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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
purple satin ribbon terminating In
little rnsettes of looms

purple satin ribbon terminating In
little rosettes Of loops.
No. 3 pictures brilliant fame-col-
ored bag made Of four strips OF satin
ribbon and four Of gold gauze ribbon.
Narrow satin ribbon suspends the bag
terminating in ends finished with
rosette at each side. A tassel made
Of the narrow ribbon finishes the bot
tom. The bag is drawn up by an elias
tic cord run In casing about the top.
No. 4. This lovely handbag Is made
Of brocaded faille ribbon showing dark
red and purple roses and dull green
foliage, on a black ground. 1t is lined
with dark red and bound with old gold
braid A loop on the flap fastens over
button covered with the gold braid.
Gold thread tassels and a gold cord
finish the bag.
No. 5. This new "aeroplane" hand
kerchief bag is made of pink Dresden
ribbon, with printed flowers. 1t con-
sists OF six lengths shirred over sup
porting wires. 1t IL tied with narrow
pink satin ribbon and suspended by
this with rosettes OF loops finishing
the ends.
No. 6. A bag Of brocaded satin is
lined with dark natter blue faille rib
bon and finished with many loops and
ends at the sides. Of narrow blue
satin ribbon. 1t Is drawn up at the
top by casing through which the
narrow ribbon Is run.
JULIA RoTToMIEY.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Too Like His Homo.

1t was Christmas Eve. The burglar
had entered the house as quietly al
possible. but his shoes were not pad
ded and they made some noise.
He had just reached the door Of
the bedroom when he heard someone
moving in the bed as If about 20 &c,
up, and he paused.
The sound OF woman's voice float.
ed to his ears.
If you don't take your boots OF
when you come into this house," II
said. there's going to be trouble,
and a whole lot Of it. Here it's been
raining for three hours, and you dare
to tramp over my carpets with your
muddy boots on. Go downstairs and
take them on this minute!"
He went downstairs without word,
but he didn't take OF his boots. In.
stead. he went straight out into the
night again. and the pal" who wac
waiting for him saw tear glisten in
his eye.
Il can't rob that house, he said.
1T reminds me Of home"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

But he is, as a rule, proud, ungrateful,
selfish and Irritating. Instead of try.
Ing to live at peace with his neigh
bors. he Is provokingly presuming.
When he cannot be that, he is cringing.
For those who have done most for
him, he is charged with having no
feelings of friendliness or gratitude.
All these criticisms which l am re-
peating are certainly too general to
be true in all cases.
Apparently, 1t is true that the Ar
menian is so keen at looking out for
number one that he cannot pull to-
gether with his fellows. So there are
many parties and organizations among
them, since the Revolution. Some are
frankly aimed at the overthrow OF
Turkish power. Others take the side
of the Turks. A vigorous socialistic
propaganda is in full swing here. with
apparently all extravagances that
ever accompany socialism. Without
discrimination, what is new is adopted.
So the Armenians In this region have
gone In for trades unionism, and they
exult in their power. BY exhorbitant
demands, they have closed up many
places of business permanently. Ten
baker shops were put out OF business
here recently within a single week.
The lack OF loyalty to one another
and to their leaders, and their pro-
verbal ingratitude caused one of their
benefactors to say, recently: Abdul
Hamid made a great mistake with the
Armenians. Instead of massacring
them periodically, he should have CIV
en- them their independence thirty
years ago. Then they would have de-
stroyed one another by this time"
Many of the Armenians have well
coined the chance to go into the army.
This is the only place have found
where the new CONSUMPTION laws do
not create opposition. saw large
detachment Of Christian recruits be-
ing sent off 10 Aleppo and Damascus,
and it was not at all the melancholy
occasion have witnessed elsewhere.
Perhaps the opportunity to get away
from this remote place reconciled some
some of the conscripts to their fate.
A. Land Of Ruins.
Ruins, ruins, ruins, are the charac-
teristic of the hard journey between
this city and Aleppo. Even the soil,
SO rich in possibilities, is in a state of
ruin. The traveller grows Indifferent
to ruins that would make the fortune
of any city in Europe. 1t is necessary
v}1 In MI
spring wagons, opening at the sides.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
No Need 20 Hurry.

Theatrical folks love to tell of .
western manager, now prominent In
the business, who made fame and for
tune as proprietor OF small variety
house in San Francisco.
The thrifty German had accumulat.
ed considerable money, and was
about to open new theater. Several
hours before the first performance
the entrance was packed, and the
manager in trying to reach the front
door became hopelessly imprisoned
in the crush.
Here. here" he yelled. peoples,
peoples. it's me-it's Mr.. Warner!"
AS no one appeared to take any no.
tice OF him he again yelled at the tor
OF his voice:
'"Vait minutes. peoples. Watts de
use of pooshing lige dis? Take your
time-de first two acts is rotten"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

after leaving the city Of Ur, down be-
low Babylon. Here he sent for wife
for his son, and Rebecca's well Is
favorite place Of resort for pious Mos
lens. Its genuineness is quite prob
able, considering the unquestioned
antiquity Of many wells In Asia.
An American Woman's Fame.
Looming larger than even Father
Abraham in modern Urfa is Miss Shat
tuck, missionary Of the American
board. who spent about thirty years
OF her life here, until her death, last
spring. Miss Shattuck was an ex-
traordinary instance Of how an Ameri-
can woman of force can carve out
unique career for herself in foreign
land Her name is easily the best
known in the city, and all the varied
work Of the American mission still
goes by It. She was the head OF the
municipal school board. as we'll as thu.
manager of series of Industrial
schools maintained by the mission.
and an elaborate system Of home In
dustr!es by Armenian women who had
lost their husbands in the 1896 massa-
ere. She also ran an orphanage and
blind school, and did direct mission
AIRY work besides.
For the past twenty years this Spar
tan Massachusetts woman did her
work with only one lung. Yet she
spared herself no rigors. She slept on
native bed in her Office. and lived
mostly on native food. When travel
ing she would share her fare with the
muleteers. She has been known to
drop all her work, in order to nurse
a native boy through the crisis of the
smallpox. Still, she had plenty Of dig
nifty when occasion called, for 1t. A
missionary who was visiting her want
ed to go to Rebecca's Well, but the
governor refused, out OF pure cussed-
ness, to send the escort of soldiers to
which foreigners are entitled when
travelling in dangerous parts of the
empire. Miss Shattuck, with flashing
eyes, put on her hat and coat and
marched straight into the mutasarif's
presence, when he was holding coun-
Gil. In vigorous Turkish, she de-
manded an explanation of the insult
to her guest. In true oriental fashion,
the governor blamed 1t all on the mill
tary Official. cursing the latter, and
splitting in his face, IN the presence OF
the other counsellors!
ii Withal, Miss Shattuck was only a
woman. and in Turkey, where women
have no standing. The recent massa-
ere Of Armenians broke her heart, and
fastened her death. She cried over
1t almost continuously, after the news
reached her.
Armenians and Revolution.
There are those in this part Of the
world who blUntly say that the Armeni-
ans are not worth any such sacrifice
as Miss Shattuck and host of other
American missionaries have made for
them. Up here, on the edge OF the an
cient kingdom Of Armenia, the Ar
merriam is perennial question. He is
nimble witted-far more SO than any
of his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
prosperous. He gets along better
than the Turk or the Kurd or the Jew.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
! :z'5's:A(NNAKllJG'
u S &iR +
Over the Worlds Oldest Route-:Tho
Ancient Highway Across Mesopo-
tamia Viii Again BE Main Artery
OF Trade and Travel.
BY WILLIAM r, ELLIS.

5Urfa, Mesopotamia.- this city.
the ancient Odessa, have come from
3Aleppo. over the route taken by count
less armies of conquest-Turkish,
Arab, Crusader, Persian, Roman. Gre
clan. Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian.
Abraham came over the same route
to the Promised Land. Jonah went
this way, after trying to go in the 9th.
er direction. The heart-broken pro-
cession Of Jewish captives came into
exile over this same stony road. Now,
IN the same general direction are
pointed the German sBagdad railway
and the American Chester railway
project
Urfa itself was long regarded as cur
OF the Chaldees," from which Abra-
ham came. 1t has many traditional
associations with him. The Arabs say
that he was such good man that the
], people OF Urfa tried to make him stay
here and become their king, instead OF
going to Canaan. When he persisted
they finally took him up to the crest OF
the hill, which IL now crowned by the
ruins of castle Of unknown antiquity,
and threw him down. He was mirac-
ulously preserved, and landed on his
feet. Where each foot struck there
gushed forth beautiful fountain
and there are the lovely Pools OF
Abraham to this day. They are filed
with fish regarded by the Moslems as
sacred. and so tame that they fairly
crowd one another out of the water at
the approach Of a person, whom they
expect to feed them. So thick are
the fish that yanked big fellow out
of the water by the crook Of my cane
which proceeding was advised not
to repeat, as the Moslems here are
very fanatical.
.sa A few hours below here is Har-an.
where Abraham dwelt for time
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
slame.e ROYAL Beauties.

"The Favorite Daughters of the King
Of Siam" is the picture which few
tourists who visit Bangkok fail to
bring away from that city. 1t has
been burned into porcelain ware. and
as a whole and In sections has been
used to decorate alf sorts Of articles.
useful and ornamental. The picture
shows seven girls, all about fourteen
years old. all wearing white shirt
waists, black knickerbockers and
white shoes and stocking, and all with
their long black hair loose upon their
backs. They are grouped about an
easel in drawing room furnished In
modern European style, looking ex'
ceedingly conscious Of their garments.
On the postal cards which bear this
picture the title is. "siamese Royal
Beauties"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
chean and Cynical.

Miss Virginia Gildersleeve, dean OF
Barnard college, said once: There Is
nothing dislike more than cheap
cynicisms at the expense of matri.
mony. Nothing is easier than to ex.
cite the mirth of the foolish by some
such glib epigram as Rogers: 1t
makes no difference whom you marry,
for you always find next day that you
have married somebody else"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Encouraoe indian Art.

Mrs. James w. Pinchot, mother OF
Clifford Pinchot. formerly United
States forester, is leading a move.
ment to interest American women in
the articles of adornment and utility
made by Indians. She advises the
women to buy bags, caps and belts
made OF silk, beads and feathers by
the aborigines. Mrs. Pinchot began
interesting her friends in the handi.
work of Indian women when she
started to collect rare samples OF
needle and bead work made by In.
dams in the west She has studied
much about the textile industries Of
the American redskin, and examples
of lace collected by her have been
placed in the national museum, where
they attract the attention OF women
visitors more quickly than almost
anything else displayed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Lazy Tom.

1.-THE season Of the summer girl Is
one of roses" said noted Atlantic
City life guard. II overheard yester-
day conversation between two sum-
mer girls, stretched on the sand un'
der red parasol. that cheered me up
like the sight of the first swallow in
spring. Don't you find Tom rather
rough?' said the older summer girl
Yes, do replied the other; and
yet he says he shaves every day,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Some Novel Ways That viii Please
the Recipients and Add to the
Occasion.

Should one wish something more
original than Christmas gifts awk-
wardly thrust into ones hands by the
giyer; should the time-honored stock
ing pail, here are several new ways
that may cause excitement In present
distribution.
Some member OF the family or one
of the maids can enter the breakfast
room, where the table is prettily dec
Grated with green's, but no gifts are
displayed She should be heavily veil
ed, dressed In a long rain coat and
carry two or three cotton umbrellas.
furled.
Her appearance will excite surprise.
particularly II the sun shines. She Will
insist that it is going to rain and try
to get her umbrellas raised.
Some Of the children will offer to
assist and from the umbrella will fall
the packages. gaily tied and clearly
addressed. Anything that may suffer
from a tumble should be tied to the
ribs.
In one household the large family
has decided Lnat eacn person sAd1A
hunt up some novel way of gift pre-
sentation. No one will know what the
other has selected, but the element Of
surprise will be emphasized.
A mother who wishes to avoid con-
fusion at the breakfast table has de-
cided that no presentation should be
made then The family will be asked
to put their various presents in GER
tain room on Christmas eve. All are
neatly tied and addressed. No one but
mother knows what is to become OF
them.
At close OF breakfast the next morn
-Christmas-the door bell rings
and maid brings in an immediate de-
livery letter. This is gaily decorated
with the seasons stamps and seals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
When Father. Are Humbled.

When fatnerS are ouHoieo.
Euclid entered the stadium looking
blue and discounted.
His associates held aloof for .
while, expecting the great problemist
to throw on his gloomy air.
But they waited In vain.
When they continued together and
finally selected Timmyanus to APP
proach the master.
What is it disquiets you, great
one?" quoth the messenger in his
softest Peloponesian.
Euclid looked around.
"Tll tell you, Jimmy" he replied.
my little girl came home from school
last night and asked me to show her
how to do one of her geometry prob
lems-an', by jings. ! couldn't do It,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Aoe Of an Egg.

In glass OF water Sthe fresh egg
will assume a horizontal position. The
egg Of three to FIVE days makes with
the horizon an angle Of 80 degrees.
The angle increases to IS degrees for
an egg eight days old. to Is for one OF
three weeks, and at 30 days the egg
rests on its point.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

Worries overbalance our joys be-
cause SO few Of us are content with
Just bearing the burdens Of today;
we insist on piling on our shoulders
as many cares Of the future as we
can stick on.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Relief At Hand,

THAT millionaire says that wealth
Ia a burden"
Doesn't he know there are many
generous people in the world always
ready to share their fellow-creatures'
burdens?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Wednesday MlsIald.

A Broadway actor got carried away
by the spirit OF the times and re-
NAMED carried away for several days
He came to himself in his own room
without knowing exactly how he got
there friend sat beside him.
Hello" he said, as he opened his
eyes. what day is this?"
This said his friend, rs Thurs
day."
The invalid thought it over min
ute.
What became OF Wednesday," he
asked-Saturday Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

and covered like prairie schooner.
Without baggage, or II content to go
at an araba's pace, one may ride
khans, and these afford no accommo-
dation except the shelter OF bare
room, without bed, table or chair. The
foreigner, If he arrives early enough.
can generally secure room to him
self, such as 1t is, and not reckoning
the ever.present vermin.
Some OF the roads are fair; some
stretches are worse than the worst
America knows. Most Of the traffic
Is by donkey and camel caravans, and
these patient beasts, with their deep
sounding and musical bells. bearing
great loads. Of hemp and grain, may
be passed at all hours Of the day and
night They travel In companies. for
mutual protection. Foreigners are ex-
pected to have an escort of one or
more zeptiehs, or soldiers, but these
unkempt fellows are a nuisance. and
mere petty grafters. No American
would count much, on the protection
Of one OF them. A zeptieh of mine
dropped his rifle in the road and q
wagon ran over It! He wanted me to
buy him new one.
One of the most picturesque of the
ruins on the way here is at Membij.
the old Bembigie. from which bomba-
zine cloth takes its name, The Ro-
mans called the city Metropolis. The
abundant memorials of ancient great
ness are now used to make houses and
fences; columns, cornices, capitals, in
scriptions and great cut blocks OF
marble are all employed in the miser-
able buildings of the present resi-
DENTS The reason for the fences. in
the fenceless east, is that the govern
ment has settled colony OF Moslem
Circassians here, and they represent
a type of European ways, as contrast
ed with Oriental.
Hghwaymen Out Of Work.
This region in the past has been
famous for its lawlessness. Here it
was that David Fraser, London jour-
nalist. was shot by an Arab, short
time ago. Everybody goes armed.
and good part of the foreigners
protection is the display of his mod
ern weapons. The Arabs at the cross
ing of the Euphrates are particular
ly villainous looking lot. The worst
of them all wore ministerial frock
coat, along with his other raiment, be-
meath his Arabian abeyah. ! fear that
in its better days that now green and
shiny coat kept missionary warm; l
hope when 1t was taken away from
him the poor man was left with some
other raiment. = is a favorite Arab
trick to leave their victims clad only
in the Edenic fashion. This was espe-
cially embarrassing in the case Of
two tourists, lady and gentleman,
comparative strangers to each other.
who had strayed together short dis
lance from their hotel, when the
Arabs held them up.
This particular thug with the frock
coat carried, In plain sight, a dagger.
sword, pistol and shot gun. He
turned out to be an officer of the ham
idieh, or irregular police, and he as
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

Rubbing it In.

The Departing Guest-Look here.
you know This 10 bit thick You
charge for writing paper and haven't
used a bally scrap all the time I've
been here"
The Proprietor--Ah. pardon. m'sieu.
1T il for the paper on which your bill
liz made out!-London Opinion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Nothing to Write About

A new reporter on western paper
was assigned to go to church meet
Ing and get story Of it. He went.
When he came back the city editor
asked:
How did you pan out?"
"Oh," said the reporter, as he stuck
his foot on the desk and lighted a
cigarette, there was nothing doing. |
haven't got anything to write. The
meeting broke up in a fist fight be-
tween the minister and the deacon.
and not a bit of church business was
Enthusiastically Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
What the Client Gets

The Client won't pay your bill
it's extortionate.
The Lawyer-What will you dot
Hire another lawyer to contest my
claim, and pay him7
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
a coneomltant,

~" - VoHCOTnUNnt'
rs a sham battle always followed
by a festive celebration ?"
Il don't know. Why do you ask
Because where there 10 a sham
battle. there ought in the fitness OF
things to be some sham pain"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06

Diphtheria, Quinsy and Tonsiltis begin
with sore throat. How much better to
cure a sore throat in a day or two than to
be in bed for weeks with Diphtheria.
Just keep Hamlins Wizard Oil in the
house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Ended the Dry SPELL.

She had a voice like a siren. and
when she sang mid playsure, sand
palaces, tho beam rome. Be 1t
averse oh sum bull there snow play
sly comb" and so ON to the conclu.
sion. there wasn't dry eye in the
room.-United Presbyterian
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Eor Cause.

do you think the idea of providing
nurseries in theaters, stores and other
public places should be encouraged"
Certainly. Doesn't that come uk
der the head Of infant industries1"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Tho Easier Way.

First Burglar-Stung!
Second Burglar-This Job was
cleared up on tho inside.
First Burglar-We'll have to start
a bank ourselves. old pal The thing
Is done differently now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
Unimportant.

Mary-Mrs. Taken detained me for
IL minutes at the telephone just as I
was starting out.
Alice-What did she want?
AIary-She didn't say.-Lifa-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
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Eelt safe.

Felt SAFE.
II always enjoy going to the first
performance of new play"
why the f1rst?'
Because I'm always sure then that
the man who sits behind me hasn't
seen it before"