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The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Cupid Hats Court While Lovers Wed

HHICAGO.-Cupid stole into Munich
~ pal Judge Dolan's court the other
afternoon, became so noisy that he in
terrupted the proceedings for a full
half hour and finally forced the court
to give him precedence over all legal
matters.
The court room was warm and trial
had been dragging along throughout
the day. There had been a constant
buzzing noise in the rear of the room
that was extremely disconcerting, but
the court was unable to locate it.
Finally there was heard a sharp
smack such as Judge Dolan was sure
be had heard somewhere before.
The buzzing continued and the
Judges eye, finally rested on couple
On a bench in the rear of the room.
They were casting loving glances and
talking in animated tones and he
watched them. Suddenly a hand slid
over and surreptitiously squeezed an
other smaller hand. There was fu-
rious blush, another loving glance and
every evidence Of another impending
smack
The judge could stand it no longer
and looked for his trusty bailiff. He
was not in evidence. Then the court
rose in his might and said:
you two in the back of the court
room will have to stop talking. 1
can't hear the witness. If you want
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
MAKE BUSINESS OF EATING
Professionals Assist Diners Who Ar
Compelled by Etiquette to Leave
Clean Plates.

One of the most striking customs o.
the past that are preserved by thu
Indians of today is found among the
tribes on the DEVILS Lake reservation
in North Dakota. According to the re
port of an officer of the Indian bureau
the Devils Lake Sioux have from
time immemorial adhered to a curiouI
custom in regard to the treatment Of
a guest. According to their etiquette
it is the bounden duty of the hos
to supply his guest with all the foot
he may desire, and as a rule the ap
portionment set before the visiting In
dian is much in excess of the capacity
of a single man. But by the sam,
custom the guest is obliged to eat al
that is placed before him else hG
grossly insults his entertainer. L
was found that this practice would
work a hardship, but instead of dis
pensing with the custom the IndiaI
method of reasoning was applied, ant
what is known as the professional
eater was brought to the front.
While the guest is supposed to eat
all that is placed before him, it serves
the same purpose if his neighbor as
sists in devouring the bountiful re
past, the main object being to have
the plate clean when the meal is fin
ished. 1t is not always practicable tt
depend upon neighbor at table to as
isist in getting away with a large din
ner, and in order to insure the fina
consumption of the allotted portion
visiting Indians call upon these pro
fesional eaters, whose duty it is tt
sit beside them throughout meal ant
eat what the guest leaves. The pro
fesional eaters are never looked upoI
in the light of guests, but more al
travelling companions with a particular
duty to perform. These eaters receive
from one dollar to two and even three
dollars for each meal where they as
sist. 1t is said that one of these pro
fessional eaters has been known tt
dispose of seventeen pounds of bee
at a sitting.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
RaImv DAVIS In Montana

Bishop n. Luccock, recently nameo
It the general conference of the Meth
dist Episcopal church at Minneapolis,
dinn., will make his home in Helena,
dont., and have charge of conferences
n Montana, Idaho and the two Da-
lotas. Meeting a citizen from Mon
ana the bishop, who will have much
travelling to do, asked:
How is it out there in winter?"
"Oh, it gets little chilly. In fact
iuite biting along in the early morn
ng," explained the man, ''but by noon
warns up-moderates consider
Ibly.
'Ah, I see," smiled the bishop.
YEP" explained the Montana man
n all seriousness, you may find it
g degrees below zero when you get
Ip in the morning, and by noon it will
ave moderated until the thermome-
er may show only 80 below"
1.-THE afternoons of such balmy
Eays," suggested Bishop Luccock, ARE
dven over to gardening kansas
dty Journal
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Law of Good Faith.

1 see no exception to the respec,
that is paid among nations to the Law
of good faith. If there are cases In
this enlightened period when it is VIC
lated, there are none when it is de
cried. 1t is the philosophy of politics.
the religion of governments. 1t is OBJ
served by barbarians-a Whit of to.
bacco smoke, or string of beads
gives not merely binding force, but
sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers
truce may be bought for money; but,
when ratified, even Algiers is too wise
or too just, to disown and annul its
obligation. Thus, we see neither the
ignorance of savages nor the prin.
ciples of an association for piracy ianc
rapine, permit a nation to despise its
engagements. If there could be a res
direction from the foot of the gallows
If the victims of justice could live
again, collect together and form so
ciety, they would, however loath
soon find themselves obliged to make
justice, that justice under which they
fell, the fundamental law of theiI
state.-Fisher Ames.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Expert Says Pies Always in Demand

| those tall, amber-colored glasses OF
one-cent orangeade, to mention only
few of the Busy Bees noontime deli
cacies. Sol Robinski said that tho
right and the only man to see about
this here pie-Question was Phil Breiten
kopf, than whom there was no higher
pie authority in the whole city.
"Phils the boy that can talk to vol
about pie" explained SOL THAT fel
low is a regular whatyer call genius
when it comes to knowing what kind
of pie it is before he cuts it. How
does he know it? How can I tell
you? If knew, wouldn't I do it my
self"
Sol has a wide, all-round experience
in Ann street and they say he is the
highest salaried man in the Busy
Bees employ, but in the matter OF
pie he is not the equal of his OLD
tutor, Phil Breitenkopf
I'm hot weather, it is all pie, pie
pie. For three cents they get half Q
pie, and for two cents they get q
glass of milk. Perhaps If they have
more than five cents for lunch, yum.
derstand, they blow it in on root beer
or ice cream co-en, but first they must
have pie and milk"
While he talked, Sol kept both
hands working dishing out pies. There
were all kinds. AS Sol said, there was
fresh APPEL and huckleberry and Gus.
tard and lemon meringk. All very
fine. The boys would point to this
kind or that, and Sol would bisect it
with his long knife, balance the half
on the fiat of the blade and pass a
toothsome morsel out over the heads
of the crowd, never once dropping the
pie or missing the right customer.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
&0 O11II

z VANSTON, ILL.-Fair bathers and
Il thousands of rats are contesting
for the possession of the bathing beach
between Dempster street and Green
wood boulevard.
Thus far the honors are about even
In the warfare which has been going
on for nearly week. The rats have
been unable to prevent the bathers
from invading the beach, and the bath
ers have been unable to brighten away
the rats.
Where all the rats came from is not
known, but the fact remains that thou
sands of the rodents have burrowed
into the sides of the bank along the
beach, dug holes in the sand and
sought refuge under the piers.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

NEW YORK.-Sol. Robinski, who
IN had taken Phil Breitenkopfs place
at the Busy Bees pie counter, while
Phil was up in the Catskills on his va
cation, said he had never heard of
Simple Simon and the pieman, so that
he could not go back to the very be-
ginning of the history of the pie in
dustry. But Sol could glance back
ward from his Ann street booth over
a period of eleven and one-half years
of service in the making, carving and
serving of fresh pies, and it was his
opinion that, take it the year round,
winter and summer, and all the rest,
pie was about the best seller in Ann
street. Sol even went so far as to
say that the pie eaters outnumbered
the devotees of the ice cream cone
and the hot waffles combined
is among the Office boy connoisseurs
Of Ann street.
Which was a fiat contradiction of
the startling news which throbbed
over the wires the other day from
Chicago, that the American people
were losing their taste for pie.
AS luck would have it, the Chicago
canard reached Ann street just as the
rush hour for pies-pies and other
things, of course, like those luscious
hot roasted frankfurters, those tempt
ing one-cent ice cream cones, and
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
FEW OLD ENGLISH PASTIMEs
Trucking the Trencher Is Played By
Children Sitting or KneeIing
on Floor in Ring.

Trucking the trencher-this is an
old English game. The children sit
on the floor or kneel in a ring. A
person in the center holds the trench
er "a pie tin will serve) and when
all are ready he truckles, or spins
1t, at the same time calling the name
of some one in the ring. The one
named must spring quickly and try to
catch the plate between both hands
before it stops spinning. If he sue
ceeds, he takes the place in the cen
ter, and the first trucker goes in
the ring. If he does not catch the
plate between both hands before il
stops spinning he pays a forfeit and
is counted out.
Then there is the play of 'Twos
and threes." The company is grouped
in twos and threes, usually only one
odd one, and the fun consists in not
being caught as the third This keeps
each child looking over her shoulder
for when two are behind the fore
most must slip away and find another
place to be tapped.
After a stand-up game, a rathea
funny game, where all the company
may sit, is to have one person chosen
to call and the rest to repeat: One
good fat hen; two ducks; three plump
cartridges; four squawking wild
geese; five felicitous oysters; six
pairs of Roman-striped hose; seven
thousand Spanish soldiers; eight
cages of Heliogabulus paroquets; nine
sympathetic, apathetic, didactic, prop.
ositions; eleven superstitious astrono-
mers viewing Venus in Venice; twelve
European dancing masters teaching
Egyptian mummies to dance at Her.
cules' wedding. If any one laughs
in the course of this he must pay
forfeit. The one who repeats most
smoothly and solemnly must be the
caller out and begin gibberish over
again.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

to spoon you will have to go outside.
The court is no place for it."
The hands slid apart and the man
rose.
81 beg your, pardon. your honor"
he said.r we come in here to gel
married and were waiting for you to
get through with the case. We didn't
come in here to spoon and we didn't
mean to, but we just couldn't help il"
The attorneys engaged in the trial.
w. NJ Cook and Benjamin Samuels,
at once moved that court take a re-
cess that the ceremony might be
performed. The judge said that he
would be only too happy to do so,
and the principals at once retired to
the judges chan bers, where Charles
Hartung and Miss Sadie Katz, both OF
Chicago, were married, with the at
torneys as witnesses.
''Now that the case of Dan Cupid
has been disposed of, we will resume
the trial." said Judge Dolan, again
taking his seat on the bench.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
WHEN LIFE NEARS ITS CLOSE
Physical Changes That ParaIyze, In
Varying Degree, the Mind and
Limbs of the Aged.

One of the chief tragedies of oncom
Ing age is the increasing difficulty in
moving about and in grasping new
Ideas. Limbs and wits both become
less nimble and agile.
1t has now been discovered to what
this condition is due. Certain sub
stances separate themselves from the
gray matter of the brain and cause a
thickening in the cells of that part OF
the brain lying under the frontal bone
forming a gland-like body, which
scientists call plaques" These
plaques" are ray-shaped kernels,
more or less irregular in form and fire.
1uently assuming the shape of crys.
tails.
Just what substances cause the
growth of plaques" by segregation
from the brain matter, scientists do
not know. But they do know that
these substances are the substances
which make for nimbleness, quick
ness, ease of thought and movement.
The favorite place Of the plaque, the
front portion of the brain, is also the
part of the brain which becomes dis
cdSSOs III eases VI pal dry SASg 81 lAdL
some biological analogy exists be-
tween difficulty of movement and
speech and impossibility of movement
and speech.
The plaques" are found chiefly in
the rind of the brain. Very rarely
they attack the spinal column. II
present in minute numbers; the per
son attacked shows only the milder
symptoms Of old age, slowness of
movement, fatigue, inability to under
stand quickly. If presented in large
numbers, senile dementia, one of the
most horrible conditions into which
The human body lapse, occurs.
They attack the intellectual and the
aull-witted people alike in old age,
Tor some of the brightest minds be-
come afflicted with dullness and ap-
parent stupidity, even to senile de-
mentia in some instances. On the
other hand, people who have always
been dull-witted, even illiterate. are
afflicted in a like manner, so it can
aot. be claimed the affection is due to
IN overworked brain.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

from the mines is bright and shiny
and all angles that reflect the light.
River coal is neither angular nor
shiny. Every piece of it is worn down,
buffed, rounded off like beach peb-
Bile, with an exterior as dull as ground
glass.
Ever since men began delving for
coal the operator has cast aside as
refuse thousands upon thousands OF
tons of good coal, flung it out on tbs
culm heaps. What is his loss is the
gain of the coal fishers in the river be-
low. Into this stream, by. way Of its
feeders, the mountain brooks, coal Is
washed by the rains, which gnaw deep
gullies in the faces of the culm banks.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Eager to Help.

He-My dear Miss Gladys, have
zen converted, but 1 find there are
ONE things must do. The minister
las told me, for instance, that where
have done wrong, must make resti-
ution.
She (sympathetically)- Sometimes
hat cannot always be done. For min
Tters ask hard things.
He (doubtfully)-Now, Miss Gladys,
be other day 1 stole a kiss from you,
nd, according to the minister, must
i've 1t back.
She (promptly)-Well, I suppose you
ught to do what the minister tells
on.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
"Break~ on the Wire

Two telegraph operators were seat
ed in downtown cafe recently wher
an athletic young man and an exceed
ingly pretty girl entered. They were
placed at table opposite the key
men, who were sitting side by side II
a position facing the girl. AS is the
custom of the craft when wishing to
discuss someone in a public place they
telegraphed to each other, using theil
knives on the plate.
"Peacherino, isn't she?" one licked
to the other.
"a tree full" came back the tapping
reply. Wonder who the sack is with
herr"
Search me-looks like a boob TIED
up with a wren like her."
BET they aren't married. If they
are, all she needs to do to get a di
vorce is to exhibit that map of his il
court"
While the two men were enjoying
huge laugh over their silent joking
they were surprised and somewhat
knife telegraphy." The "peacherino'
was doing it. and she did not look a.
all pleased, either.
you two would better look Out
while you are all together" careIessly
licked her knife blade while she list
ened to something her companion was
saying. This sack and boob, as you
called him, with the divorce map, is
my husband-boilermak by trade
He eats fresh little boys"
Something happened to the wires
about that time and all communication
ceased.-Kansas City Journal.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
When Roller skates Came.

Roller skating, which so many boys
md girls enjoy, is of comparatively
recent origin. 1t is said that wheel
I'd skates were known as far back
Is the eighteenth century. but the
our wheeled skate, as we know it to-
lay, was the invention of New York
II, who introduced it in 1863 Rapid
Improvement was made in wheels and
bearings. The rollers were first made
If turned lockwood, but these were
oEn 30 quickly that substitutes of a
larder composition were invented.
Hard rubber or paper wheels served
or several years, but finally gave way
o iron and steel, which, with ball
earrings, have made the amusement
rery popular with the younger genera
fon
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
From Brown Eyes.

Is it proper for me to go with q
young man who is engaged to another1
Am going with a young man whom
like very much; how am I to find
out whether he cares for me? He has
told me that he loved me, but I don't
know whether to believe it or not
Haven't been going with him very
long. Is it all right to go driving al
night? Suggest something for "gyp
Ey tea" also something odd to enter
tain about six girls and boys. How
should the invitations be written? Am
going to have a visitor for a week
What must 1 do to entertain her all
the time. I live in a small place
where there are very few amuse
ments. BROWN EYES.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Questions From Gladys.

read your department every Sun,
day and would like to ask some Ques-
tions. First, do you think it is all
right for a girl fourteen to have boys
at her party? Second, please give two
or three games or contests to have
when the boys and girls first come to
keep it from being "stin." Third, does
the hair grow quicker plated or hang.
ing loose Cat night? Thank you fo1
the help have gotten from your de.
partment. I like it SO much.
GLADYS s. B.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
A Variety of Questions.

Have read and enjoyed your answers
in the paper so much, have decided to
ask you to please answer few ques-
lions for me.
Which color eyes and hair are
counted the stronger, and which are
most generally liked by the majority
Of people?
How often should a young man call
upon a young lady during the week.
and how late should he remain?
Would it look well for girl to tell
her friend Of all her former love af-
fairs when he seems very anxious to
hear about them and insists that he
should know?
Do you think a girl who is seven
teen too young to have young men
callers?
If you have not been introduced to
young man is 1t proper to speak to
him when he always speaks?
Hope you will not mind helping me
out in this. I thank you very much
DIXIE Grille"
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

I should not think you would want
to accept attention from a man who
was engaged; 1t does not look right
and I would not do it would not
be in haste to believe all a man told
me if I had known, him but short
time; better go slow and let time
settle the question of how much he
thinks of you. I do not believe in
girls going driving alone at night with
out chaperon. I do not know what
you mean by gypsy" tea, suppose you
write and tell me about one for the
benefit of the other readers of the
column. For six girls and boys it
is not necessary to write the invita-
tons unless for formal dinner party
Just ask them over the telephone or
when you see them. Summer enter
tanning is always very informal. Do.
you think your visitor will wish to
be amused call the timer" I should
have my friends meet her at porch
party in the afternoon or an evening
lard party or something like that.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

1t is perfectly right to ask boys
to your party, and they like to be
asked. put all the contests can
lay my hands on right into the de-
partment; perhaps the Nautical one
In today's paper will help you. It
Is best to braid the hair very loosely
1t night after thorough brushing to
remove the dust of the day. Thank
Tou for your kind words regarding the
department..
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

Scientifically do not know whether
It has ever been proven which are
The stronger, light or dark haired
people. I think dark hair and eyes
are greatly admired and have heard
much in favor Of the golden blond.
although that type is said to lose its
youth sooner than the darker haired.
but have seen it work both ways.
It all depends upon how deeply inter.
ssted young man is. I should say
that two or three times a week Is
Sften enough and ten-thirty late aa
ne should stay on ordinary occasions.
A girl must do as she thinks wise
about her former love affairs. I do
not think many affairs are to girl's
credit; mean serious ones. Seven
teen is plenty young enough for girl
to be in society. 1t all depends upon
who the young man is whether you
should speak to him. There is gen
orally way for a man to meet a girl
by being properly introduced. I do
not mind helping you out in the least
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Nice Little Lamps.

Little EvaI wonder what the
iwinkling stars really are?
Little Olga-Oh, 1 guess they are
good little night lamps that have died
md gone to heaven.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Record Elevator Trim

An electric elevator in a New York
flee building that travels to a height
t 5s5 feet on each trip is believed to
old the worlds record.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
Education In China

One Of the first official acts of the
ew Chinese government was to is
ue an order for the resumption Of
EDUCATIONAL work on a modern and uni
orm basis.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
R.nIv to nc. M and nR. -

I am very sorry cannot answer
Your questions because do not know;
The best way to find out is to write
Iirect In care Of the stock company,
NINE. MERRI.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27

and stick each fork into a cork, near
its end. Then, by hanging the forks
about the edge of the plate as shown
In the picture you can balance the
plate on the pin
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-09-27
BALANCING A PLATE AND PIN
Trick is Comparatively Easy of Exc.
cution If instructions Given
Are Followed.

Can you balance a dinner plate on
a pin?
Easy enough, if you do it this way:
Drive a pin into a cork in a bottle.
Take four forks and four other corks