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The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06

"Ill-be all right in a minute, moth
er, he gasped. "Tm-tired out, that's
oH. 1t Vas awful. never expected
10 see houa-again."
His mother bent over him, but he
motioned her away. Look after the
sri first" NE eXpcstulated; she needs
it more than l. l found her on the
trail She was lost, and had fallen in
the snow"
"Why didn't you leave herr" piped
a shrill voice from overhead. John
looked up quickly. His little sister
Pegey's eyes were staring at him
through the trap door.
ooh, | couldn't do that, Peggy" he
said, rebukingly. 81 never thought of
such a thing"
I'D "a left her." declared the child.
stoutly. "Injuns killed Uncle Tom and
stole our doggie | wouldn't have
nothing to do with EN-"
Mrs. HOLINESS had been chatting the
girls hands, and now rose.
She's coming to-" in answer to
Johns inquiring look. I'll give her
something hot to drink, and then put
her to bed. | think she'll be all right
IN a few days"
1t was late the next morning before
John akowe. When he went down the
ladder he found the Indian girl sit
ting by the fire. Instead of being the
dark, angular featured Indian girl he
expected, she was fair and beautiful,
with blue eyes and golden hair.
ME waiting to see you!" she said,
gravely. Want to tank you for last
night Not many do like you, only
great warriors. Me Wachita, from big
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06
PEDOMETERS ON STOCKINGS
Baltimore Society Girls Tango Four
teen Miles at Fashionable
Country Club Dance.

Baltimore, Dec 6.-Debutantes here
have new craze-tango pedometers
worn at the garters. 1t is fashionable
now to ask bud how many miles
did you dance?"
One young woman proudly asserts
that she danced II miles at a fash
ionable country club. Score cards and
prize contests are expected.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06
Cardboard Breaks Nose

Tarrytown, n. Y. Dec. 6.-E. F. Gil
trap, a teacher in the North larry
town school, had his nose broken by q
piece of cardboard thrown by a boy in
one of his classes
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06
Two Strike-ereakers Shot

Indianapolis, Dec. 1.-Two Cincin-
natl strike-breakers were shot. one
possibly fatally, in an attack by a
crowd of striking teamsters and SYM
pathiZers on a non-union wagon.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06
Veteran Cardinal Is IN.

Rome, Italy, Dec. cardinal Luigi
Oreglia di Santo Stefano, dean of the
sacred college and the only surviving
cardinal created by Pope Piux TX, is
is i'll with pneumonia.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06

Geological Question.
What animals do we find In the
daily papers?
The gnus (news).
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-12-06
WACHITA FROM BIG RIVER
BY E. ECKMAN.

Drearily the hours passed, and the
noise of the storm was only broken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

very evening She also asked Poopendyke later on
The next day | was very busy, preparing for the
Journey bv motor 70 the small station down the line
where was 20 meet Mrs. Titus and her sons. In
order 20 avoid suspicion rented big German touring
car for whole month paying down three hundred dol
lars IN advance.
One evening | was considerably surprised when at
least q dozen brand new trunks delivered at my
landing stage They turned out 10 be the property Of
Mrs Titus expressed from vague city IN the north
Of GERMANY They all bore the Smart, |. ). A.,
PAINTED in large white letters each end, and was
given to understand that they belonged to my own dear
nnother-who at that moment, am convinced, was SIT
ting down 70 luncheon in the AdrondaCkS.
SET forth with BrittOn at nine o'clock, IN drizzlng
rain This increased to a steady downpour by halt
past nine and half an hour later the very ioodgate Of
Heaven opened wide and let loose all the damned waters
OF ulv and August and perhaps some that were being
saved ~, for the approaching September. have never
known /, % rain 50 hard it did on that particular
THURSDAY night nor have ceased reving the tate
that instituted on the very next day, second season OF
drought that lasted for nearly six weeks.
But we went bravely through that terrible storm
Brtton and and the vehement Mercedes up NIL ana
down over ruts and rocks, across bridges ana undcr
them sozzng and swishing and spashlng IN the path
Of great white lights that rushed ahead OF US through
the gloom At half past eleven O'Clock we were SKID
ding over the cobbesones Of the darkest streets have
ever known. careening like drunken sailor but not
hall 50 ircv headed for the station TO which we had
been directed BY object in rincOat who must nave
been q policeman but looked more like a hydTant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27
CHAPTER XVI. Indulge in Plain Language

THE door creaked villanously The gaun ecclesias-
L teal tails Of my borrowed frock coat were on the
verge Of being safely outside with me- when she cred
Continued page 10
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Carey Makes Atlanta Fairy Godmother to the Fendess S

people to use the parks more during the fall
and winter months. We are going to show
Atlantans that nature Is just as attractive here
then as in the spring and summer.
Golf at the country clubs is doing great
deal to stop the winter alternating We could
easily provide few holes in Piedmont Park
Once get the people started, Atlanta will
be a real winter resort
"Spooning In the parks on moonlight sum-
mer night is far more popular, but not half so
charming as a flock of wild ducks feeding In
Piedmont Park lake. While the spooning sea-
son is over, the ducks can be seen almost any
morning.
Thousands got up by daylight last summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

THE SAHARA, which most people inag-
inc to be a desert thiniy populated by
l. savages really contains many ancient
cities. where art and letters reached q high
development
One of these cities was Timbuctco. which
was occupied by the French some years ago,
but far more remarkable Ia OulAta, which 10
described as "the metropolis Of saharan art.
1t has just been occupied by the French
soldiers.
This city is In the heart Of the Sahara. On
the west 1t is nearly 1000 miles from the
coast On the north lies Morocco, which white
men cannot penetrate; in every other direc-
ton lie still greater wildernesses.
Here is a forgotten city, where ancient art
and learning still linger, where a civilization
like that of the Moorish conquerors of Spain
still exists place of secret gardens and Ara
bian Nights palaces
Oulata is particularly interesting as proving
that negroes can reach a considerable degree
Of civilization. An examination Of it's records
shows that it was founded about 1900 years
ago by a negro tribe from the south. An Arab
invasion about the year 1000 A. D.. led by
a famous warrior named Iahia, greatly has
tened its development. The negroes were agri
culturists, and their fusion with the Arabs
provided highly capable race
The conquerors built splendid houses and
public buildings OF very solid construction
many Of which still remain. The city became
a centre CT commerce. to which caravans
traded from Morocco, Cyrenaica and Egypt
= --EuoEtSs 1;si7ay s@,,: dust incense. ivory
- pearls.
al one time Culata possessed population
~ $1,000 persons, as shown by its dwellings
sill existing and largely unoccupled. The
queen Of Saharan commerce, 1t also became a
centre of religious culture, from which Islam
sent apostles to the most distant parts of
Africa. The learning of its doctors In Koranc
law became celebrated throughout the Islamc
world.
In consequence of some dissension among its
inhabitants large part Of them went to Tim
ouctoo, and Oulata lost Its commercial su-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

presenting a forbidding appearance at first
sight but revealing astonishing artistic beauty
on closer examination Built on the side OF
a mountain II looks like g vast fortress The
massive kasbah or citadel, which occupies the
centre, rises up like the keep of a medieval
castle. The narrow streets closed at each
end by a great wooden, nail-studded door, an
arrangement designed TO prevent raids by
savages.
The houses have walls Of tremendous thick.
ness They are one or two stories high and
present on the outside very large, heavy
doors and small windows. fashioned like loop
holes for guns. You at once that the in
habtants OF the city we're continually on the
defense against invaders
But as soon as you pass the doorway you
find that the merchant princes Of Oulata were
devoted to the arts and that their descendants
still remain faithful to them.
Each house consists OF series of court
yards, on which the living rooms face The
doors and windows opening on the courtyards
and terraces are ornamented with graceful
carvings In stone. The heavy walls are GOV.
cred with paintings Of extraordinary har-
mony.
Colonel Roulet observes that these paintings,
In spite Of their great variety, can be reduced
to three principal forms-the Maltese cross
the trefoil and the starry hexagon These
forms or motives are frequently seen in the
Hispano-Moorish architecture, of which the
grandest example is the Alhambra Of Seville.
The old paintings have been preserved with
great care by the handful OF inhabitants wh=
remai= In this ancient forgotten centre or
civilization. In the rooms and in the interior
Of the courtyards the walls are painted white
on their upper surfaces and dun red on their
lower. The designs are drawn In req Upon tns
white ground and in white upon the reu
ground The whole effect is very graceful
The gardens within the courtyards are
charming and are made more attractive by
If atC and Pnt, tatn MI.
passing from the prisonlike exterior Of these
houses to the beautifully decorated and lux
uriSus interiors is strange in the sxtresaa and
Qple taigyliAs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

to take plunge in the lake. dare say that
most of them would find equal pleasure If they
would get up early enough to see the wide
stretches of lawns covered with a blanket of
frost.
Parks are primarily for children, Of course
Continue to take them out into the parks every
agreeable day from now on. There is moth
ing so invigorating as the bracing fall air
Il have the word OF my friend, the City Bac-
teriologist Dr. Claude Smith, for 1t that the
fall is the most healthful time of the year Ths
strange thing to me is that people in this part
Of the country begin to lose interest in out-of-
door sports and discontinue use Of the parks
as soon as the temperature drops a little"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
=: How | Won Success =:
By EDWARD L. BROWN.

Edlodrd L. Broton, manager Of the KtnbaH
House, is perhaps the most t0idelp ktot0n hotel
man in the South. Certainly he is the dean Of
hotel managers IN Georgia.
Manager Broton attributes his success in the
hotel business to one thing careful attention to
detail.
"TGke care Of the pennies, and the dollars loiH
take care Of Themselves" says Mr.. Broion
"Look after the smaller details Of goWr bust
ness, and the larger details somehow toiU ad
Just themseIres in the end"
Afr. Brocn has managed in his lifetime, and
he still is on the sunny side Of ftty numerous.
hotels, and erery one has been rated a success,
rchether of the more pretentious on the more
modest sort.
By EDWARD L. BROWN.
FOUND early in my life that it is the small
things that count the heaviest in the long
run.
Most big events in history have turned upon
relatively inconsequential incidents and circum
stances, so far as first appearances have seemed
to count.
l do not think that the rules of success APP
plicable to my business are very different from
those that may sensibly be applied to other
lines.
Success is merely the eventual assembling
Of a number Of effective ideas, any one of which
gone wrong might have upset the entire scheme.
A chain Is only as strong as its weakest link.
Wherefore, he who locates the weakest link in
his chain is he who is prepared to insure his
chains holding together. The weakest link,
however, is generally the hardest of all links
to locate-harder than the weaker links, and
hard fhap tha nla
IT is the small things-the obscure and us
ually overlooked things-that determine
cess failure, T. think.
in my particular line of business for instance,
it is the guest who takes the cheaper room
even the cheapest room-who is the most i'm
portant guest In the house.
This may strange philosophy, but long
years of experience has taught me the wisdom
of looking carefully after the man with little
TO spend rather than after the man with much
to spend.
The man with plenty--the man to whom mon
ey is no object-generaly is able to look after
himself. He is used to paying good price for
things, doesn't mind tipping here, there, and
yonder to get what he wants. and usually he
focks with his own sort, and takes mighty good
care of his own material interests and desires,
Not SO with the man of limited means, who
must travel economically, and watch his pen
MES. This man is the who needs and is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

entitled to the most painstaking attention.
In the first place, he must be made to feel
that he is as welcome as anybody. He must
not be permitted to think that his trade is not
continuously invited and mighty well worth
while. He must not feel embarrassed because
of the fact that his room has no bath and is
on the inside, at cheap price. Everything in
his room must be neat and clean. The nearby
bath must be inviting. The bellboy service to
his room must be prompt and courteous He
must be cordially welcomed by the room clerk
when he registers, and l must look him up
somewhere along the line, shake his hand, and
let him know am right glad to see him
Now that is what l mean by looking after
the details of ones business
If were running bank l should insist that
the man who comes in merely for change should
be treated as kindly and considerably as
the one who comes to deposit The man who
comes for change may not have much money
of his own, but he has friends and he can talk.
Every good word he said for my bank would
be help to me.
The influence and ultimate effect of a good
word is impossible to trace, of course-it is like
a pebble cast into a placid pool of water that
sets in motion rhythmical ripples destined to
reach to the extreme ends of the pool and to
go on forever.
If were running a theater should see that
those who occupied the seats provided for the
gallery gods were carefully looked after as
those who occupied the seats Of the mighty.
If l were running a railroad, l should insist
that the second or third class passenger, riding
Immediately behind the engine receive relative
ly good (if not better) treatment as the
party back in the luxurious Pullman.
The man of modest means is the man least
inclined to fight for his rights He is used to
being imposed upon in many ways. He rarely
comes to a hotel clerk and makes a big kick
He inclines to think, II he finds something
wrong with the service, that it is part of the
game, considering the small fee his purse en-
abes him to pay for a room
can make both a hit with and friend of
offering to make him entirely comfortable and
welcome, without any suggestion from him.
Is that philosophy right?
Well, few days ago a woman from nearby
town compelled to STAY p,eitl-. il ~.
lanta. She had small child with her. and
her funds were temporarily low. She took one
of the cheapest rooms in the house. and as she
turned toward the elevator to go upstairs she
said to the clerk, 81 came here because my
friend, Mrs Soandso, once had this same ex-
perience in Atlanta, and she told me how kind
and considerate"-and so on!
And there you are
Attention to detail-small detail-makes for
success in any business, / think. At least [
have found it so in mine
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Courtyard of a House in the
Saharan City of Oulata.

Colonel Roulet. the French officer who has
taken possession of Oulata, describes It as
the Athens Of the Desert" and "a gem of
civilization lost In the heart Of barbarsm."
The Colonel reports that the city contains
vast quantity Of manuscripts written in an
ancient form Of Arab writing the reading OF
which is generally forgotten by the Islamic
world, but has been preserved by the people
of Oulata
The architecture Of the city Is extraordinary,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

quered the city, and in consequence Of his
cruelties many OF the inhabitants fed and be-
came nomadic jewellers in the desert
To-day Oulata possesses only s inhablt
ants but they preserve TO the best OF their
ability the art. letters and ancient buildings
left them by their ancestors Up to the pres
emit they have supported themselves by sell.
ing rides smuggled from Europe. to the wild
tribes Of the(1esert
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Institutes Pretty Custom Of Sending Blooms
From Grant Park Greenhouse to Patients in
Charity Wards Of Hospitals and Has Ideas
for Making Public Love City's Fairgrounds.
By ARCHIE L. LEE.

AN CAREY, ruddy-faced and smiling, has
added new function to the park depart
ment. With the chrysanthemum season
at its height, he has begun furnishing the public
hospitals with blossoms from the bounteous sup
ply at the Grant Park greenhouse.
Lovers of the great out-ofdoors who have
been enjoying the wonderful days Of the In
dian summer by visits to Grant and Piedmont
Parks, have been talking about the beautiful
display of chrysanthemums at Grant Park for
many days. While many able-bodied persons
don't care to take the trouble to go out and
see them, Dan Carey knew where they would
be greatly appreciated. From the little six by
eight rooms and the big wards of the hospitals
he felt the longing appeals for the color and
beauty of the golden autumn. He began send,
Ing flowers to the patients,
1t is doubtful If there is another city In the
country that furnishes its hospitals with flow
ers 1t is often temptation to be i'll to visit
some sick rooms, for people who have means
or thoughtful friends always are surrounded
with all sorts of beautiful blossoms. In the
public hospitals it is different. Strangers fire.
quently become i'll in Atlanta while on brief
visits. They have or had, no one to brighten
their rooms with bouquets. The nurses, too,
like to have flowers in the halls and public
wards. They add so much cheer to the other.
wise unhappy places, they say. To these Daz
Carey is playing fairy.
It was something OF accident that caused
Mr.. Carey to hit upon the happy idea of sup
plying the sick with chrysanthemums He was
out at Grant Park in the greenhouse with
Florist Fritz Ritter. They had 30 many flowers
they didn't know what TO do. The red and
white and yellow chrysanthemums had opened
to blooms three or four inches in diameter.
The top of the greenhouse to which the long
stems had extended was solid mass Of won
derfully colored petals. All the little girls in
the park had been supplied with blossoms as
big as their heads, but something had to be
done with the others or they would be thrown
away The idea of how they would be ap-
preciated at the hospitals came to Mr.. Carey's
mind and Immediately he ordered them sent
there
Now he plans to make the raising of flowers
for hospitals a permanent function of the park
department.
The flower plan is but one feature in broad
scheme of park work for the recreation and
pleasure of Atlantans that the public does not
hear much of. The enjoyment of parks and
Fairgrounds is matter of education, just like
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

DAN CAREY, the CHEEKY superin-
- tendent of parks, showing one of
his prize chrysanthemums to little
girl visitor, one of the youngsters who
like the city Fairgrounds in autumn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

prove just popular the lake, and he men
tons few things that already available
but which few of the people have recognized
sources Of great pleasure.
while walking through the wooded part OF
Piedmont Park the other day l was reminded
Of the hotels advertising the charm of the
mountains in autumn" said Mr.. Carey Ger
tainly there is no season of the year when the
woods are more enchanting
'The deep colored leaves and the trees loaded
with nuts show nature luxuriantly extravagant.
1t is pity that people are so prone to turn
inside to their coy corners when outofdoors
affords such wonders. I'd rather see the SPUR
rels gathering their nuts in the woods than to
read Ernest Thompson Seton.
You don't have to go out of the city to
find such place. We've got large acreage
of natural forest in Piedmont Park, set aside
for just such purpose
I'm the flower stores l see people paying SIS
and So a dozen for chrysanthemums. Our sue
cess in raising them at Piedmont Park has
given me an idea.
I'm future we are going to work to get the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

appreciation OF good music, according to Mr.
Carey It's not an unusual thing to hear an old
time politician say that the city ought not to
spend money on places to play.
81 played In the roads and fields and grew
up all right" is frequent comment.
Suppose such politician should try to take
away from the public the swimming privileges
at Piedmont Park He wouldn't hold Office
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-09
Roanoke Planter Sustains Serious
Accident.

Mr.. John Diener, one of the promi.
nent planters living near Roanoke suS.
tanned serious accident Monday that
will lay him up for several weeks.
While working with traction engine
his right leg was caught in the machin.
cry in such a manner as to produce a
compound fracture of the same, as well
as severely decorating and bruising the
flesh.
A physician was called and reduced
the fracture, and dressed the wounds,
and while pronouncing the accident as
most serious, does not think amputa.
ton will be necessary unless unforeseen
complications set in.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-09
Gard of Thanks.

Having severed my connection with
the New Orleans Item, desire to thank
each and every one of my many patrons
for their kindly and generous treat.
ment of me during the past year that |
have been delivering them the Item.
Raymond Abel. tip.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-09
Welsh Girl Sustains Painful Injury
at Lake Charles.

The many friends of little Miss
Beatrice Romero, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fergus Romero, will regret
to learn that, while riding a bicycle
last Friday she fell and sustained a
serious fracture of her limb above the
ankle. Miss Beatrice had been at.
tending the Convent school in
Lake Charles for several months
and was getting along nicely I'm.
til this mishap befell her. She was
given the best possible medical treat
ment at the convent, and was brought
to her home here in Welsh Sunday on
No. 10. She is suffering great deal
and is confined to her bed.