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The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
LIFE IN NOVA zEMBLA
RUSSIA INTERESTED IN DEVELOP.
 MENT OF THE ISLAND.
Solicitude for Welfare of Emigrants Extends to Matchmaking Which Proves Not Altogether Sue
 cess-5ridesroom Rejected.

The Russian government has recent iy given attention to the development of the northern portions of it's empire, especially the island of Nova Zembla in the Arctic ocean, wkich, only few years ago, was inhabited by but fifty souls
 The governor of the province of Archangel induced eight Samoyede families to emigrate thither. All their wants were supplied with the great est care, according to official reports, and much attention was lavished upon them
 The Russian solicitude for the Sa- moyedes of Nova Zembla extended even to such details as the following: The settlers included brother and sister, both grown, and in answer to the usual queries as to what articles they stood in need of, one requested. among other things, wife and the other husband
 As these were not forthcoming, with the consent of the parents, the authori- ties brought out with them a bride groom and bride. Each having been AAI4 O0UNO0 lO HIS Oi uSI uSol1HCu pal U ner, the authorities allowed them an hour to become better acquainted with each other, after the lapse of which the weddings were immediately to take place.
 The young Nova-Zemblan was much pleased with the bride the obliging au- thorities had brought him, and she in turn with him.
 To the query put to the bride as to the young man, she replied, "Oh, he'll do. He's a real Samoyede." So the business in respect of that couple was soon over.
 But not so with the other. The Nova Zemblan bride would have nothing to do with bridegroom of the Russian authorities choosing.
 He Samoyede," she exclaimed, in- dignantly. He's never killed a wild bear! Why, my little brother. who is only Il years old, has killed several, and I myself have shot over a score of wild deer. And what has he been doing? Killing tame reindeer! No, I don't have himi"
 She was as good as her word, so that the matchmaking of the Russian officials was not altogether a success. The unlucky bridegroom could only pull long face and retire. There was no help for 1t, and the authorities con, fined themselves to one wedding.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
wor,.r canned Fruit In Church.

Pittsburg, Pa.-"Free light and heat for churches is all right, but we don't propose to furnish free fuel to can all the fruit in the Upper Ohio Valley and we shut down right in the middle of the canning season
 This was a remark made by an off cial of the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company of Pittsburg. when asked why his company had cut oil the free gas from churches in Belle vue. Ben Avon and other Pittsburg suburbs.
 It developed that the gas company claims to have found that women or the congregation were in the habit of using the gas in the church basements for canning their fruit each summer and fall, thereby saving home gas bills and preventing "cluttering up of their homes" as one put it. The churches threaten to take the matter into court.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
colors That Fade.

Addressing the students at the Roy al Academy school, Burlington House. Sir Alfred Church remarked that he did not suppose if Sir Joshua Reynolds were living today he would be at all satisfied with the clinical verdicts which were pronounced upon some of the pigments which he used for some years, for unfortunately there was in some of them an element of decay, and certain of them had hardly left trace in some of his most beautiful portraits In old illuminated manu- scripts which had been long preserv- ed in darkness it was found that on exposure to a strong light the colors began to take on dull and grayish look. In a great many works at the National gallery ultramarine and in some cases vermillion, had preserved their color unchanged. while all yellow lakes, crimson and cochineal lakes had become more or less embrowned by exposure to strong daylight--LondoD Standard.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
LIVING IN TWO HOUSES
Various Advantages Found In Ar ransement of One Home In
 Country.

At a place where lately visited said a man just back from the coun- try. T found that my host had two houses which stood about two hun dred feet apart. He had not built these houses but had bought them, one after the other. together with the grounds and some acreage proper ty around them. If he had built here for himself he would doubtless have built one big house; but these two houses served his hospitable purposes and his own comfort very well.
 "One of these two houses was com monly occupied as the family home and under its roof also were sheltered guests when these were few in num- Der, but if the visitors were more nu- merous quarters were provided for them in the other house, which was thus practically guest house.
 "In another way the two houses served conveniently and comfortably for the family's own use. If either house was being done over or repair ed or torn up in any way the family simply dwelt for the time in the oth- er With two houses equipped for use they can always have one in which they may live quite undisturb ed"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
BRIDE OF HER STEPSON
YOUTH WAITS 20 YEARS FOR FATHERS WIFE TO BE FREE.
Were sehooIday PIaymatss and Sweet hearts Before the Father Married Woman Who Is Now Wife of His Son.

Topeka, Kan.-When Mrs. Mary Nina Reed, whom Topeka regarded still as the widow of Judge Joseph Reed, returned to her home to pack additional personal belongings, neigh bors asked her where she had been and where she was going.
 T have been in Chicago" she re piled, "but I am now going on my ho- neymoon" Then Mrs. Reed, for her name was the same, told those inter ested that she had been married in Chicago to Joseph Reed, son of her for mer husband. And the neighbors re- called that the young Mrs. Judge Reed and young Joe Reed had been sweet hearts in the days of their youth-and very young youth it was, for the pres ent Mrs. Joseph Reed was but fifteen years of age when she became the bride of her present husbands father
 Joe Reed and Nina were schoolday playmates and Joe was often her es- cort to children's parties, and he also "saw her home" from prayer meeting and church.
 It was as his sons companion that Judge Reed, then a widower, first saw Nina and was captivated with her fresh beauty and made her his wife 20 years ago. Mrs. Reed has often said that she did not realize until after the we'd ding that she would become Joe's step mother. That feature was unpleasant to them both, and soon after the mar riage Joe Reed left home, but not be- fore he had told his father and step mother of his love for the young bride and declared that he would wait until she was free and then make her his wife
 Judge Reed died last August and Mrs. Reed left Topeka soon after. She does not deny that she remembered Joe Reeds declaration of affection. She knew, from other members of the family, that he had never married. It is not explained through what agency they met after Judge Reeds death
 She admits that after her marriage Joe declared his love and that he told her he would wait until she was free to marry him. He waited for more than twenty years. The present bride has son eighteen years old. Thomas B. Reed, named after the former speaker of the house of represents tives, her present husbands uncle.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Habits Of Crabs.

Some interesting investigations il. regard to the movements and habits of the edible crab are being carried out by the eastern sea fisheries committee. Fishery Inspector Donnison informed the committee at the half yearly. meet ing at Kings Lynn that during the last two months 1911 crabs had been la beled and returned to the sea of the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coasts.
 It is hoped to be able to trace their movements and to obtain other data which are likely to be of use to the fishermen. During the season just end ed 1,281 900 marketable crabs and 46,- 900 Holsters were caught along the coast-London Mail.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
"HanQSr."


 It was to be expected that the ad
 vent of the aeroplane would add number of new words to the language, or at least cause several foreign words to be adopted by the English-speaking race. Both have happened. Probably the one foreign" word winch one en- counters most frequently in reading of the aviation contests is hangar" It Is a French word and means she'd and it is no better word than shed" either It wouldn't sound we'll to some people to read where the Wrights wheeled their aeroplane to the shed-not half so we'll as to state that they placed their machine in the hangar, but it is the same thing, and we are not certain but the good old English word 'shed" has some advan- tage over the French word. It is shorter and more easily written and, while the word hangar" is not so hard to speak or pronounce as gar age''-which came into use with the automobile-just as many records would have been broken if we had stuck to our own language and talked about the aeroplane shed.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
FINNS ARE ALL SINGERS
When Few of Them Get Together They Burst Into Song As by
 Spontaneous Combustion.

Sometimes, when a brass band plays My Country 'Tis of Thee" or on an excursion steamer after it gets dark and he is pretty well satisfied no one will recognize him, the Amer. lcan will indulge in what he thinks is singing, but the average citizen would blush himself to death if asked to burst into song in cold blood in a public place.
 It Is no uncommon thing to see a whole tableful of diners in the mag nificent hotel at Helsingfors, the cap ital of Finland, suddenly put down knives and glasses and burst into a perfectly balanced four part song They doubtless are happy in their singing, but certainly they sound in finitely sad, the songs being almost invariably the moaning folk songs of the saddest of all lands-the most perfect music of melancholy.
 Practically every person in Finland, from the greatest noble to the most humble peasant, from the woman of fashion to she who labors in the fields, belongs to a great singing so- SlSeJs TUT SuCu tue enllre ndIlOn IS. It is no uncommon thing for 5000 trained singers to gather to serenade some loved or admired public man, and once in Helsingfors 10000 voices. thoroughly organized into four parts, joined in singing the national anthem as farewell to an exiled patriot.
 The city of Uleaborg is near the arctic circle, and far from a railway, and there may be heard a chorus of 2,000 school children with perfectly blended voices. Every village has it's church choir, consisting of fifty or hundred males, who sing nothing but Lutheran hymns. Even the compa- nies of Finnish guards of the Russian army automatically organize them selves into choruses and sing their national songs, despite the opposi- tion of the Russian officers.
 When a few Films get together they burst into song as by spontaneous combustion. If alone, they sing in The farmer sings as he blows, the housewife as she cooks. If Finn is doing nothing else, he just sings.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
JULIA RoTToMLEY.
HATS ON THE FREAK ORDER
Millinery of the Moment May Be De. scribed as Fearful and
 Wonderful.

The millinery of the moment can only be described as freakish, for sure. ly never before was the head of wom. an covered with such incongruities.
 Not content with stimulating the ap. pearance of mushrooms, sugar loaves and variegated birds nests, the latest hat is the aeroplane, with large out. standing wings adorning the back of the hat and set at the jauntiest angle imaginable. s'
 The reign of the winged hat. sober. ly and decorously adorned with wings covering the crown and part of the brim, is apparently over, for the wings must be made freakish to look smart so following on the aeroplane hat we have the hat which can only be de scribed as winged Mercury, with two seductive looking wings planted at the back of the crown of large black hat. shaped exactly like the wings which adorn the ankles of the famous Mer. cury statue.
 There is no accounting for taste. for even if a woman knows she does not look well in hat pulled down over her eyes until half her face is hidden. that hat she will wear because it is the fashion.
 One of the most startling millinery freaks seen was a blue velvet toque which can best be described as a be- dizened sugar. loaf
 The cone part of this sugar loaf toque was of Wedgwood blue velvet, while deep band of steel embroidered lace formed the lower part, and hang ing from this was tiny fringe of steel beads which would adorn the forehead Salomewise. The toque, 1t should be added, completely covered all signs of hair and hid the wearer's left eye en- tirely.
 Other toques of the moment have crowns ascending skywards. So high and so full are these velvet crowns | rising from a band of bizarre em- | oroidery that they give a top-heavy appearance to the unfortunate wearer.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Embroidery Jabot.

For something new and dressy to wear with linen shirtwaist. the em- broidered jabot at once suggests it. self. since 1t is less perishable than dainty but short-lived laces.
 One jabot of fine swiss embroidery in the vandyke pattern was laid in from the neck to the waist line. gradually decreasing to a point The material was gathered tightly, of course. and arranged in zigzag style down the narrow strip of lawn which served as its foundation.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Another Martyr.

Poor Tweedledum was in trouble. He was up before the local magis- trate.
 "Omcer,' demanded the dispenser of justice, read the charge"
 Mumbledum's chest expanded.
 Constructing the traffic by causing a large crowd to assemble in Ditch water street on the 20th inst. yer worshipl"
 "And defense?" rapped out his wor- ship, turning to Tweedledum.
 Tweedledum cleared his throat
 "Sir," he replied, q happened to ap- pear in my front garden wearing a tie my wife bought me for my birth day, and 1t got about that was going to give a comic entertainment. That is all"-Ideas.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Aerial Cunning.

For heavens sake." exclaimed a business man of 1920 to his stenog- rapher. ''Who is that fellow buzzing around my office window?"
 That" answered the stenographer, as she peeped out from the f1fty-fourth story. lis bill collector from Skin him & Haul. He was here yesterday and said he would keep buzzing around here until you settled your account
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

cleverly arranged into trimming.
 Other shapes show crowns of velvet with brims of tapestry and velvet or of silk folded and tackled about the brim. A big bow of the fabric finishes simple model of this sort, as shown in the illustration. But any other trimming that is fancied may be used as a finish.
 A lovely model as a soft crown (what is called this season the "fiex- ible" crown) and wide brim or cor onet of marten fur It is finished at the side with a handsome shaded will low plume, showing three colorings.
 Turbans, in fact, include most elab- crate designs as well as those pretty simple models in which velvet is em- ployed alone, and in which the design CT relies upon clever draping effects to achieve style.
 LII IA ROTTnMI EN
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
To Wash Bed Clothes.

To wash heavy bed clothes make a warm studs with good soap and let the comfortables or blankets soak in 1t for awhile. Then take a new, clean hoe for a pounder. Pound well, and pound again in another suds. Rinse thoroughly and hang on the line with out wringing. If a hose is handy spray plenty of water over them when on the line. The cotton comfortables will not mat when washed in this way.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
A Sewing Tip.

You will find when sewing fine silk that quite often the seams are in clined to pucker when silk thread is used. The sewing is made much smoother if cotton thread of the same color and size be used in the bob bin, with silk thread above.
 Do not dampen such seams when pressing them. for often water marks silk so that the stain cannot be re- move
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Rooster Has Smallpox.

Tulsa. Okla.-Local medical speci- alists have something entirely new in their line to discuss. A Plymouth Rock rooster which had been accus- toned to eating from the hands of pa tients at the city pesthouse contracted a virulent case of smallpox Treat ment was given the bird, and 1t is now convalescing and in fair way to complete recovery from the effects ot the disease.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Woman Lives 1s Years as Monk.

St. Petersburg, Russia.-At the Solovetzki monastery, known through out Russia for the extreme piety and austerity of it's brotherhood, a woman has just been arrested, who for IS years has passed as a monk. She had conformed to all the rigorous rules and regulations of the institution, and was regarded as one of the most ex. emplary of its members.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
A Genius.

"That Is a pretty though odd dress your little girl is wearing"
 "Do you like it?"
 Indeed I do; who made it?"
 "That is my wife's discarded peach basket hat. She cut holes through it for the head and arms and it was all made"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Cucumber Cream.

Cucumber cream is made from two ounces of almond oil, one-haIf ounce each of white wax and spermaceti and one ounce of cucumber juice. The latter is obtained either by grating the vegetable. skin and all, or by cutting and simmering it until pulpy. In either case it must be strained.
 Mixing proceed as with other creams.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Her Auto puster.

Mrs. Kean wasn't exactly satisfied with her new maid.
 Don't you ever use your duster, Pauline?" she sternly inquired
 "Oh, yes, ma'am," replied Pauline, absently; "I always use it when my chauffeur beau takes me riding!"-Il- ustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
A Mere supposition.

Gan you imagine the predicament of a man who is called to real festi- val and can't come?"
 'Yes, in a way. I guess there's nothing worse, unless it is the chagrin of woman who buys hobble skirt that doesn't really hobble."
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27
Fine Football.

Those ancient gladiatoriaI combats must have been something fierce"
 "Oh, don't know. No system. Now, if they had formed the gIadiators into elevens, there might have been some snanpy work
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

velvet and SIX, velvet and tapestry, velvet and fur, or beaver cloth or any of the millinery fabrics.
 These draped hats are, naturally, made on turban shapes, whose inspira- tion in most cases, is plainly drawn from the oriental headdress. Many of them set closely to the head, and some. of them so close that they might be- classed as caps. They are becoming and full of "style;" that elusive quail ity which is worth so much to the mil liner in money and to the wearer in distinction"
 Large turbans bordered with shaggy furs, have crowns of velvet draped and
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-27

HIS is decidedly a season
 of draped hats with vel vets the leading fabric for draperies. Entire hats are
 made of it and numbers of others are combinations of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
Prnhihitinn in knnsns

''I can remember when opponents of constitutional prohibition pointed chief ly to Maine as the horrible example, but the illicit whisky traffic is now extensively carried on in Kansas" said Frank D. Geisner of Washington, D. C..
 "I visited Kansas for the first time three years ago. The prohibition law seemed to be, well observed then. l tried to get bottle of beer in town of 5000 or 1000 population but failed. I have often hoard prohibitionists in the south stress the point that Kansas was a good illustra jon Of the effect iveness of prohibition as a part of the organic law. But my reply was all ways about like this. Kansas Is only an agricultural state and contains no large cities. It is not fair, therefore, to compare states containing large and growing cities with the 'Sunflower' state.
 T was in Kansas recently and from what l saw and heard it is now over run with blind tigers and bootleggers Drastic prohibition may work for d while, but as long as human nature Is constituted as it is sumptuary leg islation will do more harm than good It means a lot of hypocrisy and gen. eration of law-breakers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
A COLLECTORS COUP

From the London Telegraph.
 The late Charles Wertheimer, when asked on one occasion what he considered to be his astutest business coup, thought for while and then told how once when he was walking through Brighton square he espied through an open win dow what he knew to be a priceless Chi nese vase. He went to the nearest post office, examined local directory and found the name of the resident Then he called and ascked for the gentleman an l was shown into the study under the name of Hamilton" He briefly explained that he was looking for a modest house in Brighton and had taken a fancy to this one. Would the gentleman entertain an offer for the place as 1t stood-"lock, stock and barrel?" The owner, a little non plused, hesitated If your offer is req sonabie.' interrupted Hamilton" "I will give you ar extra thousand" Gall to- rnorrow-at Io:s0. then,'' replied the owner. "Hamiiton saf nd found him prepared to accept e1s,O0O for the 22 years unex- pired term and the contents of the resi- dence.
 Although this was well over market value, Hamilton at once closed, adding the extra thousand according to prom ise. As, however, he afterward sold the vase for e35,Ooo, his coup was unmistak- able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18
GENESIS OF THE PLAYHOUSE

From the New York Telegram.
 Thespls in 536 B. c. acted his plays in a wagon In 499 B. C., during the time of Aeschylus, creator of the drama, the per formances took place upon temporary wooden scaffolds, one of which, having collapsed during a representation, the Athenians were induced to build the great theatre of Dionysius, calling 1t the Len alon, which was the first permanent stone structure of its kind. It required 1Go years to erect 1t.
 There was no scenery, but the scena was decorated so as to represent the locality in which the action was going on..
 Roofiess was his structure, but around the building were porticos, to which the people retreated during rainstorms. Some times awnings were used to ward off the suns heat
 Invariably the actors were males, who wore masks with mouthpieces, answering the purpose of speaking trumpets. Owing to the vastness of the theatre metal vases were placed under the seats to serve as refectors of sound. Performances began in the morning and usually lasted for 12 hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-18

most popular American comic operas Among them are the 'Ameer,' 'Gyrano de Bergerac. The Singing Girl The For tune Teller. Babes in Toyland,' It Hap pened in Nordland and 'Babette His first grand opera. 'Natoma, produced re- gently in New York, has been cordially received. and on his festival tour many selections from that opera are being sung. Another of Herberts serious com positions is the Captive which he wrote for the Worcester festival and which is much praised for its broad effects and in tense emotional themes. He composed the symphonic poem. Hero and Leander,' and an orchestral suite. entitled Wood land Fancies.'
 Herbert is man of handsome appear ance, ready wit, and great good nature. He is known, indeed, all over the country for his genuine bonhomie. He looks like a Teuton, but as I have said he is proud of his Irish birth and blood. He is an officer in one or more IrishAmerican societies.