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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05

the hands a little feverish as you
walk; it is the actual odor of antiquity,
a finest dust in suspension in the
wind, the dust Of decay from past
ages. All that dies in Egypt becomes
dry, and only after centuries turns
to dust and loses form. That which
rots away in a year in our northern
cline keeps it's semblance for a thou
sand years in Egypt. The stones OF
the houses Of native Cairo were many
Of them quarried by the ancients; the
wooden beams and joists have lasted
from the days of the Pharaohs, and
only now are gently crumbling. Here
the very stones can be used to manure
the fields. Subtly, secretly, the sew
enth foundation is always crumbling
away and passing in dust into the
desert air. The smell in the air is
partly the fine dust Of mummies, of
the bodies that were once erect and
nervous and vivid, gay and felicitous
and moving, the mysterious flocking
humans Of thousands of years ago.
Crowds in the Streets.
The streets roll forward with flock
ing crowds-dark faces, brown faces,
sallow faces; red caps and straw hats
and little turbans and smocks and
burnous; negroes, Copts, Arabs, wom-
en- in white wells, women with dark
wells; Europeans, soldiers, hawkers,
mendicants, postcard sellers, newspa-
per vendors. Along the center Of the
broad sun-swept roadways crash the
electric trans; the rubber-tired cabs
and wide-heoded victorias follow pleas
antly; the motor cars proceed; the
military auto-cvcles pant; and the
heavy OK and bufealo carts of the ma
tives blunder along at the sides.
There is doing everywhere, happen
ne, being. Voluminous and promiscu-
ous action floods and surges through
he city with the traffic. 1t is life
verywhere. And yet mingled with
fe there is death. There is plague
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05
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Ia Cairo. and every now and then the
eyes rest on a native funeral process
sion, one procession, two professions,
five professions, ten PROFESSIONS all
following one another. They are IN
every street, and they go past with
their strange pomp of death, with the
b0dv and the mourners and the Keen
ers and professional hOwlers. The
brightly living crowd on the foOtWays
each side of the road pause mo-
ment and think, "Someone has died"
and pass on, oblivious, intent on life.
In luxurious hotels gentle and beauti-
full Nubians are handing out delicate
fare. rich dishes cooked and served In
that sought-out and magnificent style
that Egypt has inherited from ages OF
epicurism. And a wonderful assem-
bly, of officers and ladies, rich pleasure
seekers and tourists from the Mediter-
ranean shores, invalids, receives-slt-
ting at flower-decked tables in greae
halls.
A strange impression, in the after
noon, to 20 down the side streets ana
see the throngs Of young men, I'M
steady on their feet but bright-eyed
and thirsty-lipped, greedy, eager; the
strong-limbed sunburnt colonial SOL
diers dancing with Arab girls, the cafe
chantants, shooting saloons, bars, Dad
houses, the barrel organs, the smell OF
the air.
When Night Comes.
Night comes over the stately city,
and the Europeans in their white
clothes come in greater numbers into
the streets. The great remote staring
moon stands over the broad highway
and arched bridges. Heat seems to be
generated through the haze in the sky,
but light, dry breeze is ever blowing"
and the pungent, swedish odor of the
city is in the nostrils. In the contrast
Of darkness and night silence the
clangor of eastern music is more STIR
ring. It stirs the body, not the soul,
and is like the sensuous music OF
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05

w. ROM the desert back to the
l. town, to 'the world" to the
hurly-burly of Cairo and the
L fleshpots Of Egypt. 1t is war
time, the summer of 1915. The city is
full Of soldiers, sunburned Australians
and New Zealanders who have not yet
been in action but are being kept lest
the Arabs should come out Of the
desert and strive to efface the English
and French civilization Of the banks
of the lower Nile and so add more
ruins to the ruins of Egypt, writes
Stephen Graham in Country Life.
The city is majestical with it's broad
Streets white stone palaces and state
~ mansions, it's wondrous river and
it's mighty bridges. The dryness,
cleanness and whiteness Of city that
knows no rain; the city CLEANS In
vast supply of sunshine. The wind
blows all the time from the desert,
and watts heat in the face as from
furnace. A city Of life and gay en-
ergy. The fountain of life plays rap
idly and brilliantly all the time, throw
ing up all colors, forms, faces. There
is sense of Respondent and tremen-
dous gayety. No one comes to Cairo to
be an ascetic and mortify the flesh. But
every building, every sight and sound
says. life, life, life." All around is
death-the desert which is death it.
self, the Pyramids which are tombs,
the old cities and ruins which are the
bodies of ancient civilizations passed
away. But every sight and sound in
the oasis of the great city says-Live,
be gay, let the pulse beat fast, let the
heart go and be glad, let the eyes
sparkle and burn, let the lips form
words Of passion and pleasure.
There is a sense Of an immense an
tiquity which, In contrast with
the little second of the present
moment, makes the latter less i'm
portant, less holy. There is a
subtle smell in the air, an odor
that makes the head a little dizzy and
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05

Nebucha dnezzar, the music of cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery and dull
elmer. Dark women with gold orna-
ments hang out from curtainless win
dows or Turk just inside doOrways and
dark passageways, ready to coil snake
like upon a prey. In the roadways q
shouting, calling crowd. In the tsv-
ems they are singing "Tipperary" and
1--WE Won't Go Home Till Morning.;
some men are standing on the tables,
others are trying to put gawky Arab
girls through the steps of a tango.
The music jangles. The whole street
has a collective voice, a strange tink-
ling and murmuring uproar.
A tall, lank, loose-jawed, genial
Copt would show you the haunts of
evil and offers his services to procure
you pleasure. You have said "No" to
him; he stands there where you left
him on the pavement in his long cot
ton rags, smiling gently and cogitative-
ly-the same type as stood in the city
Of the Pharaohs in the old days Of the
Israelitish bondage. It is strange to
reflect that they find in the mummies
Of those who lived so many thousands
Of years ago the marks Of "the city's
disease" and the sign of the impure
strain. There is a community Of sin.
What was in ancient Egypt is in the
world today and was not invented in
any recent time but has been carried
on from one human being to another,
to many others, and from them to
others still.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05
Stop Rapid-Fnie Marriage Habit and
the Divorce Evil Will Be Eradicated
BY JUDGE JOHN PERRY WOOD Of Los Angeles. Cal.

Grant marriage license until 80 days after publication OF the
announcement that couple intends to secure license
give persons opportunity to reflect before they go dash
ing my wedloc It will much repntng at leisure 1t will
stop people from marrying be from tangng up IN
nnnta1 knot on short notice. wedding before they
legal age ~
Stop this rapre marriage habit much will be done to reduce
divorce
People do not think sufficiently marrying The trouble not
with our divorce marriage laws The divorce evil ism
the disease merely the mptonhat symptom of social and
sonal unrest from living at ninety miles hour instead
of twenty and thirty, did our ancestors
the French system would be at least deterrent OF
this evil and eliminate troubles that
the divorce problem
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05
Man Who Triumphs Over inclination to
Be Bad Deserves the Greatest Credit
N.wY orkC Civ

judged not merely by the evil he reans from doing
of temptation that he He is to be judged
not by victories alone but also by his defeats.
Many man passes through life without spot his character who
Notwithstanding struggled brayely he who fell
credit for goodness unless he has the inclination to
be bad vice the virtue that crowds
out and into the soul vital force counts least
must mind the Bible but tomorrow sell goods
pile inferior fruits false bottoms, help knave out
of by merchant converted
els this real English ace? ct before the
revival isn't now; it's simply imitation" the reply
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05


d u destructive vortex Of the Eu-
ropean war, is presented in commu-
nication to the National Geographic
society from James Howard Gore. He
says:
A Roumanian village looks It's best
in the spring, when nature, awakened
from the sleep of winter, is green and
fresh. At Easter the cottages have
been whitewashed and the doors and
window frames freshly painted in
bright colors. The matched roof has
been put in ORDER and in it's entirety
the cottage calls to mind the black-eyed
country girls, with their glistening
strings of multi-cOlored beads around
their neckS.
The Roumanian peasant women one
meets by the roadside are the fairest
among the Balkan peoples, and this
natural gift is most apparent under
conditions which are calculated to en-
nance it. Their dress is varied and
elaborate. The foundation is sort OF
shift reaching to the ankle, the upper
part embroidered with colOred cotton,
usually red or black. Over this is a
petticoat which, in it's material and de-
tail, reflects the taste and buying pow
er Of the wearer. On her head the
peasant woman wears scarf OF cotton
tissue with silk stripes if her means
permit, and on gala occasions she puts
on a brighter kerchief, ornamented
with a fringe or row Of spangles.
Both men and women seem partial to
having their heads covered, even In
the house; but it is not regarded prop
err to eat without removing the hat.
In no part Of Europe do the peasants
hold so tena ciously to their distinctive
costume as in the uplands of Rouma-
mia. 1t is, in fact, almost an asset in
nationalism, and it's unifying influence
was emphasized some years ago by the
late dowager queen, widely known as
Carmen Sylvia, when she herself put
on the native dress.
What They Grow and Eat.
While wheat is the great staple Of
this agricultural country, the soil is
equally adapted to corn (maize), and
would be called upon for greater crops
if the demand should justify it. The
ease with which corn can be converted
into substantial food tempts the people
to give but little attention to the form
in which it is prepared for consump-
ton. Polenta, a sort Of mush. can be
made Of cornlneal and water, and if
time or energy be lacking, it will be
placed on the table insufliciently
cooked. Although many believe that
this is the cause Of the greater part of
the pellagra so common in Roumania,
it is difficult to persuade the peasant
to exercise greater care in the prep
aration of polenta or substitute for it
some of the many palatable dishes that
can be made from corn.
Cooking, unfortunately, is not devel-
oped as it should be, and the people
seem to be content with simple fare
and a sameness that yields but little
to the seasons. Gardening is looked
upon as petty farming and not worthy
of the attention Of a man who calls
himself farmer; in fact, so few Rou-
manians have gardens that they are
called "bulgarii," since the greater
part of the vegetables grown are in
the hands of immigrant Bulgarians.
| The soil and climate of the country
are adapted to as wide range as can
De found in our middle Atlantic states,
however.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05
Consistent Expectation,

s'The fashions for women are get
ting more youthful every year," COM
mented one man.
"Does that meet with your disap-
proval?"
"Not bit. If it goes on this way
few seasons more, my wife will be will
ing to give up her automobile and ride
in q baby carriaga.'
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05
Enlightened Public Opinion Alone Can
Bring Free and Wholesome Government
By SENATOR WILLIAM E. B0RAH Of Idaho

call Of America today is less for change
i !: !:
HMNA in institutions than for a change to the vigilance
M#""1X civic activities of individual citizenship.
&3 ssW ~ be evils menacng institutions if
- these strengthen year by the law
makers of the law not the only
I$@SM@ma#I
AA Ours is a government of public opinion, not in
&AAtY1A superficial but in most profound It was
No designed thrive it cannot live
AV except be sustained by we-informed eternaly
vglan and thoroughly sustained public opinion.
The whole this government it's efficiency and it's strength
rest last of the individual citizen The whole suc
re has no other guaranty protector enlightened public
opinion.
We can make ND our minds willing
sacrifice time thought and by and through which
citizenship kept highest standard of intelligence and physical
weng through which the of the
general welfare then while have form Of
organzed Hypocrisy stumbling pen of will
republic faca Free wholesome uncontrolled government
having wepng national and the esteem and
affection of a loyal and devoted people.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-10-05

VIVID picture of the Rouma-
MAN peasantry, whose coun-
\ try has been drawn into the
"A destructive vortex of the Eu-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03

If newspaper reports can be
credited, the indications are that
President Wilson will undoubted-
ly be elected on November 7th,
as his chances have been steadily
on the increase ever since the
people began to understand the
position Of the Republican candi-
date in this campaign, which has
been that Of a common scold,
without any really settled policy
to offer as a substitute for the
wonderful achievement of the
present administration. 1t
would be hard to believe that the
American people could be brought
to the point of turning down a
party which had so nearly COM
piled with all Of its platform
pledges, and had passed so much
legislation in the interests Of the
whole people. No party has
ever so nearly fulfilled it's pledg-
es to the people, and it's reward
should be a retention of the gov
eminent 20 long as it keens to
it's promises.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03

With four more years of Wilson
the country will know what to
expect, as his ideas are already
understood and demonstrated.
With Hughes there is no telling
what will happen, TO he himself
has not made his position clear
or any subject, except that he
is a'gin the Government" Why
not continue Wilson and prosper
ity?
With the new banking law in
operation, and with its desk in
the United States Treasury va
Gated, Wall Street had been un-
able to pull off any Panics since
the present administration came
into power. This is not a Wal
Street administration, anyhow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
NOTICE
The Home Insurance Company
of New York

Takes pleasure in advising its policy
holders in Prince Georges county that
its Inspector, Mr. E. 2. Douglas, i:
now engaged in looking over the com,
pany's risks in the county.
The Home undertakes this work in
the interest of its policyholders, tc
point out any defects in regard to fire
hazards that may be found. Mr..
Douglas will call on you in the near
future and will be glad to give you any
information desired.
A. G. Hancock. General Agent Balti-
more, Md.
w. Sydney Carroll, Special Agent,
Hyattsville, Md
7. Howard Duckett, Agent, Bladens-
burg, Md
R. Lee VanHorn, Agent, Brentwood,
Md.
Francis Carmody, Agent, Seat Pleas
Frank Stephens, Solicitor, Riverdale,
Nd.
J. M. Ernest, Solicitor, Mt. Rainier,
Md.
C. M. Lightbown, Solicitor, College
Park, Nd.
l.. G. Sasscer, Solicitor Marlboro, Md
Il. Z. Beaton, Solicitor, Seat Pleasant,
Md.
W. A. Shepherd, Solicitor, Hyattsville,
II. A. Barrows, Solicitor, Berwyn, Md.
0. B. Zantzinger, Solicitor, Capitol
Heights, Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
Piano For Sale.

Good Square Piano, together with
" two Sto' Is, Rubber Cloth, and
Embroidered Cover; price $50 90.
Suitable for school purposes
Inquire at Enquirer's Office.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03

The proposed Budget plan Of
handling the States financial
matters offers the opportunity
for a great step forward in gov
ernmental management, and
will avoid any repetition of past
mistakes of legislative appropria-
tons in excess of revenues. 1t
will put the handling of the
States finances on a better bust
ness basis than ever before.
There is no question of politics
in the measure. It is a business
proposition, and everyone should
vote for the amendment. Do
not forget this on Election Day.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
There s Danger in
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Never let the bowels get irregular.
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They clear the stomach, liven up
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on the whole intestinal tract,
Of Foley Cathartic Tablets, Mr.. E.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03

While much is said about tired women
it must be remembered that men also
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gish, when one feels tired out and
miserable, has the "blues", lacks
energy and ambition, Foleys Kidney
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They act quickly. Sold Everywhere.
ADV.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
THIS-.And Five Cents!

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ign your name and address clearly. You
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-11-03
EDMUND F. WELLS
Nor1cp 70 CREDlroRs

THIS is to give notice, that the uu-
l. dersigned has Obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters testamentary, upon the
estate Of
WILLIAM L. STEWART,
late of Prince GEORGES county, deceas-
ed. A persons having claims aga inst
said deceased are hereby warned TO ex-
hibit the same, with the vouchers
thereon legally authenticated on OF be-
fore the 3rd day of May. 1917, or
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All
persons indebted 10 said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 2nd day Of
November, 1915.
MARY G. STEWART,
Executrix of William L. Stewart, de-
ceased. Nov. 3rd.
The Washington times., 1916-02-05

FRIDAY The popular actor.
CHAs. RICHMAN, star of "The
uattIe Cry Of Peace" In
"HEIGHTs OF HAZARD" BY
Cyrus Townsend Brady.
The Washington times., 1916-02-05
IQHOME ETFfEKTEDf
El :l2# ans CseNE III

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The Washington times., 1916-02-05
TODAYS BEST FILMS
By GARDNER MACK.

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The Nations Peril'' q ubinl. the
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ThUrlow Eer%"n IN The CITY.
ada rtcd from the plav by Clyde
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The Edge Of the Abyss t1rianglc
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streets.
Vivian Martin ond Holhrook Rlinn
In The Butterfly on the Wheel
tWorld Film C0rporation'. the En-
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Fannie Ward in "Tennessec's Pard-
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The Washington times., 1916-02-05
THE ONLY
Photopldy Ne7ps Written
THE PUBLIC
To Closely Approach
Original Idea Of
. Shakespeare in
Film Versions
BY JOHN EMERSON.

Did Shakespeare write for the
screen
The obvious, acknowledgement
able answer is that he did not, but
internal evidence disclosed in the
plotting OF Macbeth" for the Sir
Herbert Tree film version now in
production at the Fine Arts studio
In Los Angeles, bears remarkably
the other way.
Certainly the master-,iramatls
foreshadowed the photoplay type Of
dramatic continuity much more ac-
curately than he did the rresent-day
stage play. Infinitely more violence
Ia dore to his scene plot in any mod
ern stage version of the plays than
may be necessary in photodramatiz-
ing them.
Sir Herbert will play the drama
almost scene for scene as the dram
atist wrote It, and that is something
that the stage has not done, except
in the case of one or two sceneless
revivals, since modern stage scenery
was invented. Shakespeare, OF
course, wrote for stage without
scenery. so he did not have to meet
the mechanical problems Of scene
shifting. And those are precisely
the problems that the photopiay has
solved. Stage waits are unknown
to the photoplay.
So we can so straight back to tho
multiple shoIt scenes of the original
text. and in the case Of "Macbvth'
we found it inlpOS;ibiH to make any
IMPORTANT rcarraEsUncnt that wOutd
be of the slightest added Value IN ue-
yelopius d .l' ture nuridtlNo.
We found also that the demands or
the story, looked at purely IRON the
standpoint OF mouein pnotopiay
making, were not for a multitude or
short scenes broken by flashes, eX-
cept in one or two cases, as in the
siege Of the castle. The natural ana
dramatically effective way 10 play
most of the rest Is In unusually long
scenes, reaching perhaps 3oo rect;
Thus. with an entirely practical ana
unsentimental approach we have re-
turned to a treatment that closely
resembles the traditional stage treat
ment This, If we succeed In doing
1t well enough. should produce a
picture play with no little OF tnaI
Impressive dignity that Is associated
with the dramas. especially the
tragedies. and with their best stage
productions.
In The matter of costume and set.
tinrs we found that the accumulated
stage traditions were full OF mac
cura cies and anachronisms. After a
great deal Of work we discarded
them entirely and turned to histor.-
cal sources Macbeth is related
quite definitely with historic pc
riod-thc eleventh crntu"N-but stage
producers have set it all the way up
to the fourteenth century. and not
always been accurate In their repro
duction Of any. That was why we
turned to history, and the result.
while it may seem strange to many
who ave acquainted with the Shake
speGre Of the stage, will at least be
reasonably true to the right CEN
tury."