, for membership in the otherclubs, as the meetings will be ar-ranged so as not to conflict.

Junior Achlvement is meaning tothis croup of boys what it Is stand-ing for to so many, all • over thecountry—the possibility of findingthemselves, of spending their sparetlmo in a profitable manner, and ofdiscovering before too late Just whattypes of business they should under-take, and what types of positionsthey should nil in their chosen fields.

a good many of tfeese vlsstan. Tbsjfigures of eamp aseof tbs smrks a nnot seeounted for in that wty- Tb»record- and entire ovdenee may begiven to Us accuracy—shows that18.102 campers used the parks In theseason. Hammonassett nark, which}\»m the best facilities, naturally **itthe major part ot these—12.393. Therest were distributed: .Lake Wara-uauK, 1,597; Wharton Brook, T4»;Hard Park, 700; Kent Falls, 601;Macedonia Brook, 162.

The people who use these parks,do not all .come from Connecticut.;Perhaps not halt of them do. The; |are tourists, pleasure seekers; vaca-.tlonlsts, lovers, of the open from thisand many other states. They findla these parks a satisfactory, sat;,Inexpensive refuge and abiding placefrom which they can go out and s<emany of the beauties, learn many ttthe advantages of the state. Ourparks do not cost us much—not asmuch as they ought to do, probably.But whatever they cost is an invest-ment abundantly" worth' while.—An-

Sentinel.

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mailed toa* follows: "Do you favortlon by the United States of t MParis Multilateral Peace Faot(known as tike KeUogg-Brtaa*'Treaty) as a step towards the pre-vention of warT"

The ballots retnmed up to No-vember 21, show 1,817 of the mem-bers io bn in favor, and only 45 op*,posed to the ratification of the PaeVThe returns from each State, whichthe League also publishes, would)?seem to indicate that public opiniosiregarding the Treaty is much tb«'..same In all parts of the country.From twenty-flve states the verdictin favor ot its ratification was unani-mous.

The purpose of the National Eco-nomic League, it is stated, is. to aidin giving expression to the informedand disinterested opinion of thocountry on questions of paramountimportance. The five thousand mem-bers of its Council are directlynominated and elected from each .State solely with this aim In view.

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The state department of parkswill be glad to oblige. For there aredoes not tell us just what system Itsix members of the club now.

This is how it happened. Last

Qriswold,

nephew, F. F. Sherman of West Mrs. G. B. Cowles. Mrs. GeorgeHartford, was in town for a short Brown, Mrs. Lottie Karrmann, Mrs.time on Monday.me on Monday. F. H. Leavenworth, Mrs. N. L. Mer-

GeorRe N. Proctor visited relatives rla«n and Mrs. C. M. Clark. The soci-ety voted to continue its custom of

summer Willie jWcsterman, RodneyWairath and an older friend, Doug-las F. Roe, all of New Britain, de-cided tliut they would organize aJunior Achievement Club, which,eventually should become a business!ten months of 192S the tolal of vlsit-tMiterprise which should serve as ajors ni all statp parks whero recordsvocntion for those boys when they .art' kept was about 757,000.finished school. On such needs and • • ' - J "—

has lor counting the number of per-sons who 'visit.- the state parksthrough the aeason, but the conti-dpneo with which.ILprescntsjtheJlB.urcs suggests that it has accunitejmoans of knowing. It impresses us;with the Information that in the first |

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reau which will be held In January North Congregational church for the% "hat" meeting. Miss Moss • yetrr. The work of the coining yearto get felt hats, seconds, w a 8 l e f t In the hands of the direct-

a Danbury hat concern at a resses. The 16 members- present atvery reasonable price and by the the meeting'were served cake anduse of an electric block the shapes coffee by the hostess. The next meet-

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Mlss Jessie Wells has been ill thisweek with an attack of bronchitis.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Huntington

desires is the' theory of JuniorAchievement founded.

Plan were outlined and submittedto Frank W. Barber ot Mlddletown,state director for Connecticut. Thegroup were urged to go ahead. Oc-tober 1, the Artcraft Studio wasformally organized, with Willie Wcs-terman as president, Rodney Wai-rath as secretary, and Mr. Roe astreasurer. • Phoography, especially

As previously noted, [Iamraonns-sett Beach led the list wtih morethan hair the number, or -UOiOOO. Hiis not A ributn to the discernment'of the public, but it is natural, that;Wharton Brook, which has many,features of popular appeal and is1

near some large population centersas well as on a main line of travel,! j|jcame next, with 170,000. Picturesque jKent Falls had 64,000. Hurd parkon the Connecticut river'below'Mid;

-w.. January 16.A Beries of lessons In dressmaking

Mr. and Mrs. K. M. nunuii«iuu- are soon to be offered by the LJtch-Wllson of Philadelphia arrived yeB- field County farm bureau to the wo-terday at Hopelands where they will men of Woodbury.spend the holidays. Mrs. Hunting-j Hoger Bryant attended the annualton-Wilson recently attended the Re- dinner for* deaf mutes given at St.publican Women of Pennsylvania's' John's parish house in Waterbury on"Victory Luncheon" at the Bellevue- Sunday.

. Stratford, Philadelphia, and heard,' Mrs. Albert Olson and sister, Mrs.the inimitable Will Rogers talk on, Mary Pulton; left on Monday te drivethe campaign and other matters. 'through to Miami, Fla. This is Mrs.

The.name of Axel Nelson.appears'Pullen's ninth- annual winter .visit toin the list of operators whose 11-[Florida. / ..censes to drive automobiles In Con-| Robert "Sullivan returned home

- ' - J foriWednesday from the Suffleld Pre-paratory tjchool. A

Mrs. Julia Buckingham, who hasbeen in New Milford for some time;

rbury hospital. , I has come to spend the winter withFrank W. Strong, principal of the .her niece, Mrs. Vesta fipauldlng.

' " '-—*— ' — " ~- '• • W.'W. Lundell, a Harvard student;supplied as preacher at the NorthCongregational church last Sundaymorning. -

William B. Burton left a week agofor his winter quarters in St Peters-burg, Fla. • '

Miss Elisabeth. Wassalc and MissIda Myers of Waterbury were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. James

nectlcut have been suspendedone year.

John L. Bennett, ill with doublepneumonia, is a patient at the Wa-terbury hospital

kodak finishing, was to be the work.|But photographic materials are ex-'pensive, and the equipment of a stu-dio something to undertake withcare, for it involved an outlay ofseveral thousands ot dollars. Andnot one of them had any money toinvest. What to do?. In the first puce, the group madea ruling that they would invest innothing except the absolute essen-tials until they had $100 in the bank,and that when they had once at-tained that sum they would keep italways on hand.' Any surpluB there-over might be used in specific ways:50% possibly tor buying equipment,

dletown was visited by -12.000; LakeWaramaup, a scenic spot well worthwhile, by 25,000. But It Is worth no-

Durham high school, arrives home onFriday to spend.the Christmas vaca-tlon withStrong.

hls mother, Mrs. N. M.

All of the college students are ar-riving at their respective homes In

•L,O..~. , two year olddaughter of Mr, and Mrs. EdgarSomerset, is recovering from her re-cent HlnesB. -"

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15% possibly divided as dividends,but 25% necessarily for the further-ing of the Junior. Achievement pro-gram. . ' ' ."• -' Autumn is not, so they discovered,the busiest time for their particular'branch of photography. They hadtime for something else, and decided'o concentrate, on leathercraft, as ameans : of earning the money theyneeded. And thereupon- they set out .to prove that careful and beautiful .handiwork of various kinds Is by no

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Mrs.xGrace Severson, who haa beenspending some time at the home ofMr. and Mrs. O. 8. Fitxslmons, hasgone to Indianapolis for the holidaysand will later leave for.Callfornia.

The members t>f 8 t Paul's cfhurchmet in the parish rooms on Mondaynight to make wreaths and garlandsfor uselta decorating the church.

Joan Hull, daughter of Mr. andMrs. John Hull of Manchester, .is illwith scarlet fever.

Mrs. Scott Kelley and daughterKathryn are spending the holidaysat Essex Junction; Vt

The dance to have been given byBlackburn's orchestra In the Wood-bury town -hall' IWday evening hasbeen postponed...John Harrison has'sold his. doublehouse, situated on HotchHsBvilleMain street, to Asro Howard, whowill live in the south part ,

Miss .Elisabeth Johnson has goneto Key West, Fla., to visit with hersister.. Mrs. Samuel Brown. v '

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Brownwill . spend - Christmas. with Mrs.Brown's mother, .Mrs. Base Butlerof Waterbury.

Miss Bmily OTNeill arrived horntoday from Maryland college, littth-eryille, Md., wtere she wiU spendthe holiday season.: \[ *_"

Mrs. !L. 6 . CobunFand Henry 8.Treat,' members, of the North Con-

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The members of the Bradley fam-llv will i>e entertained at the homeif Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Bradley•n Christmas Day.

Fred Plait of Hotchklssvuie Is re-covering from the effects of a shock.Mr. Platt was the solicitor tor theBed Cross in his district this year.

The work of installing the furnacett the Community Rouse was -eom-ileted on Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Barnesis to be the caretaker of this townbuilding, which will Include caringtor the furnace.

I Brico Concarnp, arrested forI drunkenness by Constable HobertReichenbach, was tried before JudgeO. S. Flsalmons on Monday-after-noon at 5 o'clock. He was foundguilty and given a ten days' jail sen-tence, which he is serving in Litch-fleld.. Atty. P; Bi O'Neill prosecutedfor the state:..

The shut-fn.boxes of S t Paul'schurch will be packed at the. homeof Miss Grace Betts on Saturday andcontributions' should be left accord-ingly .as to place and time.- 'Allen emtthi who entered the Mt.Hermon school last fall, arrivedborne this week tvt his first*tion.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark of Wa-

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Society. Wutalnston. D. O0 BUSINESS reaches out In-to so many remote places ofthe worid as does that of- thepharmacist a fact which it

will be remembered was demonstrat-ed graphically during the World war(when the commerce of tbe world wasdisrupted. .

Consider as a typical case, asafoe-,ttda gum. Much of It comes from[the dty of Herat in Afghanistan.(Numerous dtlsens of Herat makeItbelr living by going down yearly(midway between the mountains and•the Persian desert after the rains

. dothe the plains with verdure, there,with much back-bending, to Incise tbeFerula .root From the incisions(comes a milky gum, which, dried,Iforms the asafoetida of commerce,

Throughout history man has combedthe out-of-the-way places for bisdrugs. It was the trade in drugs andspices which made Venice from the(Thirteenth to the Sixteenth century|tho most Important commercially and•the richest city In Europe, and it wasthe loss of this commerce which[caused her rapid decadence and tbepassing of her riches and her glory.[ T h e story of Venice to so essential-ly romantic that to mention commerceIn connection with U seems out ofdrawing. Yet It was as merchantsthat the Venetians were famed. The

' traffic In spices and aromatic drugsbegan to assume vast proportions Inthe Middle ages, as the people ofEurope became educated to a hunger.for the spicy flavors of tbe Bast•From India and China and Persiacame not only silks and laces, butmore important spices and oils anddrugs, and Venice was quick to real-ise the importance of having thiscommerce pass through her port1 The knowledge of medicines usedby the Moors and Arabs, which wasbrought back by the Crusaders,helped to educate the people of manylands to the uses of balsams andspices of the oriental markets. Tbeembarkation point for Palestine wasVenice. The Venetian merchant ma-rine profited well by furnishing trans-port service, and during the FourthCrusade, finding the Crusaders unableto pay their passage money, the Ve-netians forthwith enllgted them . assoldiers In a war against their Chris-tian neighbors, the Dalmatians, andthe Infidels got off scot-free!

Columbus Waa After "8plcee."The monopoly of Venice was re-

sented, as Is inevitable; her prosper-'Ity was envied. This is why all theexplorers of that period sought ashort ocean route to India. Colum-bus, it will be remembered, sought the"spices of the Indies" rather than anew land. So from the hour when,on May 20, 1498, Vasco da Gama ful-filled the ambition of his Portuguesesovereign, biased a new trail In the'uncharted deep and sailed into Call-cut after rounding Cape of GoodHope, the commercial greatness of theItalian port was doomed.

When the news reached Venice thatPortuguese carracks laden with spiceshad come Into the liarbor at Lisbonwithout the necessity of touching atVenice "the whole dty was disturbedand astounded," says the ancientchronicler, Prlull, In his diary- They,hnd ample cause for worry, for they'faced the Inevitable.

How Venice warred on Portugal;of the later wars between Portuguese,Spanish, Dutch and English to assertsupremacy In the spice and drugtrade; of the long voyages, with ded-motion of the crews by pirates, bymutineers, and by the often fatal andalways horrible scourge of scurvy—these tales belong to tbe heroic ageof the seas, and have furnished In-spiration to many a poet and novellut

Well mny poets sing of Drake andHawkins, and Greenville, and Oxen-ham meeting, with their little 200-tonships, the urent galleys of Spain anddefeating thetnt But the prizes theycaptured were galleons laden withdoves, and ginger, and pepper, andfrankincense, and dragon's blood, andcinnamon, and when these cargoeswere found they asked not for dou-t)|nnng ' ..

Motley, In his "History of theUnited Netherlands." emphasizes thispoint veiy well. "The world badlived In former ages," he says, "very

the beginning of tbe Seventeenth cen-tury that odoriferous pistil had beenthe cause of so many pitched battlesand obstinate wars; of so much vitu-peration, negotiation, and intriguing,that the world's destiny seemed tohave become almost dependent -uponthe growth of a particular gilly'-flow-er. Out of its sweetness had grownsuch bitterness among: nations as nottorrents of blood could wash away.

Aleppo a Shipping Point

When Venice was distributingdrugs and spices to the West Aleppo,Syria, waa the most important con-centration point for the easterngoods, and it still helps to supply thedruggist's shelves. Gum tragacanth—used as a source of mucilage inmedicine and the arts—to one of theprincipal products sent from Alepputoday.

Concerning Aleppo there to someInteresting correspondence in the rec-ords of the old English Muscovy com-pany. Edwards, one of their factors,writing in 1866, said: "Therein aremany Venetians . . . who buygall, tallow, saffron, skins, cotton,wool . . . and also will serve usof all kinds of spices, we giving themsufficient warning to' fetch it in theIndies and will deliver it to us InShamaky.1*

And as there Is nothing new underthe sun, another factor tells aboutthe light Russian oil which now,when It to refined, we prise so highlyas a medicine: There to a greatriver," he wrote, "which falleth Intothe Caspian sea by a town calledBachu whereunto which to a strangething to behold. For there tosuetbout of the ground a large quantity ofoil, which oil they fetch from, the ut-termost bounds of all Persia, it serv-eth all the country to burn In theirhouses. This oil to black and to callednyfte. There to also by the saidtown of Bachu another kind of oilwhich to white and very precious; Itto supposed to be the same that ishere called petroleum." Today menare competing for that oil as in< btoday they fought for cloves I

Camphor, which Is Important notonly in medicine but hi .the arts andmanufactures, was an example of ef-ficient production and control of out-put After the Japanese-Chinese warJapan obtained control of tbe For-mosa -camphor Industry. Althoughthe Formosa forests are practicallyinexhaustible, forestry measures wereinstituted for replanting and care oftrees; 2,000 police were furnished toprotect workers and large refiningplants were built Workers were paida fixed sum. The distribution of tbeentire product was let by contractand the right of sale awarded anEnglish firm, the latter contracting toconduct the sale of camphor In NewYork, London, Hamburg and Hong-kong, and to accept from Japan adefinite amount of camphor each yearToday a growing part of the camphorused in the West is being made Inwestern laboratories.

Batavla's Days of Glory.Batavla, as ot old, Is still a great

export center for tbe spice and drugtrade, as It was when It was fortifiedas the capital of tbe "Spice Islands,"and was known as the "Queen of theEast" In those days, when every seavoyage was a perilous undertaking,it was only natural, that a warlikecommunity should assemble In sucha place. And so picturesque soldiersof fortune and adventurers from allparts of the worid gathered about Itscanals and in Its white walls, besidesDutch and Japanese, many Germans,Portuguese, French, Chinese andMoors; tot, of course, being a Dutchcity, It was Intersected by canals,and, being a rich, community, It wasfortified.

With Its picturesque and adventur-ous population, Its Quaint architectur-al scheme, and its gleaming snow-white ramparts outstanding like afinely chiseled cameo in tbe glare ofthe tropical sun against the turquoiseocean, It was a dream dty of the de-parted days of piracy and buccaneer-.Ing. A garrison of a thousand menwas there In the Seventeenth century,and an equal number to guard theDutch monopoly of the dnnamontrade In Ceylon. Today the old forti-fications have crumbled; tbe old

Ctosfc-Up of Gflmour Dobie

far away, from Cayaga'atalked to Cornell's coach and toeven saw him. An sisislaatJon of aDobto shows him to be a taB man. asilent nan; an old-time coach, knowing; nothe new forward passing game. He toOH," sad "pessimist.'' by one scribe. Another paints h i s as unfriendlyend noagregarioos; - . . . ' . .

Several writers, however, know Dobto and they present n picturewhich to substantiated by one who has talked to aim nuabertass tuna.who has seen every football game played by Cornell this year aad whohas watched the practice several times s week In the fading daylightand under the huge floodlights which bathe SchoeUkopf Held daringthe larger part of tbe few hoars which Cornell's football warriorsspare from their dass rooms and laboratory.

Gllmour Dobto has been football coach at Cornell since m o . Sincethat time he baa bad three teams which went through their seasonsundefeated. His teams up to the present sasaoa have wan forty-nine

«amea, lost twelve, and tied three. Against Pennsylvania the countto three won, four lost, sad one tied. Against Dartmouth the tallyreads four won and four tost Doble has brought a good share ofvictory to Cornell. Bis record before comingto Cornell shows an eleven year unbrokenstring of victories as coach of Minnesota,Washington aad the Navy.

Holding an LL. B. from Minnesota, Doble toa well-educated, well-Informed man, a good con-versationalist and white no elocutionist makesa splendid talk, AS a comMmlqnjra a buntingtrip, or as one of a foresomb on the golf links,there Is no finer company. A tall, spare manwho during practice keeps op n stream of com-ment Not given to praise, there was never apractice In which Doble did not leaven hiscritldima with a word of encouragement spreadhere and there for an exceptional piece of work.Swell-head has ruined more football playersthan broken collar bones and Dobte knows thepsychology of the star better than cost men. Qlimour Doele.

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the neat tan yean attoy declared. "We have the pea com-lag along who will keep ns 4t the top,when the stars of the praterhave faded."

-Bat <Jhertoy,» snarled *-how about tbe pttehugt Teathat Saints, Alexander andare well along In years andtent so young any more. What haveyou- got coming up In the way of is>placementsr

"As to the first part of the ones-Hon." answered Barrett, *I cant agreethat Alexander and Haloes are nearlythrough. A pitcher Is never throughuntil he loses his fast one. And •pitcher Ilk*. Alexander will be greatfor four or five years as a relief manafter be to through as a starter be*cause Pete has a wonderful bead on

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thecall It

BE BAM A CAB

Hornsby Given Lectureoh Horse Race Betting

On top of the Bornsby deal, a storycame from Chicago to the effect thatthe star second baseman was called tothe Windy City by Commissioner Lan-dls on October 2T and given a lectureon his alleged horse race betting ac-tivities. It to understood LandU calleda spade a spade with the Hajah andthat the latter gave a solemn promiseat the conclusion of the conference tolet the ponies run for Sweeney. Thename of the great batsman has beenlinked with betting on several occa-sions, but he always contended thismatter had nothing to do with base-ball and was his own private affair.Commissioner Landls does not believeIt well for n player's name to be asso-ciated with gambling In any form, beit tbe horses, dice or cards.

Nicknames of FootballPlayers Is Explained

'Any mystery as to how West Vir-ginia's two football players, "BigSleepy" and "Little Sleepy" Glenn,came by their nicknames can now beended. Both were In New York withthe team for the Fordham game.

It seems that "Big Sleepy" was thefirst of the brothers to come to col-lege and It was no bed of roses forhim. To earn his way through beworked nights as a railroad towerman,going to classes and playing footballdays.

When his kid brother came up toMorgantown, be of course, becameLittle Sleepy although now he to big-ger than Big Sleepy.

McTigue to Retire

Jbortflb/es

Michael McTigue, the Methuselahof the prize ring, announces that bewill retire from the ring within ayear. He has been fighting for sev-enteen years.

lived In fo gcomfortably without doves." But In

fic"city" proper Is no more.

Stagg Can Keep JobRest of His Life

As tar as University of Chi-cago alumni are concerned.Amos Alonzo Stagg can coachfootball at their alma mater aslong as be cares to.

"The Grand Old Man of BigTen" football waa the only oneto receive compliments from thealumni at their annual banquetas they arraigned the footballteam.for its failure to win asingle conference game this sea-;son. The school administrationreceived critldsm because of Itshigh scholastic standing, 86. and.the $300 tuition fee.

Tale has a rowing squad of 288 awn,a record turnout

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Tbe proposed new golf ball weighs1.55 ounces and to L68 Inches In di-ameter.

•'. * «When Oklahoma Aggies played West

Virginia this year It was their firstfootball meeting.

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Progress of peace—beating tbeswords Into plowshares; beating plow-shares Into niblicks.

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The Knights of Columbus Bowlingleague of New York to now In Itstwenty-seventh season.

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Connie Mack has denied rumorsthat be plans to trade Bube Walbergbefore tbe 1820 season begins.

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Lord Knebworth to a member of theOxford university boxing team. Helost a bout recently to a policeman.

• • •Sewanee and Texaa A. and M* who

have played football'annually for anumber of years, .won't meet In 1929.

The 8 t Louis Cards expect CareySelph, a rookie Infielder, to be a starof the highest magnitude next sum-mer.

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St Louis polo enthusiasts play anIndoor league with eight teams, gamesto be played at the Missouri stablesin that city.

Who can remember when the base-ball suit you got for selling the 24 bot-tles of household bluing: bad paddingat the knees?

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Miller Hugglns shot a nice 66 at St.Petersburg tbe other day. Babe Rotharises to Inquire what he made onthe next hole.

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Buffalo claims more public parkstennis players than any other city,with 400 entries for the parka cham-pionships this year.

• • •Isn't it pretty rough as It to, with-

out tipping up the ice, or whateverthey do when a hockey game is re-ferred to as an "ice TUtr*, . ' • • •

Richard Farrell, catcher with theColumbus dub of the American asso-ciation, was declared a free agent byBaseball Commissioner K, M. Lundis.

Two young London sdentUts claimto have a device which neutralisesgravity, a law which Is also periodi-cally overcome by our Mr. Buth with,a bat

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Chicago boasts a basket ball arenaseating 8,500. It Is said to be thefirst exclusive court for the playingof the winter sport ever designed InChicago.

• • •The baseball scribe takes his slang

where he finds It and probably on ac-count of the Graf Zeppelin's expert-eh'ce, a'torn ligament next* spring willbe "fin trouble."

Cart Hubbell of the Giants and EdMorris of the Bed Sox are consideredby baseball experts as the two bestyoung pitchers to break Into the ma-jors during 1928.

Now that waivers have been askedon Joe Bush, who to through as a ma-jor league pitcher, you hear that Bushmay try to become an outfielder. Heto a pretty good bitter.

In Lee Sexton, a nineteen-year-oldHercules «vho stands 6 feet 1 Inch Inheight Georgetown university believesIt has a coming all-round champion,a worthy successor to Bob La Gendre,Panaky and Norton.

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"And Halnes! Why be has Juststarted. His fast ball to better thanever and his kuockle ball makes hima great pitcher. Sherdd will go alongfor some timer • • •

"Then look what BIN Hallaban didIn a recent same between "Houstonand Birmingham. He shut the Baronsout with two hits, struck out elevenbatters and didnt walk one I The lastfeat to the significant one. BallahanIs such a great natural pitcher that hedoesnt even bethel to pitch to a bat-ter's weakness. All he baa to do to getthe ball over tbe plate with, his stuffon It Heretofore that to what Billhasnt' been able to do but apparently he to learning control. He will bea great pitcher for us, probably nextyear. ,

"So when the great ones of thepresent Cardinal outfit pass on we willhave men like Hallahan to slip Intothe vacant plicea and keep our pitch-ing staff at a high level.

"Then we have fine players for otherpositions 'down on the farms.' Whothey are and what they can do will beshown when It to necessary."

The fact that a great many ofthe players on the Cardinals and on(heir minor league dubs are with theSt Louis organization Is due to theability of Banett who to probably oneof tbe best known men' connected withbaseball.

"Does your son run a business?*"No, be makes a business of

nine a car." *

He.Staad*..The man who wad* a widow aaot

To bis surprise alasl too late.That ah^a the captain who iwmla

Him that Ufa onlv Mcond mate.

Klein Is a Wonder

"What 6V you suggest for apatgn lamer ,

"Relativity,1' answeredSorghum. '

"But so very few people under-stand lt"^

••True, But they are willing to ad-mit the fact and go on about theirbusiness."—Wsshlngton 8tar. •

Publicity. Unde Tobe was taking- the editorot the MunkvlUe Palladium to task.

"Too say I waa seen on. a crackerbox In front of tbe grocery everyday last week.*'

•Welir"la that a alamr-What's the trouble with you. Undo

Tobet That's society news.'

Charlie Klein, outfielder, came tothe Phillies from tbe Fort Waynednb of the Central league about themiddle of last season, and his battingand fielding In 64 games created muchcomment over the circuit He hitat tbe Impressive mark of JMO andcontributed 11. home runs and 18doubles during bis brief stay In thegame. Klein's rise to big league famewaa sensational. He was playing bisfirst season as a professional whensecured by the Phillies.

Too RoughLiner Passenger—What's the

tartSteward-ffhe captain to seasick.Passenger—Nonsense ISteward—Yes, one ot tbe flapper

passengers has been teaching bio theCharleston.

First C«n*v FintStvmitWlfa-ril meet you at the theater

at 8;1B,Hubby—All right, tbe midnight

show suits me. too.

THE LONGEST POSSIBLE

Otto Williams Is Signedas Coach of the Blues

Otto Williams, former coach withthe S t Louis ddb. of the Nationalleague and last year manager of the8 t Louis Browns'' Western associa-tion "farm" at Muskogee, Okla, hassigned as coach with the KansasCity Blues of tbe American associa-tion for 1929.

Ctto's release by the Browns maymean that Muskogee will be desertednext season by the S t Louis dub.The team lost heavily this year, run-ning behind from $18,000 to $20,000.

"What steps would yon take If yon>saw a ghost suddenly rise inpathr

MetUdRemits In eontrtM ro'rtuM quota*

For of •*• endeavor, tore and there.Tbe prime 4oana etnas' bar not**,

I write mine, with laborious ear*.

O N ALL OCCASIONSA BOXCB SHOULDKEEP HIS rerr ONTHt GRXHJND. .

Jenkins—Miss Baggs to much olderb a n I thought

Tonipkins—HoWs that?Jenkins—1 asked her If she bad

read Aesop's Fables, and she told meshe'd read them when they firstout

ftHe—Too know, dear, we have t a t

our new borne Just 12 months.She-Oradonsl And It

a year.

Thmt in Ite FtBlinks- The, buggy ride teens pret-

ty tame now when yon- look backoa It• Jinks—Tea; bat yon never had ablowout to Interrupt your courting lathose days;

•ai thm MmHe-Toe Blynks most be aw

rich, Judging by tbe dotbes tbey wear.She—Not necessarily. Some of the

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Hold Ostrich Plumesfor'Return to Favor

It feathers ever come back Into fa-TOT manj a poor man will make a for-tune. There are still many ostrichfeathers In storage at customs ware-houses In Britain. The plumes wereleft on their owners' hands when thefashion changed.

Borne of them would have been ex-tremely valuable 20 years ago. Nowthey can be used only In making cush-ions or dusters, while a- few of the•mailer feathers are sold each year todressmaker* for the costumes of de-butantes who are to be presented atcourt '

The fact that synthetic feathers arenow being made causes the value ofthe real ones to depreciate still more.Yet a number of dealers believe thatfeathers will come back soon, and aredetermined to keep the rarer plumestill they do.—London Answers.

Photograph* of MaraMuch valuable work has been done

with the great Lick refractor in plan-etary observations. At the last closeapproach of Mars 8% drawings of theplanet and about 1.600 photographswere obtained, many of these with theaid of specially dyed plates, says Na-ture Magazine. These are of . greatvalue In Interpreting the nature of thechanges that are continually takingplace on the surface of the planet

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LJOF THE FORCE Look Out Andy

"Do yon always think before yonspeak?"

"No. answered Senator Sorghum."By the time I have delivered an opin-ion two or three times I can turn ItInto the microphone automatically."

_ One Thlaf Needful"I suppose White Is what yon would

call a'bright young man,'*"Zes, but he could do with a little

polish."

That's tJ» Point. Magnate—Every shilling I have was

made honestly.Friend—By whom!

Ufe becomes almost automatic Ityou tap the source of strength, oflove, of happiness upon which lifedepends.—American Manslne.

Gold Put to VariousUses by East Indians

Moit people have a fondness forgold either as coin or as a preciousornament. The natives of India havesome other uses for gold which arequite extraordinary. In certain casesof illness they swallow It as medicineIn the form of thin leaf. A pious In-dian frequently shows his devotion byregildlng the domes of religious build-ings, an act of piety which may easilycost him upwards of $50.0(10. Goldsovereigns with a shield on the ob-verse side are much priced by the na-tives. A rajah who bad collected alarge number of such coins used them,to form a center to each pane In thewindows of his palace. Unlike othercountries, where the people's savingsare used to promote trade, those ofIndia are hoarded and burled.

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Garf ield TeaWas Your

Grandmother's RemedyFor every stomachand Intestinal l itThis good old-fash-ioned herb homeremedy for consti-pation, stomach Iliaand other derange-ments of the sys-

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Doable the Joy of Chriatmaa Olrln«.In purchaalng thU beautiful handiworkwhich reprcientii a long -tradition of na-tlVe art, you obtain a dlatlnctlve articleat moderate price and help thouianda ofwomen to help themselvni.

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HU FiddiM U.«.-aIEthan Dlx of McMlnnvlUe, Ore« wbo

makes violins from cow horns, gourdsor anything else, that will hold astring, believes that he has a uniquecollection of Addles.

One .fiddle Is carved from a gourd,another Is made from the horn of aTefcaa steer, and one In the form ofa dollar sign. One fiddle In the col*lection was run over during tbe Civilwar by an ammunition wagon. Aviolin ranker glued the pieces togeth-er, and Mr. Dlx regards ita music asunnsuaL — Spokane Spokesman-Re-view.

Aero Nifrfaim Corp.11 W. 42nd St.

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LUchneld's sky Use wiU present astrikingly different appearance witfc-In a short time when contemplatedchanges are completed on Fhelps'block which U located at the comerof West and South streets.

Early on the morning of Tuesday,September 11, fire broke oat In thethird story of this building and onlythe promptness of George Bailey,night patrolman, and the efficientservice of the local volunteer firecompany saved the edifice from com-plete destruction sa well as the pos-sible loss of much more valuableproperty in the center of the town'sbusiness section.

Considerable DamageThe fire did considerable damage

to the second and third stories'as-well as much damage to the lowerfloor from water. The drug storeoperated by Crutch and Marley andthe post j»ulce_on_the ground, floor,Joseph Mayer's barber shop and TheLltchfleld Enquirer on the secondfloor were obliged to suspend busi-ness for a short time while tempor-ary quarters were set up. The postoffice business was conducted in thecourt house.

Crutch and Marley's newspaperbusiness was carried on in the SmithBrothers store. "Johnny" Maher

•cared for his customers in Sepplestonsorial parlors. The LltchfleldEnquirer, the Watertowri News, andthe Woodbury Reporter, all nf whichwere printed at the Enuuiror office,are being printed at Canaan at an-other plant, in whu-h S. Carl Fischer,business manager of the Enquirer,holds a controlling interest. Pressesfor j ob work were set up in the base-ment of the Grannies block on Weststreet. . •

The Lltchfleld Enquirer lias-nowstarted a new building of its own at

"the rear of the.Southern New Eng-land Telephone company building onSouth street. Soon after the open-ing of the new year the building willbe ready for occupany. Thp part ofPhelps' block In the noil beast corneroccupied by Mayer's tonsorial parlorhas been repaired. The. post officeon the ground tloor has been put ingood condition and is being'used forthe government's postal business.Repairs have been made on the sec-tion of the ground floor use.d byCrutch - and Marley's drug store andthey are again doing business asusual.

.Other Fires RecalledThe destructive nature of the fire

in Phelps' block recalls the disas-trous fl res of 1886 and-1888 whichwiped out the business section of

mm

ooastroetMl In tbs> padc andwas carried on there until Uw build-ings eoold be-nhailt. Afer the sec-ond fire in 188S sw*pt through thebusiness section whleh had beenspared two yean before the build-ings were reconstructed of brick. Itwas this better cotutructlOB, as wellas more adequate are protection pro-vided by, the local fire companywhich prevented a similar appallingfire loss In 1928.

After completing necessary repairsto allow the businesses which werelocated in the block to continue Mr.

which to located I* the es i t tr «C thetown's business section. Wnfefeer ornot the result wfll be dsstnUe froman artistic point of view i»Hsc>todlyquestionable, for the bloefr will beadjoined on either side by three-story buildings.

Community Hall NeededTo the man on the street there

would seem to be some question ofthe wisdom of reducing a three-story building to one of two storieswhen the block is located on one ofthe most desirable business cornersin the town. There has been a seri-ous need for several yenrs for a large

les. The parts of the building whichwere occupied by The Lltchfleld En-quirer and by the grange were bad-ly gutted by fire. As The LltchfleldEnquirer has decided to put up abuilding of Its own there had beensome question as to what would be-come of this section of the secondanil third floors. Phelps' hall whichoccupied the southern half of thesecond lloor and which was used forgrange meetings as well as dancesand other public gatherings was bad-ly damaged by the fire. The grangevoted Thursday to lense all availa-ble space. The grange has beenhard put to It to find suitable tem-porary meeting quarters.

Third Floor Unused .The third floor of the block was

formerly used as an opera houseand was splendidly equipped with alarge stage, scenery, slanting floorand fine theater seats. For the pastK> or 12 years the opera house hasnot been used and the large space mint.Lf(1on the top lloor has been left to the Republican,rats and mice and to gather dustand cobwebs.

The recent fire and the necessitytor repairing the damage has raiseda serious question as to whther thisspace on the third floor which hasremained idle so long should be putin good condition. Mr. Phelps hasdecided to lower the roof and have jonly a two-story block. This willmean that till of this waste spacewill be eliminated.

Hope for ChangesWith the repairs in progress It

lias been hoped tha changes cpuldhe nin'le to add to tlie comfort andserviceability of the hall. There hasb< on some talk of converting theIon?, room where the local papar hasbeen printed for years, into a com-modious dining room and kitchen.The small room, formerly used as akitchen, could then be convened in-to an additional dressing room. Torid the main hall of the suprortingposts will probably require, somemeans of strengthening the building

house had been considered as a pos-sibility, but no arrangements couldbi- made for removing the slantingfloor and putting the hall in condi-tion to be used. It would seem thatthf- expense for such a change nowwould be comparatively slight andthe possibilities for renting the hallare numerous. It would seem thatreducing tlie-slie-of-the building one-third would materially reduce thevalue of the building. The cost oftearing down the upper story andbuilding a new roof would appearto be as great or greater than mak-ing the necessary repairs to keepthe three stories intact Of course,if the third floor were to be left un-used for another long period of yearsthat would be an argument in favorof reducing the size of the buildingto two stories. Dut with such a de-sirable location there would seem tobe no good reason why the thirdstory could not be made to bring in ja handsome. return on the invest-im nt.—L'fd. cor., Waterbury Sunday

While all England, as well a<- thientire civilized werld, i» anxious!}scanning report* of his conditionKing George of England is lying ilm. London. The Ring has shoutsurpriMUf resistance during his <>fdeal, but rhere seems to.be little hoi"for his recsVerv.

CORN! PEAS NUTS

Energy Foods For WinterHERE'S a way to accumulateenergy this winter . v l at thesame time save the expenditure

oi it. That way is to !!•»• cannedfoods. Their food value is equalto that of the same foods, home

, cooked, and is even greater, sincein the scientific cooking in the creatcanning factories, less vitamins arclost tlitin in the slow cooking inthe home in open kettles, exposedto iix\K<-ii. And cooked foods,which "ari.- canned foods, are easierto digest.

Use Saves Energy—

The chief office of the carbohy-ratcs (sugar and starch) is to fur-iibh energy and maintain that heat,

so necessary for the coming coldwinter days. They are found toome extent in vegetables and fruits.Tactically all of. which can now be

obtained in canned form. Corn is_nc of the best of energy foods*, andmay be obtained at any season indelicious canned form. Peas arealso an excellent energy food, andmay be obtained in canned form.Other energy foods are breads, po-atocs, rice, the cereals and all terms

ciifrnr mnpji- snp-ir.

Their use saves energy becauseit obviates the need of norlinir orseeding vegetables or fruits and ofskinning or cleaning chicken or fish.All of these time consuming andexhausting operations have beenthoroughly done brforc the foodcomes to your kitchen. In addi-tion, the housewife is spared thenecessity of standing for lonj? per-iods over a hot stove.

Canned foods arc always ready toserve. For coM dishes, such assalads and desserts,, they, need onlyto be mixed with the other ingre-dients, and when they are to beserved hot, a brief heating is allthat is necessary, because the foodin "the can has already been thor-oughly cooked. Thrv save tune aswell as labor, and perfect steriliza-tion renders them absolutely safe.

and honey. The chief office, too,of fat~ and oils is to furnish i-nerijvand heat. They are stored as theadipose tissues of the body, and arcpresent in abundance in cannedmilks, .v meats,'' olives and vacuumpacked nuts.

Canned Foods a Resource

With all these sources of heatand energy to draw from, cannedfoods afford a resource to the house-wife to keep her whole familyhappy..peppy and warm, and at thesame time carry on her outside so-cial activities, follow the news anddevote more of her own energy tothe hiphcr needs of her husbandand children. Rut let's tret prac-tical and present a few recipes whichwill help to keep everyone's cheeksrosy these frosty days. Take corn,

for instance,, combined with salmon.Here is a carbohydrate aplenty to-gether with fats and oils.

Hot and Hearty

Corn and Salnum Pudiing: Mix.a number 2 can of corn with onetablespoon melted butter, one-halfteaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoonpepper, one small can of salmon(being careful not to break it uptoo finely) and one tablespoon ofheavy cream or evaporated milk.Bake in a -buttered baking dish ina moderate oven, 350°, for thirty

JJT HANKS to the eight ounceH I can, the new individual size" ^ that is gaining so rapidly infavor, the lonely bachelor and thebachelor-maid, who somehow neverseems so lonely, are now able tovary their kitchenette menus withsalads and desserts and other dain-ties which they formerly had to es-chew for lack of storage space. Nowanyone living alone, or with a singlecompanion, can get just the rightamount for a great variety of dishesin this new size of can.

The chain stores, always quickto respond to a popular demand,have sensed this, • and you see inmany of them neat baskets full ofassorted eight ounce cans of fruitsand vegetables, sold at a specialprice in groups of three. So youcan be not only tasty, but thrifty,in varying your meals made for oneor two.persons. Here are some re-cipes for salads and desserts, cal-culated on the basis of this size ofcan. . '

Unusual Salads.

When you eat a salad alone, it'sgenerally a simple one. But whvnot try this unusual one. whichtakes but little time to make? Drainan eight ounce can of fruits forsalad. Chill on the wiridowsiil. ifyou haven't got an ice box, and cutinto cubes. To tVe svtit) from thecan add one tablespoon of butter.two tablespoons of sugar, mixed

with a teaspoon of flour, and thenone tablespoon of lime juice. Bringthis to boiling, pour it over oneslightly beaten egg, and cook indouble boiler until it Rets thick anacoats a spoon. Cool, then fold inone-fourth cup of sour cream,whipped. Arrange the fruit on let-tuce, pour over some of the dress-ing, and garnish with chopped nutsand the maraschino cherries fromthe can of fruit. This makes morethan enough for- one and sufficientfor two, but there will be enoughdressing for from four to six. Whatis left over keeps well in the cbld.and can be used on any combina-tion of fruit salad some other day.

Delicious Pear SaladTry it, for instance, with pear

and Roquefort' salad, which is madethis way. Drain and chill an eightounce can of pears, then arrangeon. leaves of romaine. CrumbleRoquefort cheese coarsely andsprinkle in cavities of, the pears.This will make enough salad fortwo.

If you prefer a different dressing?and appearance for this last salad,-mix together one tablespoon oil,one-half tablespoon vinegar, one-oighth teaspoon salt, one-eighthteaspoon paprika, one-sixteenth tea-spoon mustard, one-half teaspoonsugar, two tablespoons chili sauceand two tablespoons mayonnaise.P-cat we!!, pour over the salad, anddecorate it with strips of pimiento.

Scn-.ctimes you will have guests.H . . ; are a couple of desserts for ••'•••:'• which will make an ei/jht»:nee can go a long way. ihc

ur»t is Apricot-Cocoanut Betty.! Drain -an eight ounce can of apri-

.ots and arrange alternate layers ofthe fruit, cocoanut (half a cup ofcanned moist cocoanut will beenough) and a quarter of a cupof chopped salted almonds in indi-vidual, buttered ramekins, dottingeach apricot with butter. Melt t wtablespoons brown sugar in a skil-let, add apricot syrup and stir tillmelted. Mix one-half tablespoonflour with one tablespoon sugar, addto the syrup and cook a few min-utes. Pour over the fruit and coverwith buttered crumbs and brow-in a hot (400° F.) oven. It willserve three.

If you want to serve four, enoughTropical Cftam can be made withan eight ounce can of pineappletid-bits as a basis, to do so. Soaktwo teaspoons gelatin in one-fourthcup cold water five minutes. Drainthe pineapple and heat the syrupwith one tablespoon lemon juice,four tablespoons orange juice and1

one tablespoon supar; pour, overpeiatin and stir, till dissolved. Cool.When starting to stiffen, add one-half cup chopped dates, nineaprilecut in. smaller wedges, one-fourthciip canned moist cocoanut andone-half cup heavy cream, whipped.Chill and pile lightly in glass des-sert dishes. •

Electric furnace Oneof Scientific Freak*

-When men can thrust their barehands into an electric furnace thatmelts metal with ease, it wouldseem that there Is such a thing atcold heat White mice, too, willran about In this furnace withoutsuffering any Ill-effects, while an In-terior of a wireless valve oun-beheated to incandescence withoutbeating the glass bulb itself.

The secret is that the furnac*heats' only electrical conductors, be-ing a high-frequency Inductive furnnce.

It is In the manufacture of wire-less valves that one of the most in*teresting u;;«8 of this furnace Ufound. Just before the-valve issealed.from the vacuum pump ItIs placed for a moment within ahigh-frequency.' coll. The metalpnrts Immediately become red hot.and the buiibles of gns and vapofare boiled out. The valve Is thensealed from the pump with theknowledge tluit the latter heatingof the valve by the filnment will potcause further release of bubbles.

A visitor at the Fox studios, afterreceiving a rather pertinent andjblase answer from one of theseyoungsters, remnrked: "My boysand girls would never speak to melike that."

"I thought not," said the child,"lou've Leen completely spoiled."—

Angeles Times.

•mtnutand to spare for more than half adozen people.

Or, if you want something moreexotic,-here's a Lobster and GreenPea Newburg, which will help anequal number of people to keeppeppy in zero weather:

Make a white sauce of one andone-half tabtespoons butter, one andone-half tablespoons flour, and oneand one-half cups light cream. Sea-son with salt and paprika, and addthe contents of two six ounce cansof lobster, leaving it in fairly largepieces. Add half of a number 2can of peas and one slightly beatenegg yolk. Keep the liquor drainedfrom the peas for use in soups orsauces. Add one tablespoon lemonjuice, and two tablespoons of Sherryflavor, and serve in heart, shapedpatty cues.

A Definite PictureEdwnrd \V. Bok, In "Perhaps I

Am," quotes a story about Rach-maninoff, the pianist-composer, con-cerning his "well-known Impatiencewith the popularity of his famous"Prelude." So.many questions areasked him about this compositionthat on one occrislon when an Eng-lish' woman he had Just met ques-tioned him as to whether he hadhad In his mind any particular In-cident or scene when he composedthat prelude, be answered sol-emnly:

"Yes, madam, I had. In mind •woman burled alive and knockingat the coffin frantically to gettu t?

Expensive Yard*Two rival western - teams both

boasted of the prowess of their foot-ball teams, and a game was arranged.One town bet quite heavily on Itsteam, and to make the result fairlycertnln, hired a celebrated profes-sional player. Early In the gamehe mnde a , sensational run of 78yards to a touchdown—and to thesurprise of the spectators, was Im-mediately removed from-the game.The manager gave, this explana-tion: •••'•••';

"Why, we guaranteed to pay thatguy at the rate of a dollar a .yard.Do.you think we want to see thetown go broke?"

Santa Working Hard

Forgetting SuccewThe less a raun thinks about suc-

cess and his personal advancement,thinks a 80bo>nr writing In Farmand Fireside, the more'certain heIs to Hueceed Iteyond his wildestilre.nms.

lanta Claus' lias drifted intoSeattle, Wash., and opened a work-shop there where, he is busy manu-facturing toys for his young friends,who often come in to watch .him.

Cultivated Sponge*Sponges are now cultivated like

grain. It Is strange to think of beds'of sponges cultivated under the sea,but this is no stranger, after all,than beds of oysters.

The method Is to cut up very fine,Healthy, living sponges—a sponge Is

litseeds. These seeds, about half anInch In diameter, are wired to blocksof cement and dropped Into the sub-marine sponge bed. They matureIn two years.

The best sponges—those large,blond, fine fellows called batbsponges-7-come from Florida. Ittakes them a foil ten years to grow& bath else.

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There to no question but that themovie'children acquire wisdom be-yond their years, and, while It Iswonderful that these kiddles, soearly In life, can lay UD bank ac-counts for the future, one some-times questions whether It compen-sates them tor the loss of natural

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Radio in Paper Plant .Maine paper manufacturers have

been employing the radio to testthe quality (thinness, thickness,dampness) of paper produced. A,radio fan, experimenting with paperto throw the set out of tune, dis-covered that the thickness, or othercharacteristics- of the paper, pro-duced a measurable difference inthe regulation of the dial. The re-sult has been the lnstallatlop inseveral paper plants of a speciallyprepared radio apparatus on thepaper machines to test the moisturecontent of papers, the radio report-Ing to the machine tender whetherthe paper is being dried to the ex-act extent required.

Thm Battled ClimberOwen D. Young, the noted law-

yer and capitalist of New lork,sold on disembarking from theOlympic:

"While Vesuvius was In eruptionI heard a story about an Englishcockney tourist who wus domeNaples on a Polytechnic trip.

"Well, this chap climbed up Ve-suvius with a guide, and when theygot to the top be beamed all overand said:

"'Now, then, what about thatthere "drink we're going to have?*

" •Dreenk?' said the guide, "Buteet ees Impossible to get dreenkup here, sore.' *

"'Well, I'm Mowedr said thetourist •Walt till I get 'old ofthat bloke as told me this place•ad been overflowin' with lager for.three daj i";

Miss Mercedes GleKze, th«swimmer, and William Ferrance,the Soldier in India, who fell • inlove with her picture in a paper andwooed her by letter. Now he hasreturned to London and the twohave met

The Prince of. Wdla

On . j tnp . in EaM Afrk. when,•ews of the K m / i dines*,,reached'him, the. .Pn«»^f Wales started out!

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