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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
GREAT IS THE CHAUTAUQUA
Institution Has Established Itself
Firmly In the Hearts and the
Homes of All Americans.

Great is the chautauqua. Only those
who keep in touch with the small
town and rural conditions can appre-
ciate how great is this highly modern
movement, how widely 1t has spread,
how intensively It's promoters are cul-
tivating the territory, how edifying
and uplifting and soul-satisfying 1t has
become. Even to the student of the
chautauqua 1t is surprising to find that
nowadays the town Of 1900 to 1900
population is regarded as backward"
unless 1t holds chautauqua assembly
in the course of the summer, with four
or five days of oratory, music, lee
lures, humorous entertainments and
classes for instruction along various
lines. This year a considerable num-
Der of the smaller towns in Missouri,
to mention but one state. are to be
initiated into the chautauqua order.
Next year other towns, catching the
happy infection, will fall into line.
Until times comparatively recent
the ordinary town relied chiefly for
its public entertainment upon the
Fourth of July Grafton delivered by
some politician Of more or less note,
who poured forth spread-eagle pyro-
technics from the lofty height OF
plank rostrum built for the occasion
in the picnic grove and was heard
only by the graybeards, while the
younger element was popping fire.
crackers, drinking pink lemonade,
dancing the pre-tango steps on rough
board platform under the trees. and
otherwise diverting themselves so
that they might miss the agony OF
hearing the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence read monotonously by the town
clerk or the high school principal. The
old-time Independence day Grafton
still is heard here and there. but the
chautuaqua has diminished its glory.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Not Really.

Now be careful, my man." said
the lawyer. In an insinuating voice.
WAS my client on the track?"
HE was." said the engine driver.
"As l turned the bend Of the curve
saw"
Sir" Numbered the great man. my
client swears he tramped all the way
through the wood by the side Of the
railway"
But I swear he was on the track
How else did he get injured?" asked
the engine driver. heatedly.
Don't question me-" roared the
lawyer. my client did not 60 on the
rail. SIR"
well, then" yelled the driver, do
you think / ran my engine into the
wood after hlm?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
YARD OF KISS IS ENOUGH
And II Must Not Last Longer Than
Thlrty-six Seconds, Is Decision
Of Movie Censor.

Mrs. Cyrus Niver, the only woman
member Of the Pennsylvania state
moving picture censorship board, has
come to the conclusion that one yard
Of film is long enough for any kiss.
after several weeks spent here In
passing on thousands OF yards Of love
drama films.
Love scenes and historic romance,
thrilling escapes and runaways, har-
rowing deathbed repentances and wild
Opponents, the excess of poverty and
the extreme of wealth, all pass in re-
view before her She judges each film
from the viewpoint of adolescence.
Will 1t harm the child? What ef-
feet will 1t have on the grown boy or
girl? These are the questions Mrs.
Niver asks herself.
She has sat through yards and
yards of kisses of every variety. and
her ultimatum, after watching an en-
brace which occupied five yards OF
film, was that four yards should be
eliminated and that the young people
should be torn from each other after
So seconds of OSCILLATION.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

that one of the others had to do
it for him.
'Hurrah!" he shouted. He
has passed! My boy IS sergeant
now.'
what is the matter?' he ask
ed, Don't you understand? Raoul
wears the silver chevrons now.
My boy is a sergeant"
And still the group around him
kept on staring as if they thought
he was out of his mind. This
scared him and his voice trembled
as he asked, What is it? Tell
me-"
Everyone hesitated, but at last
someone said: But, Maitre
Raoul, didn't you read:the tele-
gram?"
OF course, | did, he stam-
mered. Then he sat down and
mnmbled; THAT is, l have not
Il cannot read-tell me, for
Gods sake, tell me, what has
happened"
"Read If. read itr' cried Rabut.
A school boy passed by and
old man caught him by the
shoulder and said: Read this to
me, my boy, since nobody else
will"
Your son died suddenly last
night"
The old man threw up his arms
and fell to the ground like a log.
When they lifted him up he was
dead,
And thus, after his death, it
became known why Rabut, the
most respected and richest peas
ant of the community, had never
wanted to be a candidate for
mayor.
He had declined the honor be-
cause he could not read.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Beau Brummel's Dress.

Evidently we must not believe all
that we have read Of Beau Brummel.
There were stories that he appeared In
"a dove colored coat and white satin
inexpressibles;" that 1t took two art
lists to make his gloves. special ex-
pert being assigned to the thumbs, and
that he had three hairdressers who spe-
cialized. so to speak. on the different
parts of his head. All these stories. it
seems. are fiction, according to Leon 81.
vincent's "Dandies and Men Of Let.
ters:"
"Simplicity and unobtrusive elegance
were his ideals. To attract notice by
conspicuousness in dress was in his
opinion the most Notifying expert
ence that a gentleman could have
Byron told Leigh Hunt that there was
nothing remarkable in Brummel's
dress except certain exquisite pro-
priety. From which 1t may be inferred
that his reforms were Of q sensible
sort"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Jaxa,. Teak Eoreat,.

Teak forests In Java cover 1.4S0,000
acres. and, as the area reforested is
two and half times as large as the
area felled In q given time, this mag
nificent stock of timber is continual
ly increasing. A pest Of the Java teak
plantation Is alang grass Qmperata
arundinacae). In order to prevent the
incursion Of this plant. as hoeing is
too expensive. the foresters SOW a le-
guminous plant. Leucena glauca. be-
tween the rows Of teak seedlings. This
chokes the alang. keeps the soil clean
and enriches the soil in humus and nj
trogen. and ultimately disappears with
the increase of the forest cover.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
TYRANTS WHO WELDED RODS
Great schoolmastsrs Of Happily De-
parted Regime Thoroughly Be-
lIeved In FloQoIno.

We do not remember any severe
cases Of fogging in the public schools
Of our little village on the Connecti-
cut river-district. intermediate. gram
mar. high. Hold out your hand"
and q ruler was brought down upon
It; but we do not remember any In
stance of q sound whipping, Philip
Hale writes In the Boston Herald.
That was done by parents at home
anxious to raise their young in the
nurture and admonition Of the Lord.
We remember household In
Northampton where riding whip. q
rawhide and q carriage whip were
laid on q wretched boy according to
the gravity Of bis offense. The use Of
the carriage whip, necessitating more
dexterity In management, probably
afforded the father more pleasure and
certainly gave him more exercise. To
chastise a child was in those days
considered q solemn religious duty.
There was the book Of Proverbs with
its admonitions. and In the sixties
clergymen and members Of the con-
gregation believed that King Solomon
wrote all the proverbs with his own
hand except those explicitly attrib-
uted to Agur. He that doubted this
or did not follow Solomon's advice
was worse than an infldel. But we
do not remember any DR.. Busby In
our schools; DR.. Busby. who had
logged 16 bishops when they were
his pupils-as bishops they no doubt
still sat uneasily upon the bench
DR.. Busby, who. looking at his pu-
pill, South. famous afterward as q d.
vine, exclaimed: Il see great talents
in that sulky boy, and shall endeavor
to fog them out" There was no
DR.. Parr. who. as De Quincy said,
had reigned in blood and banQueted
like Moloch upon childrens cries.
There was no Bowyer. the master q
Christ's hospital. who "knouted his
way through life, from bloody youth
up to truculent old age" and with
whom the words, "Ill fog you" we're
SO familiar that when female friend
Of one OF the boys fingered at hts
door after having been told to go.
Bowyer exclaimed: Bring that wom-
an here, and I'll fog her" Floggings
with all of this great line Of school
masters we're ''luxuries for the mo-
ment, and subjects of sweet consolai
ton in the retrospect"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Says Pig 10 Healthy Pet.

If pet you must have, get a pig.
The pig may not be SO delicate and
sentimental an animal as the cat and
the dog. and he has disagreeabie
sQueal, but he is not disease carrier"
So said DR.. D. T. Quigley of North
Platte, Neb, at the Devereaux Meth
odist Episcopal church In lecture on
the prevention Of infectious and con-
tagious diseases.
1t was especially in reference to the
common cold" that DR.. Quigley men,
toned pets. He declared that the
common cold" was the worst ailment
Of the human race and that not q
small part OF the affiiction was attrib-
utable to the family cat and dog. which
boys, girls and grown-ups fondle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Chain. az No LA.

1t was Welsh minister who de-
scribed the devil to little congrega-
ton In q remote Welsh valley. Said
the minister:
The devil ID bound round the mid
die with chains. and round the arms
with chains. and round the legs with
chains. But. John Jones'" pointing to
a man In the front row. he can reach
you; and you. David Evans" pointing
to one In the middle row. he can
reach you, and" pointing to one at the
back John Williams. he can reach
yeu. And then man In the gallery
called out: why. he might as well be
loose Portland Spectator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Better Sport.

A little boy was sitting on one Of
the benches Of Central park watch
ing some Of the people ride the dom
keys. An exceedingly fat woman hired
q donkey and was about to mount
when she saw the small boy and said
to him:
Little boy, don't you want me to
hire donkey for your
No. thank you. "a rather 1T hero
and laugh"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Surprising Cure Of stomach Trouble

When you have trouble with your
stomach or chronic constipation.
don't imagine that your case Is be-
yond help just because your doctor
fails to give you relief. Mrs G..
Stengle, Plainfield, N. j., writes "For
over month past l have been trou-
bled with my stomach. Everything !
ate upset It terribly. One Of Cham
|berlain's advertising booklets came
to me. After reading few OF the
letters from people who had beeo
cured by Chamberlain's Tablets,
decided to try them. have taken
nearly three-fourths of . package Of
them and can now eat almost every
thing that want. For sale by ALI
Dealers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
petro's Speciality,

you wanta da hair cut?' asked the
narber in the rush shop. Den l Gala
my brother Petro."
.Is Petro better at hair cutting than
vou," asked the new patron.
"Petro mucha better. He telia a
wonderful ghosta story an make a.
hsir rise, an he no losa do time holdip
II up wild da comba-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Yrjeked HimI

Riram-Haw! Haw! Haw!
skinned one of them city fellers that
put the lightning-rods on my mousse
Silas-Ye did? How did you do It!
Hiram-Why, when ! made out the
check to pay him. / just signed my
name without specifying the amount.
m bet there will be somebody pretty
mad when he goes to cash it.-Appin-
colts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
HAPPY MOTHERHOOD

Thehappinessof motherhood istoooiten
checked because the mother s strength Is
not equal to her cares, while her unselhsh
devotion neg1ects her own health.
It is a duty of husband or friend to see
that She gets the pure medicinal nourish-
ment in SCOTS Emulsion, which is not
a drug or stimu1ant but nature con-
centrated oil-food tonic to enricn ana en-.
liven the blood, strengthen the nerves and
aid the appetite. Physicians everywhere
prescribe SCOTS Emulsion for over
worked, nervous, tired women; It GUILDS
ND and holds up their strength.
Get SCOTS at your nearest drug store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

A stranger visiting q church at Ut.
tie village on the Scottish coast in-
ouired Of the verger where he might
sit
sweel. SIR" whispered the verger.
cautiously, II must tell you there's an
awfu' lot O. visitors In the village just
now, aud ye'd best cit whaur ye can
see yer umbyslla. :
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

Put your savings in the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at 3 per cent compound interest.
Amounts of $1.O0 and upwards re.
ceived The only savings institu-
ton in the county for the accomuls-
ton of the small savings of laboring
men, women, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
seas;ckness.

An Italian physician. who claims 70
know. says that people who are SUD
1ect to seasickness should use atropine-
The injection Of one milligram OF atro-
pinum sulfuricum will keep seasick
subjects well and free from the IN
pleasant symDtoma."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

INSTRUMENTATION Woodstock.
No. Iz3-Mixed-E Except Sunday
7:O1 a m. Local for Barrisonburg
Arrive Harrisonburg 1915. a. M.
No. 49-Dai'y-1:l0 p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:55 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. 13-Except Sunday-7:29 p. m.
Limited for Harrisopburg, stopping
at Edinburg, Mt. jackson, New Mar
ket and Broadway. Arrive Harrison
burg 900 p. NJ. Buffet Parlor Car
No. III - Daily = 8:55 p. NJ.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
HSrrisonburg 1925 p. m.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. Except Sunday-S:00 a. m.
Limited for Alexandria and Washing
ton. Arrive Washington 1855 a. m.
Buffet Parlor Car.
NO. % -Daily-4:26 p. IL. Local
Arrive Washington 9:15 p. m. Buffet
I arlor Car.
No 2l6 - Daily - sos p. M.
Local from Rarrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg 8:45 p. m.
Nos. Is and IA connects at Manas-
sas with Nos. 113 and l IA to and from
Warrenton.
No. IA connects at Manassas with
Main Line Fast Mail Train No. 43 for
principal point South.
Trains PIT and l3 in connection with
Main Line Train No. 10 between
Orange and Manassas affords good
service from Richmond via C. & o.
Railway and Gordonsville.
E. Fl. COAPMAN, Vice President and
GeneI al Manager.
S FL. HARDWICK. Passenger Traffic
Manager.
Fl. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
l.. S. BROWN, General Agent, Wash
ington, d. c.
C. W. WESTBURY, Asst. Gen. Agent,
Washington, ID. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

Invest you money IN the per cent
Certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
s. Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
:urity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
70 short police.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17

o. L. SheeE g. Co., having bought
out the livery business of Frank Rush
and stocked up with good horses and
up to date rigs, are prepared to give
good service and prompt attention to
ali calls. They solicit your patron
age. Come to see them on court day,
and be convinced that your horse will
be we'll cared for. o. L. Sheetz &
Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
TO Persons Who Wish to Drive

Having enlarged my Livery by add
horses and a number OF easy riding
rubber tire buggies, We are in posi-
ton to put out teams to order having
81 vehicles in all making complete
livery equipment We know we can
please you.
nOv-S-tf j. f.. BEMIS, PrOpr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
Confederate Veteran
Nashville. Tenn.

Every family in the South should
subscribe for the Confederate Veteran.
Send postal for sample copy. Sub
scription, 81 per year. The Veteran
isofage years eld--and
has had larger circulation for .
longer time than any monthly ever
I'd in the South. A years subscrip-
on With The Shenandoah Herald for
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
kerChevaI's History Of the
Valley.

A few copies of Kercheval's History
of the Valley for sale at the HERALD
Office. Price $500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
SHENANDOAH HERALD

ADVERTISING RATB9
Advertisements will be inserted
at One Dollar per square OF ten
ines or less, for the first insertion
and 30 centsfor each fubsequent
insertion.
SQuarterly or yearly advey.
tisements by contract.
~Unless the number OF inser
tions IL marked upon the manu-.
script, advertisements vii ne pub.
lished until forbidden and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
BUSINESS.
D l r &c Glory
OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY.
.ATTORNE YS-AT-AW.

VIM. T. WILLIAMS, C. WILLIAMS
PHILIP WILLIAMS
Attorney for the Commonwealth.
vKTILLIAMS & BROTHER.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
WOODSTOCK, VA.
Special attention given to all claims
for collection none too small. Will
attend TO business in any part of the
county.
Titles to land examined. Money
to nd on real estate security. Prac
tee n State and Federal courts
Jan. 81 lift.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-17
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Premier Carrier Of the South.

Premler Carrltr OF the SOutH.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg.
In Effect Jan. IS, 1911.
N. B.-Folloxing schedule figures
published only as Information and
are not guaranteed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-03


name a1ld tie latter epaTtssS from the
Iaffieas pfcmislhg 10 spost zone the he
wed ding. I; a Z, II.
But the wedding e not postponed
and in the. second act the audience
sees the happy young married couple.
Apparently all Is well and they are
joyful over the arrival Of q beautiful
daughter, Btu now enters the gaunt
spectre which the physician had pre-
dicted--a frightful hereditary disease.
And all the happiness Of the husband
and OF the Innocent young wife with
ers like a flower before screening
blast. The sins of the father have been
visited upon the child.
The father Of the young wife comes
tc the physician and asks for certth-
cate setting forth the condition OF the
Young husband SO that the girl may
secure divorce. But the physician
refuses. Whereupon the father flies
into rage and enters upon trade Oh
abuse against his son-in-law. 1t Is
then that the physician declares that
the father las himself TO blame for
his daughters woe. The father de-
clares the physician. was scrupuousiy
careful to ascertain whether his fu-
lture son-In-law's social standing was
good, whether his business prospects
we're satisfactory and whether his fam
lily was distinguished. but did he glva
a single thought to the young mans
physical fitness for marriage? Had
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-03

When Richard Bennett and his CO
workers present Brieux's remarkable
sociological drama, Damaged Goods
at the Grand Friday night the public
VIII have an opportunity to see the
play which has created more editorial
comment with the last six months
tman any other play ever produced in
America. AS DR.. Abram Simon, the
noted Rabbi or the Washington, D. G..
Hebrew congregation. has said, this
play is the reformer's trumpet-blast
to the present TO give the future ii
square deal"
The play deals with terrific force
and unanswerable logic with the great
problem OF a terrible social disease
II strips the veil Of secrecy and ignor
ance from the facts which cannot be
denied. and it teaches the truth that
only by understanding Of the dangers
that confront us can evils be combat
ted successfully.
The central character in damaged
Goods" is a young man who is engas
ed to be married. He has been I'M
prudent and he visits his physician
The physician tells him that in his
present condition 1t would be crimlna
for him TO marry but the patient de
clares that his engagement has al
ready been announced and that h'
must narry-that it is the physiciani
duty to cure him. The physician de
clares that science knows OF no cur
within the time that the young mar
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-03
sToPs TtlE5 NASTY DISCHARGE.
CLEARS sTuFFED. HEAD, HEALS
lNFEAMEo AIR PASSAGES AND
YolagREATHE FREELY.

my sEEly..s Cream Balm"
Get aS small bottle anyway, Just to
Applyfa little in the nostrils
{nnd instantly your cIogged nose and
Etapped.up air passages OF the head
sStll open; you will breathe freely;
du1iness and headache disappear. By
smcrning sthe catarrh, cold.In-head or
Catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
small bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm
20 any drug store. This sweet,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-12-03

| IuOSt lhAluSuLIhL pulpit III tue WOIlu
"Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
Seldom does play present one
fresh and striking type. but in mrs,
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" are four
that everyone whwo sees the play re'
members with equal sharpness or
Measurable mental definition. Around
them are gathered score more char.
acters and types. however. and each
role is fastidiously cast. Incredible
. pains have been taken by the United
Flay Co. to make the players fit their
roles as though moulded to them, and
the success attending the endeavors
Of this enterprising firm, Is suffi.
GENTLY attested by the fact that the
play is now in its fifth year of enor.
nous business, and has already passed
its Booth performance at Terry's thea,
tire in London, Eng. Book plays as a
rule are not long lived, but Mrs.
Wigs" bids fair to run on for gen.
GRAFTON. 1t is already an American hui
norous classic. and as the public wait.
ed long for great woman humorist
so too. it will cling long to such a
striking conception as that OF Mrs
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" and the
satellites of good humor and limo
cent Jollity around her The play Is
as clean and fresh and morally uplift'
ing as possible. After the average
problem play it is as refreshing as
breath OF morning after night Of
champagne. Dear( old, kindly Mrs.
Wigs is the Arch Deaconess Of Amer.
lean fun. Moreover she has the ap.
proval Of the Rev. Charles Wagner,
who says that here is the simple life
lived humorously."
The play will De presented here un'
der the management of the United
Tlay Company. At the Grand Monday
night.