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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
Study of Hieroglyphs.

lr taking up the introduction for
studying the hieroglyphs the author ex-
plains that in Maya inscriptions the
elyphs are usually arranged in par
allel columns and read two columns at
q time from left to right at the top.
Son,I inscriptions, however occur in
horizontal bands. in which case they
are read from left to right, taking two
giypfLs at time. Unlike the E.gyp-
tians the Maya complicated their writ
ing by varying and augmenting their
elemental forms until a complete SYM
metrical picture, filling the whole al
lotted space. was evolved.
Mr.. Morley says that the theory most
generally accepted is that the Maya
glyphs are chiefly Geographic each
presenting some complete thought, al
though they are sometimes phonetic
also. This kind of writing has been
miiiarly known TO us as rebus or puz-
zle writing The picture of an eye, for
instance recalls not eye. but the
sound of the word, and means the per-
sonal pronoun i, the principle being
that of homophones, words and
characters which sound alike, but have
different meanings. such as were used
also by the Aztecs in their picture
writings.
II was due to Mr.. Morley's researches
that the Oldest dated antiquity in
America was recently identified and de
scribed by the Smithsonian Institution
1.-THE Tuxtla statuette, dated 100 b. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
JANUARY CIRCULATION

District of Columbia. S.:
FLEMING NEWBOl.D. business manager Of
The EVENING ami SUNDAY STAR, does SOL
cmnly swear that the actual number Of copies
Of the paper named sold and distributed during
the month Of January. AID. 1915, was fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
Address on Yellowstone Park,

William Bruce Leffingweil is schet-
uled to deliver an illustrated lecture
on THE Yellowsto National Park"
at the Home Club next Wednesday
evening at Sis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20

for all social functions. Ask for esti-
mate and suggestions. GUIDE, 1914 F.
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
Every Dsy-the Right Way

Augusta Special. ". Washington pm.
for Columbia. Aiken. Augusta. South
ern Railway. .O5 15th-S11 G SITS. NV
Advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
WILL FURNISH PLANS
FOR MODEL SCHOOLS
DR.. P. P. Claxton Tells of Program
for Cooperation With National
Forward-to-the- Land League.

Plans have been perfected by the
United States bureau of education for
cooperation with the National For
ward-to-the-Land League in the de-
velopment of rural communities. The
| bureau will furnish. plans for model
schools, and will send a representative
to organize the educational systems.
DR.. P. P. Claxton. commissioner of
education and a member of the league
advisory board, in discussing the CO.
operative scheme. said:
81 am greatly interested in the school
program of the league. as it has been
outlined to me by Mrs. Haviland II.
Lund, its secretary. and will be glad
to furnish plans for the schoolhouses,
make suggestions and help develop the
school system in these communities.
Judging by what | have learned of the
purposes of the league, there probably
would be enough children in each set
Element for a school with two to four
teachers. With schoolhouse in the
center of a community covering ten or
twelve square miles. few. if any. of the
children would have to travel more
than a mile and a half to and fro. EX-
cept in the worst winter weather. this
is not too far for even the smallest
child.
School Social Center of Community.
"A good schoolhouse should be built,
attractive and comforta BILE, with care
full regard to sanitation. and the school
equipment should include small farm
of, say. four or five acres in a trucking
or thickly settled section and consd-
erably larger, twenty-five to fifty acres,
in more sparsely settled territory.
In communities such as those es-
tablished under the auspices of the
Forward -to-the-Land League. it is ad-
visable that the school be thought of
as being in operation all the year
round. OF course, this does not mean
the holding of sessions all the summer.
but some of the teachers, at least,
should be on hand al all times. 1t also
is important that the school be made
the social center of the community.
THE principal of rural school
ought to know country life. a large
part of which has to do with farming.
The ability to do is the best test. The
head of a school in farming commu-
nifty should be able to conduct small
farm better than. or at least as well
as, any other man in the community"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
CITY ITEMS.

Chaplin In "Caught In the RAIN" AIss
"A Nations PERIL" great preparedness
drama. Today. Virginia Theater. Car
men soon.
Aneroid Barometers Schmidt. 1871 18th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Mildred at Alexandra fron1
Nomini creek with pulp wood for ship
ment to West Virginia paper-makine
mills; fatties Tony Faust and Eliza T.
oysters from river and bay beds. at / tn
street wharf. for the loca. market
steamer Southland. from Norfolk and
Old Point, to the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company; steamer
Gratitude, from Proctors wharf and
river landings, to the Potomac and
Chesapeake Steamboat Company
steamer w. l.. Davis. from Grinders
and river points. to the Peoples line
Departures.
Steamer Newport News, for Old Pom,
and Norfolk, with freight and passen
gers: steamers Capt. Wetherill, for
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt. with
army stores and passengers; schooner
Centurian, light, for the lower river
to load back to this city.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Capt. Toby left with shelllader
lighter and returned light: tug Davis
arrived at Baltimore with five lumber
laden bay craft in tow: tug Eugenia
arrived at Alexandria from sand-dig
ging machines; tug Tecumseh arrived
at the navy yard with lighters from
naval proving grounds: tug Bohemia
left Baltimore with Il loaded barge for
a bay port; tug Louise is scheduled tc
sail tomorrow for Occoquan with light
ers for the workhouse in tow.
Memoranda.
Schooner Annie Bell sailed from
Nomini for this city with wood, blu,
later returned to Nomini. where she is
now: sloop Volunteer is in Lower
Machodoc creek to load oysters for the
market here: schooner Grape Shot is
due at Alexandria with oysters from q
river point; schooner ]. "A. Marvel i.
at Baltimore with lumber from Il Nortt
Carolina point; schooner Edith Marcy
will sail for St. Georges Island after
oysters for the market here; schooner
Bertha May, in the Eastern branch
will return to service as soon as con.
ditions will allow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20

Mardi Gras-New Orleans. Mobile.
Pensacola, March 81. Low round trip
fares. Through sleeping cars. Southern
Railway, 705 15th-S11 G SITS. n.w.-Ad
vertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
Women Chaste and Modest.

omen CQdSLe ana mOOeSC.
They disfgured and tattooed their
faces in accordance with their religious
beliefs: squint-eye was striven for
and the youths had their faces Scalded
TO prevent the growth OF boards. The
men decorated their whole bodies with
red paint. and the women all except
their faces. for in that day modesty
decreed that the face should be left un-
painted The women were chaSte and
modest: when passing men on the road
they stepped aside, turned their backs,
and hid their faces in retiring man.
ner. On marriage the young husband
was obliged to work for his board at
the home of his wife's parents for FIVE
or six years, but the mother -in-Iaw
saw to it that her daughter fed him
we'll The Maya were of jealous ma
lure. and divorces were frequent and
easily effected. Polygamy was un-
known. Men suffered death for adul-
terry. but the woman's infamy was con-
sidered sufficient punishment for her.
Widows or widowerS might marry
without other ceremony than partak-
ing of meal in the house of the eS-
poused
II was considered improper for a
Maya to marry his mother-in-laW sis
ter-in-Iaw or aunt by marriage. al
though he could marry first cousin
Their hospitality knew no bounds, and
the upper classes entertained one an
other regally. Drinking was so in
dulged in at their banquets that the
wives of the guests were often obliged
to come for their husbands and drag
them home. The military efficiency of
the Maya was of high degree: each
city had chosen soldiers, supported by
the community, who organized and
drilled all the a ble-bodied men in time of
war. During the eleventh and twelfth
centuries three of the embryonic Maya
nations are supposed to have formed a
triple alliance. but further centraliZa-
ton of government failed, and the
Spanish invaders found the country in
= chaotic state with number of in
dependent petty chieftains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
Text Book Issued by Smith,
sonian Institution Depicts An
eient Writings and Habits.
REACH THEIR GOLDEN AGE
ABOUT THE SIXTH CENTURY
Twenty Tribes, Speaking Various
Dialects, Now Living in Regions
Occupied by Ancestors.

The bureau of American ethnology
of the Smithsonian Institution recent
ly issued text book. an archaeological
primer. so TO speak. for the study of
the ancient writings of the Maya In
dams. who have inhab ited the Atlantic
coast. plains of southern Mexico and
northern Central America from time
immemorial. The book is entitled AN
Introduction to the Study of the Maya
Hieroelyphs,' and is a form for
the diffusion of knowledge in reIa ton
to one branch of American archaeology.
The author is Sylvanus Griswo old Nor
ley Of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington
There are now about twenty tribes
speaking various dialects of the Maya
language. perhaps half a million peo-
pie in all. living in the general region
their ancestors occupied Yucatan
Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas. Guate-
mala and Honduras were all inha bited
by the forebears of this race, who were
the van of civilization in the new
world. hut today there is only the REM
nant of dwindling race, their once
remarkable civilization being a thing
of the past. their manners and Gus
toms practically forgotten.
Emerging from barbarity, probably
during the first or second century of
the Christian era, with excellent sculp-
ture and a system of elaborate and in
volved hieroglyphs, bespeaking both
skill and high mentality, which must
have taken at least two centuries to
evolve. they began to develop. For
four hundred years they expanded
in, cir
the golden age of the Maya was reach
ed. But after that their civilization
either collapsed. having run its nat
ural course, or they were driven from
their homes by stronger people. At
any event. no dates later than those
of their cycle 9. toward the end of our
sixth century, have been found in their
old southern cities.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-03
NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

bureau OF IRE prevention Cofn-
plains that phosphorus used for rat
poison has started several fires.
Mrs. Wong C. Wing, American wo-
man, filed suit for divorce against
her Chinese husband. Desertion is
charged.
Health com'r Robertson says Wa
ter south of 22d st. is again fit to
drink without boiling.
Steel locker weighing 1000 pounds
fell on Jas. Whalen, 1921 Polk. Re
quired six men to lift it off him. Will
recover.
John Patterson, 435 S. Clark,
knocked down by hose cart. Scalp
wounds.
Man believed Chas. Nicholas, 90,
knocked down by Fay taxi. Skull
fractured.
Rodney L. Krause, artist, Hearst
bldg, sought on wife's warrant
charging nonsupport.
CoIVin johnson, 1924 Ellis aV., filed
petition in bankruptcy. Assets $50,
liabilities 1884.
Masked negroes got $50 from fur
niture store, 3817 S. State, by hold
ing up manager, Abraham Harris.
Thos. Czerwiec, saloonkeePer, 1884
W. 18th, sentenced to an hour in Jail
on counterfeiting charge. Brother
Stanley given 80 days.
Fred Reimmer, 100 S. HaIsted,
hotelkeeper, held to grand jury on
oOo gonna ohio roo noodo hu Mrc Hot
tie Wallace, 3400 Indiana av., who
says he sold her hotel through mis-
representation.
Coroner's jury found Mrs. Anna
Berman, 1911 S. Spaulding av., died
from illegal operation.
All doors to elevator shaft, 739
Polk, out of order, according to cor
oner's jury's verdict on death of Gal
lageno Pardo, 727 Forquer, killed in
fall down shaft.
John Sanberg, 2131 Park aV., fined
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-03

9lUU, duu LdZOT hOTn1uh, 1880 ..
Peoria, $25 and each given day in
Jail for buying stolen pigeons from
boys.
B. Babini, 7oa w. Grand av., paint
mixer, killed in fall down elevator
shaft, 415 N. Green.
Al subpoenas issued by city civil
service commission for witnesses to
testify in investigation of alleged ir-
Irregularities in Wilson av. tunnel
work.
chauncey StiIIson, Muncie, Ind,
arrested in E. Chicago on charge of
running bunco boxing match, in
which it is charged he cleaned up
$4,000.
Gus Smith, 2o1s Indiana av., bar
tender at 416 S. State, arrested. Po-
lice say he sold six gallons of whisky
to Peril & Grimlet, a drink for a
dime" saloon, 1105 S. Crawford, for
81.
Mrs. VIM. A. Norberg says husband
gave her preference of turning on
gas and dying together or her getting
divorce. She has filed suit for divorce.
On SIS minutes notice, Miss Bea-
trice Benton, Chicago girl, played
part of Intoxication in Experience"
when regular actress did not show
up.
As he requested, no minister was
at funeral service of Eric Rasmussen,
Park Ridge. Friend, w. H. Malone,
read Longfellow's There Is No
Death" over body.
Chas. B. Munday, convicted bank
er, freed from Joliet on writ of super
sedeaS.
Corporation Counsel EtteIson an
nounced that his oral opinion that
liquor bought in reasonable quaint
ties before a. m. may be consumed
later will stand.
WeckIer Boat Co., of which Har-
bormaster A. F. Weckler is sec'y, is
bankrupt.
M~a LoIoS, M;IIon 0HN1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
Motor Truck for Road Use.

Division Engineer c. NJ. Brooks Of
Kcene was in town Wednesday III per
Torrance of his duties on the state
road. lie has recently assisted IN lc-
signing a body for a motor trde6 to be
used in drawing gravel for the use %
natrolmen on roads built or maintained
by the state highway department, and
in this way he expects to add to the
efficiency of the patrol system by plac-
ing gravel of standard quality along
the roads whore il viii be hand for
thc patrol to use. The truck is capa-
BILE Of hauling a load equal to two and
half loads for pair of horses and at
much greater speed.
Work on the new state road between
here and Brattleboro is progressing
rapidly considering the conditions
caused by the weather and the scarcit.,
Of labor, and indications are thai the
road will be very satisfactory. II is
the intention to complete this road this
year, but unless more help can be Sc
cured it would seem as though it would
Ice a considerable proposition to do So
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
HINSDALE, N. H.
SEVERAL YOUNG MEN ENLIST
Join Company I of Brattleboro After
Visit of Officers.

Interest among the younger men in
town to enlist in the service of their
country was suddenly awakened We'd
ncsday, when Lieut.. Walter r. SpauId-
ing Of Company l, Brattleboro, ac-
companicd by DR. Taylor. appeared
here on a recruiting mission. The re
cruiting officer did not make very
long stop and as there was no advance
notice Of his coming there was very
little time to arouse enthusiasm or
for the Interested ones to arrive at Il
definite decision.
There we're four who passed the
physical examination and were ac-
cePted, George Marshall, Ira Cham
berlain, David Stewart and Edward
Bcrgeron, and when these four left
for Brattleboro in the evening they
were joined by John Marshall who
went for the purpose of enlisting. He
has seen six years of service in the
regular army.
Patriotism is certainly strong il
this town and a call for volunteers
would see many enlistmcnts from
among the able-bodied young men
Many from this town went to Brat
tleboro Thursday morning to see Com
pany / off for the state camp ground
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
HALIFAX.

Charles Baxter and sons are moving
TO the Tucker farm.
Mr.. andMrs. Charles Stacy of Brat
tleboro visited his sister, Mrs. Chloe
Crosier, recently.
Services will be held in the unio /
church by Rev. Mr.. Tinker Sunday nj
tcrnoon at $50.
Rev. and Mrs. Tinker attended, TIA )
county Baptist Sunday school eonvcn-
tion in West Guilford last week.
Rev. " r. Tinker conducted the
Odd Fellows memorial sarv &c in
Readsbaro last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Susan Stowe of Green River
was IN town recently to see about
improving her lot in the cemetery.
Children S day viii be observed in
the Baptist church Sunday, June %.
at II a. m. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chase, Miss
Mildred Whittemore and Ruth and
Paul Crosier motored to the Brattle-
hero high school graduation exercises
Tuesday evening.
p. Crosier and family motored to
Pittsfeld and Lenox, Mass, Sunday.
going BY way of Mohawk Trail and
Jacob s Ladder and returning by
way of Westfeld and Northampton,
Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
Little Red School House Notes.

John H. Northup has been confined
to the house with rheumatism of the
eye.
Mr.. Dutton recently injured his knee
again. His physician thinks it may be
necessary to place the joint in q east.
Thermometers on East hill went
down to 40 above zero the night of
June 20, causing considerable anxiety
for gardens.
The rainy weather Of last week has
been continued through this, 50 that
farm operators have been practically ut
a standstill.
Almost every family in the ncighbor-
hood has been suffering from a severe
type of colds, several being under
the doctor s care.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Prescott and
children of Aver, Mass, have come to
occupy their summer place, formerly
known as the Herbert Felch farm.
The lecture announced for June II,
to be given by Rev Ashfeld Ashford
of Wardsboro, was postponed because
of the storm. \ date viii be announced
later
Mrs. Henrietta Clark Bemis, instruc-
tor of elocution in Leland and Gray
seminary, before leaving for her home
III Concord, n. H., spent the weekend
with the Northups at the Green Noun
tain farm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
GuILFoRD CENTER.

Mrs. Clarence Thomas visited her
aunt in Brookline, Vt, last week.
The Ladies win give their annual
strawberry festival and dance Thurs
day. June %, at the Grange hall
There will be services in the Uni
versalist church sunday, June %, at 8
clock BY Rev. D. =. Trout.
Children S day was quite we'll at
tended last Saturday although not as
may children were present as usual
owing to the rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. james Thayor and
children went to Broclton, Mass,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
JACKSONVILLE.
Grange Program for June n.

Following Is the program for the Grange
meeting Tuesday, june y; Song. Grange:
roll call of officers with extract from
ritual; essay, Life Of Father Kelley,
". s. Allen; recitation, Pearl Faulk-
ner; reading, What the Grange Is Do
ing for the Farm Home; cong. Alpheus
Chase; paper, Woman S Sphere in the
Grange, Mrs. Alibee; reading, A Code
of Morals for the Changers; Grange
paper, Mildred Corse and Carrie Rob
erts; song, Iva Pierce and Edith Dick
ensOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
SOUTH WARDSBORO

Frank Could, III. is in Wilmington
working for ID IL Hale
Merrill Han went to Dummcrston re-
Gently whore he has employment
Mrs II 0. Gould and son spent satur-
day and Sunday in West Jamaica
School closes lime 80 with \ picnic at
the sclfoolhouse b which all are cordially
Invited
alr. and Mrs T. G. Halliday Of DUN
merston, AIr. and Mrs Dye and two chill
dron Of Putney spent "Wednesday at NJ
Y Plymptons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
6 hoola in tom close tails week.

6. hoola in to~n close tails week.
Gar No#., ana 2ias, nix We're il
.,c@th A&aG.3 Monday.
Bet Weller and bride cf Nc.th Al
ams came Ao.G@4 to visit his aunt.
Mrs. Mamie Carrier.
Miss Gertrude Hill with some friends
are ut Miss HE : summer home in the
village for two weeks.
The dance in Green Mountain halI
Saturday night was well attended
Music from Eeadsboro. There will he
another IN two weeks and it is expect
sd these dances will he held every two
weeks all summer. j. +. Tyler fur
niShcd lee cream.
MIR, and Mrs. \. f. Spencer and
daughter. Marian, were at their camp
here over Sunday. Mrs. Spencer S
neither, Mrs. Emma Rudman, who has
spent severa; summers here, died at
the hOme of her daughter in North Adj
ans, about two weeks AGO of meu-
monia. She was sick only two days.
: More rain has fallen in the month
OF June than in any other year in the
remembrance of even tho Oldest iuhab-
itants. There have been only one 81
two days in the month thus far with
out rain and when it doesn t rain it is
cold and cloudy. Nothing can grow
except grass There are many farmers
'who haven t their corn planted and
can t get their fields dry enough to
work on. Many fields lay Just as the
pillow left it with water several inches
! deep in each furrow. The seed time
which the Bible promises surely hash I
been given as yet this year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
WEST HALIFAX.

Mir. and Mrs. d. ID. Pratt were ia
Brattleboro a few days the first OF
the week.
Rev. w. r. Tinker viii preach In the
church at the Center next sunday ut
$50 and every Sunday at the same
time during the season.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Stacy of Brat
tleboro were at Ira Larrabee s aue-
ton and stayed over night with their
sister, Mrs. Susan Larrabee.
, c. F. Clark and son have traded the
David Tucker farm. reserving the
timber. with Charles Baxter for his
farm and Mr.. Baxter has taken pos
session of the Tucker place and moved
there.
Tho articles and stock sold well at
the auction sale at Ira Larrabee S
june Is. Gina Learnard bid off the
farm for 81 200. Mr.. Larrabee was
lived there. He has now gone to West
Brookfeld, Mass, TO live with his
daughter, Mrs. Alice Pepper Harry
Shelter, his grandson has gone with
him. Mr.. Larrabee is a much respected
man.
News has been received Of the death
of Willard Weeks, native OF this
town and nearly always q resident
here until about % years ago, when
he went to New York to work and
later won't west. On account Of iil
health he and his family about SIX
weeks ago went from Los Angeles,
Cal, to Seattle. Wash. where he was
taken worse and went to n hospital.
lie leaves wife and son. Marshall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
VIII obser-e Golden wsaltn~.

This year marks tine seth anniversary a-
the marriage of NJ. and Mrs i.iwu T..
Steeson of jacksonville. and I'm honor ot
the event it is proposed to hold Il oclebra-
ton at the Glen House I'm Iacz-aaviile
July at , o'ciocl, p. III, and IA Tho even
ing. y general invitation Is extended I'd
all. The women are asked to bring cake
Clyde Reed and family OF Readsboro Wis
tied his parents Nj and Mrs H. c. Reed.
Sunday
Miss Mildred Mclean Is spending
short vacation with her sister, Mrs Hal
bert Reed.
\ number from here attended the grad
uatior exercises in Wilmington last Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. \. Smith o- BreI.lanI,
Mass. visited Mrs Mary ~n.des. the first
al the week.
Mrs Adams. who works fof H. IL Rob
e5ts, visited relatives IN BIattia5oro the
first OF the week,
Clifford Stctson Of Canton, Y Y. :
spending a short vacation with his paren,a,
Mr. ana Airs. Hollis Stetsoa
Mrs, Marion Jones Of Brattleboro is
with her uncle, y G. Stetson. this week
and visiting other relatives and friends
/ Air. ard Mrs. George Churchill attended
/ tho funeral OF Airs. Ckure!HlFs mother.
4 Mrs. Herbert Richmond, in East Charlie
mont Sunday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-23
GUTLFORD.

Charles L. Amidon went this week
TO the Melrose hospital in West Brat
tleboro for slight operation.