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La rassegna. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????, 1917-04-07
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ANGELO CUSANO, Presidente
G. TREVISANI, Tesoriere
ALFONSO Rag. CARUSO, Seq.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Sam He. surllt Nation. Too.

4 shall not forget my first sight Of
the, Aleutian islands, writes Frank G.
Carpenter from Alaska. We had
passed no land for two days when we
came to the Island of Unimak, which
is at the end Of the Alaska peninsula
and which forms the beginning Of the
great chain of islets that reaches from
Alaska almost to Asia. The islands
lie in a great crescent which look like
stepping stones on the face of the sea.
They form the arc of great circle
reaching from the western to the east
ern hemisphere. Unimak lies on our
side of the world and Attu, the last
of our islands, is in the orient, $500
miles distant and not far from Kam-
chatka. We have coaling station
on the Island of Kiska, which is in
the eastern hemisphere, and there the
evening twilight has not disappeared
when the sun is rising in Maine. John
Bull often boasts that the sun never
sets on British possessions. The same
is true of Uncle Sans dominions.
when we take in Attur island and the
Philippine archipelago. n
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Queer Way Of Smoking.

When you sit down comfortably
with your pipe, tobacco and matches,
intent upon a quiet smoke, it prob
ably doesn't strike you that there are
smokers of other races who go about
wooing the goddess Nicotine in very
odd ways. The natives Of South At
rica are inveterate smokers, but some
Of them indulge in the habit in dis
tinctly queer fashion. The pipe" is
made by thrusting two sticks into the
ground so us to meet at an angle; |;
when they are withdrawn two tunnels
are left behind. A hollow reed is
stuck in one hole, and. the tobacco
placed in the other and lighted. Be-
fore beginning operations the native
fills his mouth with water, drawing in
the smoke with gurgling sound and
blowing out the water and smoke
through second reed. A poor way
Of smoking to white man, but the
kafirs are very fond of it-Wide
World Magazine.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Military Cape for Small Girl.

mothers and grown-up sisters there
seems to be no reason at all why the
younger member of the family should
not insist that she, too, have one. says
writer in the Washington Star. The
cape is an ideal spring and summer
wrap, as 1t gives all the warmth and
protection ordinarily required, and can
be slipped on over the filmiest of
frocks without mussing the frock as u
coat with sleeves would.
Many, capes developed for adults
show set-in vests or inside sections
with loose flowing outer part. This
arrangement, however. would not be
satisfactory for the smaller models. Te
make a cape comfortable and just
right for the little girl, at the same
time giving it an unusual style touch
SO it isn't merely one Of the stereo
typed Red Riding Hood affairs, this
little cape is cut of at the waistline
back and front and fullness let in by
means Of plaits.
To make this cape for a girl of si1
or eight years two yards of material
SO inches wide will be required. If de-
sired, the cape may be lined through
out with the red. and this is recon-
mended If the trifling additional weight
is not objected to.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS g-.- .If-.
FURNISH MOST OF SULPHUR

More than 9s per cent Of the native
sulphur now produced in the United
States Gomez from deposits in Louisiana
and Texas, according to Philip 8. Smith
Of the United States geological survey
department Of the interior, but deposits
Of sulphur that have been or might be
productive occur in Wyoming, Nevada,
Utah, California, Colorado, Oregon and
Alfilkina- Alfilkina- a.lgm ,onfiga tIanbigihaI
Louisiana and Texas apparently pro
duce Enough sulphur to supply even an
sxsrsosdinsiy demand, fSr sIs eonbissd
outPdt ~ othess states, although 'tss
prodastisA tAsss > sot sssa,t vigorously
pushed, has 70 greatly exessdsd the
amount sold that large stocks or suipAas
have bssn accumulated
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
MAKE OLD PETTlcoATs NEW
Detachable Flounees Also Enable One
to Have an Undersklrt to Match
Every Dress.

Decidedly practical are the tailored
petticoat founces which will give .
new lease Of life to the underskirt
whose upper section is in good condi.
tion but whose plaitings have become
frayed or shabby. .yt t...u.,Il
attachable petticoat flounces put on
They are made with q, drawstring ad-
Unstable to the, old ,petticoat or to the
new. ID width they measure about
two yards and in. depth about nine
inches, According TO ones preferences
the attachable flounces are to be
hAd In thimon, ta6eta Or si&esiGfihe.
/ pEprbths kAoekahdut 7psttieoits there
.2sllsty q 3 seioss e iS.s 81 sss.is
changing ,ths h6aASe tosIlxec6 Tie -tUal
Of the dress one may have, TO an ~
tents and purposes, several pettieeats
~ merely possessing ssvseal 1ouacss.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
NEW TRIMMING FOR CUSHIONS
Use Of TasseIs, Not Only at cornerA
but All Over Pillow, Is Novel
Idea In Trimming.

Did 1t every occur to you to trim q
cushion with tassels? Yet that Is what
an exclusive decorator has done-not
just tassels at the corners, but tassels
all over the pillow. The cushion was
covered with an old-fashioned change
able taffeta in old rose and tapestry
blue. material and two colors which
are well combined In decorating at
present. The tassels then carried out
the color scheme by being made of
blue and rose silk threads. They were
attached to the pillow top at a dis
tance Of about six inches apart.
One could make such pillow very
easily at home, choosing a round shape
and attaching the tassels only at the
edge. The tassels can be made from
embroidery twist in the colors wanted
by. looping the thread to the proper
length, binding it off at the top with
lot more Of the same silk of the
proper color or dull gilt braid and
cutting the loops at the bottom. u
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
One Of War, TRAGEDIES.

The closing of Robert college is not
the least of the small tragedies of the
war. Founded in 1853, it has for half
n century steadily increased its influ-
ence over the life and thought of the
near East. Although situated in Con-
stantinople, it has drawn most of its
students from neighbOring countries
Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Armenia.
While Its consistent policy has been to
leave politics strictly alone, not n little
of the Liberal movement in the near
East may be traced to its doors. 1t is
asserted that Bulgaria won her inde-
pendence through men educated at
Robert college; and number of the
Greek and Serbian high officials owe to
it their early trimming. Even the Young
Turk party, which brought about the
revolution of some years ago and so
nearly succeeded in its enterprise Of
liberalization. was largely inspired by
men trained there. Whether its work
is now finally ended, hinges on the re.
suit of the war.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
BIG CANALS IN MEsopoTAMIA I \
easdad Once Had the Most Remark
able System Of Irrigation That
Has Ever Been Constructed.

Many years ago great irrigation
schemes enabled Mesopotamia, Ar
menia and other countries in the near
and middle East to become the seats
Of empires in spite of their arid eli
mates. Today, writes DR.. Arthur Sell
wyn-Brown in the Scientific American,
they have few cities of any Importance.
Bagdad, which has a population Of
about 10000, had 100000 ten CEN
turtles ago. The difference between
Gesopotamia then and today is the
result of the destruction Of tine
In the height Of its prosperity Bag
dad had the most remarkable system
Of irrigation that has ever been
constructed. The canals about the
city measured over 5000 miles in
length.
There are others, both north and
south of the city, that Joined the Eu-
pirates with the Tigris, and there were
several that ran parallel with the
Etyers.
: The largest was known as the
Chosroos canal. 1t was built in early
historical times to connect Bagdad
with the city Of Dur, about 100 miles
north. Whenever this canal passed
through loose soil it was over 200 feet
in width and six feet deep. Where the
ground became rocky it was reduced
to a width Of 40 or so feet.
Between Dur and Bassora therd
were over so trunk canals between the
Tigris and the Euphrates, and they ir-
rigated $1,000 square miles of rich
farming land.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
DRAINAGE DUE TO MOSQUITO
Saving of Millions Results From De-
termination Of Status Of Insect
by Army Hospital Corps.

The National Chamber of Commerce
declares that had not the hospital
corps of the army definitely deter
mined the status of the mosquito and
thus caused menacing swamp lands to
be drained, it Is an open question
whether the building Of the Panama
canal would have been possible.
In following up this work we find
that the United States, in draining
breeding places of the mosquito, has
reclaimed thousands Of acres of land
and made them available for agri-
cultural purposes. There are approx
mately 1OO,O00,OO0 acres of swamp
lands in the country, where for years
the mosquito has held undisputed
sway, of which 75,OOO,OOO. or about
one-eighth of the total area of the
country, can be reclaimed for the plow-
share. The only value Of swamp land
lies in its possibility Of reclamation /;
otherwise it is a serious liability as q
breeder Of disease.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Dogs RESCUE EFFORT FAILS

Westfield, Mass.-Joseph Wrogowsky,
seven years old, was drowned in the
Westfield river at Red Rock after his
collie, Fluff, twice tried to bring the
boy to shore.
Joseph and his nine year old brother,
William, were playing on the bank.
Joseph slipped into the river. The deg
plunged in, got the lads collar in a
firm grip and tried desperately to pad
die ashore. The boy dragged the dog
under until Fluff was forced to come up
for air. Fluff filled his lungs, then
dived and came up with his master, but
was dragged under again until he had
to let go.
Arthur Bazata came at the older
brothers. screams, dived in and brought
the body Of Joseph to shore.
Fluff, who had kept diving Desperate
ly, refused to come ashore until Bazata
came up with his masters form and
brought it to land.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
NATIONAL CONSERVATORY
OF MUSIC Is DESIRED NOW

New York, Aug. 7.-American musi-
clans and composers, at meeting here,
have chosen an executive committee,
with Reginald de Koven as chairman,
to forward the movement for the es.
tablishment of a national conservatory
Of music. This committee will nomi-
nate a national committee to inaugurate
the proposed new institution. 1t is
composed of the following members:
DR.. Horatio Parker, professor of mu-
sic at Yale university; George w. Chad.
wick, composer; Henry Hadley, compos.
er and conductor. David Bispham, sing.
er; Clarence Eddy, organist; Albeit
Spalding, representing the field of the
violin; Fannie Bloomfeld-Zeisler and
Ernest Schelling, the piano; DR.. Frank
Damrosch, director and conductor:
Pierre V. R. Key, music critic; and as
secretary, Rose l.. Sutro, the pianist
to whose efforts, in conjunction with
her sister, the movement is due.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11

throwing gas shells mixed with the
others. He says:
That time it was not much more than
bronchitis and enteritis; and | had a
strong constitution, so it disappeared
rapidly, with few injections of-of-
the remedy. Il could not ask him ia
disclose the nature of the remedy.
All will be told after the war. Al pres.
ent, even the medical journals are Eot
always accurate-for reason.)
The soldiers, DR.. Mellon says, were
formerly careless about gas, but now
they have standard masks, furnished by
the army, which are frequently inspect
ed and kept in condition. OF the rem
edy which is now used, and of which
the doctor may not speak in detail, the
Times-Picayune correspondent says:
They seem to be great bags full of
medicated air or laughing gas or whaI
you please. Suspended from rescuers
shoulders, they have several rubber
tube mouthpieces for victims to suck
on while being led or dragged out.
In Rheims, Chalone, and other cities
miles behind the trenches, the school
children We're obliged to carry gas
masks in their pockets or satchels. The
writer says:
This simple fact shows the danger OF
gas shells to a vast area of civilian
population miles and miles behind the
front, from the Atlantic to Belfort
How many miles deep is this danger
zone to farmers, villagers, townsmcn
and school babies? Big long distance
guns: can throw these poison shells
eight miles, twelve miles, fifteen miles
without prohibitive expense-and they
do it!-Literary Digest.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
AzTEcs' FEAST FEAST. OF THE DEAF, b
Custom Of Burning Up an Imase Of
the Departed ls Still Common
Among Indians Of California.

The religion of the ancient Mexi-
cans seems to have been character
lied throughout by peculiar blood
thirstiness, involving constant human
sacrifice. The feast of the dead was
celebrated after this fashion:
"They took faggot of ocotl, which
in Spain would be called pitch wood
and they dressed 1t up in blanket or
dress. If the dead person had been a
woman. they dressed the faggot in her
petticoats and put 1t in front Of cook
Ing pots and other household utensils.
If the dead person had been chief
and a valiant man, they dressed the
faggot in rich mantle and waist
cloth and labret and gave it hand
full of pitch wood. The labret was
made of piece of amber or crystal
This, which they were accustomed to
wear when they drank or danced in
their native ceremonies, hung down
from hole pierced through the lip.
They seated the image on a sleeping
mat and they put there. much food
and they invited the principal men
there. Then they put fire to the pitch
wood and everything which they had
put there burned up"
The custom of burning up an image,
together with offerings for the dead,
was not only found among the Aztecs
but Is also common among the Indians
of California today.-The Southern
Workman.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
PACKAGES MAY BE SENT
TO TRoPs IN FRANCE

Parcels post packages can now be
sent to members of the expeditionary
forces of the United States army in Eu-
rope, according to ruling of the post
office department, made public a, few
days ago, but the government will in ns
way be responsible for their safe de-
livery. 1 wH' srrr.I .'ir-rHl
The package to be sent to the "Sam-
my" with the United States expedi-
tionary forces in Europe must be under
twenty pounds in weight. The package
must be securely wrapped. II must b
clearly addressed, siving the namsi Sf
the addressee, the official designation
Of the unit to which the addressee. be-
longs but under NO circumstances should
the sender attempt to indicate the loca.
tion fof the forces. The name Of shs
sshdr should 'be plainly written ON tAs
uppeT tlsft hand, eee1es ysf IL par kset.
The paskags easnst n, sent g, q, p,
nor can Il b rsgistsi.d - insursd. I
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
TAKEN FROM BARREN ISLE
FORCED TO KILL NEGRO

Mexico City, Aug. 6-The story of
the rescue of eleven Mexican women
and children from probable death on the
barren Clipperton island, coral atoi,
$50 miles off the Mexican coast, was re-
lated today by members of the rescued
party who were landed at Salina Cruz,
| by an American gunboat. They were
the survivors of more than 100 colonists
who left for the island in February,
1914. The remainder died from scurvy
or were drowned.
According to the story of Mrs. Maria
Arnaud, widow of Captain Arnaud, gov
ernor of the island, shortly after the
arrival of the colonists the American
| schooner Nokomis was wrecked on the
island Thirteen of the crew, including
the captains wife, reached the shore,
where they remained for several months
while a few of the sailors rowed back
to Acapulco.
On hearing of the suffering of the
people on the island an American gun
Doat went tnere and TOOK OH une AHef-
leans, but not before they had material
ly diminished the food supply of the
colonists. 1t also offered to take off the
Mexicans, but they declined, expecting
a boat with supplies. The boat never
came.
When their food was exhausted the
colonists were forced to live on fish
and eggs and flesh of sea birds Scurvy
set in and more than half died. In 1915
Captain Arnaud with three men put out
in rowboat to try and intercept q
vessel that had been sighted, but their
boat capsized and its occupants Were
drowned.
The party on the island then mum.
bered five women, seven children and a
negro lighthouse tender. The women
lived in constant terror Of the negro,
who continually threatened them. He
murdered one of the women, but anoth-
er woman, unable longer to bear his
outrageous conduct, beat out the man 8
brains with hammer.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
Paper-Covered Novels.

Paper-covered novels have lost nope
of their attractiveness through the
half-century since they were written.
The choice Of titles is not their least
alluring feature. Admirers Of Ned
Buntline, who did not like his title Of
1.-THE White Cruiser" as being too col
orless, might purchase 1t ION account
of its more mysterious alternative
designation. or, "The Fate of the Un-
heard-Of.' Almost anybody would
like to know the fate of the Unheard-
of. Most of the dime e'novels were pub
lished in square twelvemos, but this
was an octave, issued in New York in
1858. They filled want, If not a long
felt one. Their resurrection comes at
Il time most opportune, for these nov
els were in many cases the literature
of the trenches" during the Civil war,
If the term can properly be applied to
writings which were not literature
and when trench warfare in the mod
ern term, was MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
MANY GREAT MEN DIED POOR
Burns Last Hours Were Tortured With
Thought of Paltry Debt He
Could Not Pay.

1t was old Sam johnson of diction-
ary fame-waS it nOt?-who once
wore boots SO full of holes that they
freely admitted the pebbles!
Burns died with hardly copper in
the house. his last hours tortured
with the thought of paltry debt he
could not pay, while among the musi-
cal geniuSes who have suffered most
severely at the hands of Dame For
tune conspicuous place must be ac-
corded to Mozart and Hayden, both of
whom at one period of their lives were
on the verge of starvation.
Though in their early manhood We'll
lington and Disraeli were both gravely
handicapped by debt, neither of these
great men ever suffered anything like
the privations that President Lincoln
and President Garfield did. Most men
can at least declare there were four
walls around them when they were
born into the world, but even this
poor Lincoln hardly could boast.
General Grant Is known in history
Of course, as the commanderin.chiet
of the Northern armies in the Civil
war and eventually as president Of the
United States, but 1t may: not be equal.
y widely known that, in spite of the
great offices he so ably. filed, he died
with hardly a copper in his posses.
sion. .." .,
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
THE FOURTH PAYMENT

The fourth payment of thirty per
centum on Liberty Loan bonds pur-
chased on installments is due on Angus.
before that date according to the off
eial statement of terms and conditions
of the sale of Liberty Loan bonds is.
sued by Secretary McAdoo of the treas
ury at the time subscriptions to the
bonds were invited. Whether the bonds
were purchased from the treasury or
from the federal reserve banks OF
through other banks or agencies it is
important that these and succeeding in.
stallments be paid promptly.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
CAPE For k!DD!E!:: d:
Adopted as Summer Wrap Even
for the Little Girl. "
Extra Military Effect Given by Soldier.
ly Looking Buttons Used on
Collar and Belt.

Even the kiddies are wearing capes.
made of navy blue gaberdine, with col.
lar, armhole edging, belt and bottom
finish of gendarme red taffeta. AS an
extra military note very soldierly
looking brass button Is used to fasten
the collar and serve the belt in simi-
lar manner.
Every little girl needs summer
wrap, and surely now that capes have
been adopted as the favorite mode OF
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
ssa.saIt a. Fertilizer.

Close observers at the Royal Asri-
cultural Station Of Magyar-Ovsr. Hun
gary, find that ses-salt markedly af-
fects certain crops, It Ia generally
supposed that sea-salt is poisonous to
plant life-an Impression strengthened
by the fact that many parts OF the
country near the sea are barren. Some
pfants, however, thrive well on soil
that has been washed by the sea. and
the, Hungarian experiments seem to
prove that certain quantity Of ssa-
salt acts as q stimulant to crops In
general. 1.-THE ihvesttEators .fsftinsed
some beet-sugar fields with sea-salt and
got astonishing crops. The expert
ments will be continued, although the
results for the last four years have
bsen uniformly the same.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
loR SALE, EXCHANGE or LEASH

A cattls ranch OF $50 acres rio-~ -
one Of the finest ranges in C"iorn,o.
Has $50 acres under ditch; shout 50
under cultivation; close 70 good mar
kets. Fully equipped with farm ma-
chinery and stock for running the
same.
This Is rare bargain - the lard
will grow snything from grain s.A
Alfalfa to potatoes.
For Particular address 4 7 . csrs
Gles wood Posk
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
FOOD COMBINATIONS

ho- 10 put fouds together tc ,a.a
m-ais :sst digest easily Is the ,u,lses
"t the leAdink article in the Der-m ,cs
aa"t'"r of The HygieDis, Magazine,
.r,sr~s by Dr.. B. X. Daniels. Procure
",py Of the mxgaziue at your "-ws
uSai~rs' or ssnd teu cents to The dy-
1"nist Publishing Co, AsJeshe blag,
Denver. Colo.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
SPLENDID CATTLE RANCH

4S0 acres. 200 acres in hay and
grain; running water. n mile to good
school; railroad runs through farm.
Price $50 per acre. All .cUged ,nd
good building. Close to .''rest -eserr.
viii sell 200 head cattle with th-
farm. Address The Glenwood Post.
4-2S-tf.
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cosuIdn't 90.

4 You say you are not going to the
family reunion" iuu saub ,i4I
what would I wearr' -..
"Wear the clothes you have on"
"Not to family reunion. This hat
I sneaked from Cousin Lucy, this
dress I borrowed from Aunt Matilda,
and this coat belongs to Sister Jane"
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
slIaht MIstaIte.

He-You look at me as though you
thought might be a fool. X'HH9 ~
q Shell beg your pardon. You can't
be such, q fool, after all, 80. "a
He-what do you meant ''''s 3 ="
She-Your remark shows that you
possess the ability to read ones
thoughts at mere glapee.
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11

Woman loves clear, rosy complex.
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters is splendid
for purifying the blood, clearing .he
skin, restoring sound digestion. All
druggists sell it. Price $1.25. lC
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11

|,r TAA day Il ihasA sJAyssss iso k.lss.'
People want aild, sasyA laxat ~.
Doan's Rsgulsts Aavs 'ssAial,sa tleas.
aads. 3oe at an Arse sesees. ~
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11
PROPERTY FOB SALE

Five lots aud 4-rovm house, city
water, shade and fruit trees. Just the
place for garden and chickens. Can
take $1,000 for this property and tha:
is just like finding it. For particular
:au at the Glenwood Post
The Glenwood post., 1917-08-11

For Group or sore throat, use Dr..
Thomas Eclectic Oil. Two skies, 30c
and 60c. At all drug stores. 10
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mixed with high explosive shells to dis.
guise them. fIss# .a.u. .r..
l eoughed for four hours, always
worse, and then the coughing stopped,
and | began to suffOcate.. The suffoca-
tions, fever, and crazy headache contin-
ued and continued. oxygenH Yes.
Remedy vaporsf Certainly. And, es-
pecially hypodermic injections of certain
substances. I was congratulating my
self that had no flow Of blood from
the lungs when hemorrhages Of the n
testines began. During the first month
in hospital I had five or si1 crises Of
suffocsting per day Of, say, half An
hour each. A. bad business. e.i
OF another exReriencew5sboth were On
the somme-Dr, Mellon said there were
many shells exploding, but he had so
much To do that Ne did not pay suhi-
cient attention to the danger, He addss
We wear, the. mask deostinually, but
when ;I yoa hs,ye dsliIeate work to DO. on On
clear ssad fg.Ts ttSs ll9lss:;sS u fe,oSaIr yoSar
hands: a-Isanist' ysaf iaasAlvlissfs' INA
breathe whatever cir there 10.
In this case the doctor pushed up his
mask st . time when the sasny was