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The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
The Supreme Test.

I was mt strange little meeting in
Ohio, and just before the meeting a
woman came up with a very stern ex-
preston on her face and said: II am
just going to tell you this. I had to
give my boy. He was drafted and I
had no choice. But won't give up
my food for anybody" It sounded as
If her food was Of more value to her
than her boy. "But won't you please
come to the meeting and hear what I
have to tell you about how it is over
there?" asked. She came; and aftt q.
the meeting she came to me and said !:
II am just going to tell you that am
going to change my mind. I will 60
without some Of the things. Mrs. A.
Burnett-Smith, in the Atlantic.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
SAVAGE AND HIS SHIELD
Writer Explains Why Men Button
Their Clothing With the Right
Hand.

A popular writer who is particularly
fond Of giving his readers diluted SCI
ence. in sugared pellets, says that men
button their clothing with the right
hand because their prehistoric ances-
tors used to carry shields on their le1t
arms. To quote his own words:s
primitive man had shield on MS
left arm to protect the heart side from
attack. That left his right hand free
to do the buttoning."
This is interesting and highly imag'
NATIVE, but Is 1t true2 Did primitive
man wear shirts and collars, vests and
coats, that buttoned up at all? And
did he know that his heart was more
important to guard than his lungs or
his liver? Is there any real evidence
that he was concerned about the rela-
tive value of his internal organs, when
he fashioned his shield? Did he carry
his shield on his left arm to protect
his heart or was 1t to leave his right
arm, apparently always the stronger;
in the majority Of individuals, free to
WELD a sword or spear, or a stone
hammer or knobbed war club, farther
back toward the beginning Of mans
Gong story on this battered old planet?
Beyond question, he wanted his
most efficient hand and arm free to
use his weapons, but Is 1t certain or
even probable that he had strong
preference for being stabbed In the
right side, If he must needs be pune
tvred at all? Surely the weapon OF
attack always dominated the means OF
defense. The knife counted more
than the shield. The spear controlled
the use Of hands and arms more than
any buckler ever did.
Buttons are placed for the convent
ence Of the right hand, not because the
left hand was kept busy, carrying
shield, in the childhood Of the human
race. but because the right hand was
usually the stronger and more skillful
then, just as it is now.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
LETTER WRITING THE RAGE
Pretty French Stenographer 10 cau4e Of
Literary Epidemic Among the
Marines.

Somewhere in France.-Lettef writ.
ing has become all the rage among the
wounded United States marines con-
fined to the base hospitals here.
The reason is French stenographer.
pretty one. too, who has volunteered
to write letters home for her incapaci-
tated American brothers.
The petite Parisienne makes daily
visit to the Marine hospitals for die
tation-and the wounded devil dogs
have suddenly become literary giants.
They anxiously await her visits and
fairly swamp her with mail. #
Gee, If only had about three more
aunts and six more cousins to write
to-" sighed one husky sea-SOldier, as
the pretty little "steno" moved on to
the next cot. asr -
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
ChiIdren's Savings.

More than 10000 children under six
teen years of age have savings ac'
counts in the Los Angeles banks. They
have more than $1,OOO,OOO on deposit,
or an average of something over $25
each. One thirteen-year-old youngster
is credited with heading the list. He
has nearly $4,000 on deposit, from a
beginning made with so cents when
he was seven years old. .....
Many of the Los Angeles banks make
special provisions for the savings ac-
counts of children and In addition to
accepting savings accounts, teach les.
sons of thrift in their advertising mat
ter. They also lend encouragement
to thrift propaganda in the public
schools and childrcn's organizations.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
BOMBAY GREAT CITY
Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much
to the Parsis.
UnthInkable Towers Of Silence Still
Maintained In Heart Of Most FASH
ionabIe Residential District
Population Now Million.

Bombay now has nearly 1,OOO,0 900 in
habitants. At the beginning Of the
nineteenth century 1t already had 20O.-
900 and early In the twentieth century
the census takers counted 959.537
souls, Eleanor Franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Evening Post. Nearly
100000 of these are Hindus and 15O,-
900 are Mohammedans. while less than
10000 are Christians. counting both
pure European and mixed blood.
There are about 10000 Parsis, and
the Parsis are the most interesting and
important element in the community.
It Is to British initiative and example
and to Parsi appreciation, intelligence
and generosity that Bombay owes the
fact of her present existence as one OF
the most beautiful cities in the world.
Yet the Parsis still maintain the un-
thinkable. towers of silence In the
heart and center of Bombay's most
fashionable residential district; the
towers Of silence, where the Parsi dead
are disposed Of by the Forever hover
ing horrible flocks Of kites, which on
occasion grow gorged and careless and
drop human flesh and little bones in
the Towering fragrant gardens of the
great on Malabar hill. But what would
you? The towers of silence are un-
thinkable only to the Christian mind.
To the mind of the Parsi all other
methods of disposing of the dead are
unthinkable.
! The Parsis are sometimes careleSsly
referred to as Persian Jews or are
grouped with Persian Jews, Of whom
there are a good many in Bombay. But
the faith of the Parsis Is not the Jew
ish faith. They are Zoroastrians-
worshipers Of the sun and fire as the
truest manifestations of the Almighty
and they came down from Persia In
to India about the middle Of the sew
enth century, when they began to be
grossly prosecuted by the MOhamme-
dan conquerors Of the Sassanian en-
pire.
But they were prosecuted always by
the Mohammedan cOnquerOrs of India
and by the Hindus. until the happy
day arrived for all religions when
British power began to be predominant
In India. But Bombay was purely
British long before the rest Of India
was anything but a happy hunting
ground for English merchants, and the
Parsis along with other mistreated ele-
ments in the population flocked to the
sure shelter Of the British flag. There
are only about 100000 Parsis in all
India today and 10000 of them belong
to the Bombay Presidency or province
and at least 10000 Of these live in the
city of Bombay.
Many of them are gentlemen of the
finest type and they are distinguish
able by their long black coats and the
curious stiff black miterlike hats they
wear. Their homes are the most pre-
tentious in the city-palaces set along
side British palaces in the most fash
ionable districts; and they control a
tremendous percentage Of the city's
commerce and trade.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Oriuin of Tea Drinking.

Tea drinking seems to have orig
mated in China I; and the Chinese, &C
cording to Prof. King. In his Farmers
of Forty Centuries" drank 1t first
as sanitary measure. having found
that boiling their water saved them
from typhoid and afterward adding
tea leaves to make the boiled water
palatable. DR.. r. A. Gortner of the
University Of Minnesota. writing in
Science, believes that this Is not an
exact description of what happened.
but that the discovery Of the efficacy
of tea as a typhoid preventive came
after its general adoption In China as
q pleasing drink. g..
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
TELLSOF BRUTALITY
OF HUN OFFICERS

scaling. He had been i'll and was un-
able to get over fence at which prac-
tice was being held. An officer struck
him with a sword. He fell and his
arm was broken. 1t was not properly
cared for, and that arm has been use
less since.
"While I was stationed at the forts
at Metz and Strassburg i saw things
happen myself that would make an
American soldier think that the disci-
pline he sometimes complains about II
heaven in comparison. The soldiers
get Sunday off at certain periods and
look forward to them because they
can visit home.
II have seen 1t happen time and
time again that officers kept some Of
the men in barracks, apparently mere
ly nursing slight grudge Of per-
sonal nature-perhaps merely to have
bit Of sport at the private's expense.
These same officers would think up all
kinds of punishments for their men.
often putting fellow at some task on
his day off while several hundred
other soldiers were idle and could have
done the same work.
Just Keep Them Busy. 'a'
81 have seen officers order men to
carry water from the big barrels kept
In barracks, sometimes three or four
stories high, merely to give them a
task. After they had emptied the bar
rels they would be forced to carry the
water back up and fill them again.
81 have seen privates put to work
on Sunday morning with a bucket Of
water and tooth brush and ordered
to scrub the floors. -..
IF a private does not shoot or march
as we'll as the officer thinks he should,
he Is certain to be punished. One
favorite treatment then was to require
a private to stand erect, then kneel to
the ground, repeating the performance
for an hour or more. I've seen off,
GERS beat and kick soldiers who be-
came exhausted from this task. II
frequently happens that three days
strenuous drill on bread and water
diet follows" ..
Hadlich has taken out his first nat
uralization papers, and although regis.
tered as an enemy alien, Is listed in
the aviation reserve corps and hopes
to be able to enter the American army
aviation section in the near future.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Hint on Physical Culture.

Merely to hear the sound Of music
gives one the dancing impulse-an in
clination to move the feet or the hands
or the body in time with the rhythm
of the music. To make your exercise
attractive, therefore, start your music
first and then as you feel the swing
Of it you will find pleasure in going
through your exercises. Make 1t a
part Of your daily schedule. You can
either follow the practice Of taking
ordinary, standard exercises to the
accompaniment Of music or you can
do special dancing movements. All
dancing movements partake Of the
character of exercise.-Carl e. VIII
Hams in Physical Culture.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
German Deserter Describes
Brutal Treatment inflicted
on Men in Army.
FATHER CRIPPLED FOR LIFE
Crimes Will Darken History Of Kaiser.
ism Forever, When People Of the
World Learn the Whole
Story.

Marion, O.-Curt Hadlich, young
German mechanic employed In local
shops, one-time aviator In the German
army, soldier of fortune and finally an
American citizen, not only believes the
stories Of German brutality that have
come from across seas but he thinks
when the whole story has been told
crimes that will darken the pages or
the history Of kaiserism forever will
come to the people Of the world. They
will be told not only by victims but
by the very soldiers Of the kaiser him
self, Hadlich thinks.
He Is deserter from the German
army because of treatment he could
not stand. His father Is life Grip
pie from the indignities even of peace
times.
"The German soldier is treated like
dumb animal" says Hadlich. "He
must grin and bear it--there is no ap-
peal"
Hadlicb's story perhaps Is the more
interesting because he has Travelled
enough. seen enough and learned
enough outside the confines of Ger
many to appreciate conditions that ex-
ist there.
Father Crippled for Life.
"My father Is living example Of
the effects of German militarism," he
said. "After the war, If he still Is
living, expect to have him come to
this country to live as God intended
people should live. He too can tell
stories of how brutal German officers
are to the soldiers under them.
Like all young Germans, he entered
military service when he was twenty.
One day his company was practicing
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
USE BURIED COIN FOR BONDS
Mountaineers Of Tennessee Dig Up
Thousands Of Dollars to Invest
In Liberty Bonds.

Johnson City, Tenn.-Thousands OF
dollars in money that had been buried
by the mountaineers Of east Tennessee
was dug up recently and invested in
Liberty bonds. Gold and silver cur
rency was lifted from fireplace cor
ners, dug up from under the garden
trees and taken from the trunks Of hol-
low oaks. Some of the money paid
for the bonds dated back more than
half a century. The third loan Is the
only one in which the mountaineers
largely participated.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
HELLO GIRL IS ANSWER TO
KAISER IS LIBERTY BONDS

Cleveland, O.-Miss Mar
garet Hibbard, telephone op-
orator here who has not been
over from England long, lost her
brother, Lieut.. e. J. Hibbard.
in action In Europe. Her an
swer was a Liberty bond pVr-
chased from her small salary.
Then she heard that her young
er brother had also given his
life in the battle for democracy
in the battle of Picardy plain.
II went right out and bought
another Liberty bond" she said.
That's my answer to the kali
SER"
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
The Angry Tree.

In Australia there grows a species
of acacia commonly called the "angry
tree" 1t reaches the height Of 80 feet,
after a rapid growth. and in outward
appearance somewhat resembles a gi-
gantic century plant. When the sun
sets the leaves fold up and the tender
twigs coil tightly, and If the shoots
are handled the leaves rustic and move
uneasily for q time.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Performs Patriotic Duty.

Hazleton, Pa.-The famous Buck
mountain, near here, will do it's bit In
beating the kaiser. The anthracite
coal which fired John Ericson's Mon
itor when 1t defeated the Confederate
ram Merrimac came from the ground
Of Buck mountain and now that same
ground has been turned over to ANA
teur war gardeners for the growing
Of potatoes.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
BRITISH CAPITAL
ALIVE WITH SPIES

same 1t must be remembered that
London is one great whispering gal
lery, and the most casual remark deal
ing with operations in France or else
where may be just the final check
wanted by the Germans to verify
vast mass Of information obtained
from q thousand and one sources.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
More Than One Use.

swell, after ALL" remarked Tommy,
who had lost leg in the war, "there's
one advantage in having a wooden
leg"
whats thatw asked his friend.
"You can hold up your bloomin
sock with tin-tack!" chuckled the
hero.-Boy's Life.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
seasheIIs instead Of Glass.

One curious thing noted by Ameri-
cans in the Philippines was the use by
natives of seashells in lieu of window
glass. There Is bivalve mollusk, ma.
tive to the waters Of that part Of the
world. which has shell seven or eight
inches in diameter, so thin as to be
transparent. 1t Is plentiful and costs
pothing. Glass II expensive.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
The Robin
Laughed.

her children up! We could never be
robins. We will always be leopards.
And after all, I'm very glad. for I'd
hate to be gentle.
"Do you know" he continued, "that
I'm leopard, wild leopard, and I'll
never change. Folks know that so
they made up saying about me which
has always been true.
$50 g6od.day, little robin. Glad to
have had a chat with you. But ]
can't be robin, and I'm glad, after
all, that I'm a leopard, for IL I weren't
I couldn't be wilder than the tiger"
And the robin agreed with the old,
old saying as he few off to the con-
cert.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Wifey's Ultimatunn.

WKeys Ultimatum.
Looks like women will soon have
the ballot everywhere. my DEAR"
"Uh."
"How are you going to vote?"
"Well, I'm not going to vote in this
old hat, can tell you. You'll have to
buy me new one."-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Athletic Stars Enlist.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of former ath.
letic stars are enlisting for service
with the Y. NJ. c. A. to instruct and
help the American soldier overseas to
Keep himself physically fit to fight.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Naturally,

'The leader who embezzled from
his players won't come back to face
the music"
"Well, that beats the bandit"
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
why celery HELPS Complexion.

Those who suffer from rheumatism
often find great relief by including
celery in their diet and this useful
vegetable is also good blood puri-
fer. and therefore excellent for folk
who are troubled with bad complex.
ions
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
Wasted Energy.

Poilu-Poor old Rene was sure un-
lucky.
Franz-How?
Poilu-Had his head shot OF Just
after he finished shaving.
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29

to the robin.
swell, your story
is very interest
ing, but there is an
old, old, old saying
about the leopard
not being able to
change his spots,
which means, 7
believe, that the
! e ard can't
change his nature,
so I couldn't sing,
nor chirp, nor eat
worms. And Mrs.
Leopard has even
been known to eat
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29
DADrYyEV[NDN'
EARY TALL k11
81 MARY RAHAMR BONNER
ROBIN AND LEOPARD.

II would hate to be robin" said
the leopard to the little red robin who
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29

! : !: !; =: !: :: !: :: !: !: !:
IR nsS you're very kind,
I'm sure," said the
lid FaS9acN'l robin, chirping
,s.xSasS happily.
HwNS So) you're always
)jNaSb1 so peaceful and so
SS2 sweet" said the
~ S leopard. 'There
49,, ,vus .., is nothing fierce
sw and wild about
"N' you. You're a
silly little thing, I consider"
"Too bad, too bad" chirped the
robin. "I won't bother you any more
then. I have q concert engagement
at four o'clock, and I might just as
well have a little practice first"
"No, no, don't leave" said the feop-
ard. "You amuse me. I really can't
understand you."
81 suppose" said the robin, who
thereupon returned to his former
perch, ''that it must be hard for leop-
ard to think like robin. 1t would
be just as hard for me to think as
you do. And so it's hard for you to
understand me-because we're both so
different"
''That's so," said the leopard, 1--WE
are very different. But I would like
to know why you sing instead OF roar,
why you chirp instead Of growl, why
you eat worms instead of animals, and
why you are happy instead OF cross"
81 can't answer so many questions
at a time" said the robin, "unless I
chirp and sing and say to everything
that it's all because I'm a robin
r-o-b-i-n!" -
And the robin gave the loveliest Of
trills. .
Snow, you needn't begin to practice
for that concert" said the leopard. II
want you to talk to me-"
'Dear me-" said the robin. "You are
very severe! And pray tell why can't
practice if want to? can fly away
from you, and you can't catch me.
You're in a yard which is only a very
big cage"
"Please don't be mean," said the
leopard, and as he looked very sorrow
full, the robin said:
'Tm sorry. I didn't intend to be
mean, am sure, but you mustn't COM
mand me to talk to you. You must
ask me politely"
every WE'LL" said the leopard. SNOW,
little Mr.. Robin, will you kindly have
speech with me? There" he added,
shat was fine, wasn't it, robin?"
The robin chirped and laughed.
THAT was fine," he agreed. swell.
now I will answer your questions one
by one." ...J i
"Good!" said the leopard. s..
"In the first place." said the robin,
81 love to sing. 1t makes me happy.
And too, was given this voice by dear
Mother Nature. It's wrong not to
make the most of the things that are
given to us, and to give others happi-
ness by them If we can."
'Dear me-" said the leopard, "you
certainly have good disposition.
Well, continue"
'T chirp instead of growl, because I
can talk in that way. I can't growl.
And I eat worms because think
they're delicious, and my throat Is the
size for little worms and not for big
meals.
II am happy because the world is SO
nice. There are brooks and trees,
| green lawns and this beautiful zoo
park, there is sunshine and there
is dear Mrs. Robin Red Breast whom
| I love so much. She is such a good,
kind mate! And there are the dear
baby robins, too"
"Graclous!" growled the leopard
softly, for he was trying to be nice
The Twin City star., 1918-06-29

was SlilSluS III q
tree near the leOp-
ards yard.
YThank you for
the compliment,
you're very kind,
I'm sure," said the
robin, chirping
happily.
you're always
so peaceful and so
sweet" said the
leopard. "There
is nothing fierce
and wild about
you. You're a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-08
SELLING DEAD MEMS KITS:
Peculiar Custom in British Navy Brings
Good Sums.

London. Jan. s.--Dead mems effects
are sold at auction on the ships deck by
an old custom in the British navy. Prices
out of all proportion to the value OF
goods are often realized for the mans
heirs, especially if the late owner was
popular with his shipmates.
Purely personal belongings, such as
letters and photographs, are first taken
out to be forwarded to the deneased's
relatives Then, as soon as official sane
ton is obtained, the rest OF the articles
are taken TO a convenient part of the
ship and offered for sale. The master-at-
arms acts as auctioneer.
Bidders who have obtained the small
articles from such an auction some
times throw back their purchases for re-
sale until as many Jackies as feer in
clined have had chance of contribut-
ing something towards the assistance of
the dead mans next of kin. Thus these
kit sales become the lower decks way
OF taking up a charitable collection.
The kit of a deserter is similarly sold
by auction, the proceeds going to the
treasury. But the whole outfit
rarely fetches more than a few shillings,
as many sailors regard the possession of
articles formerly belonging to a deserter
as undesirable, if not unluckv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-08
Make Your C,Dn Cough
Syrup and Saue Money
Better than the ready-made Kind,
Easily prepared at home.
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really make you enthusiastic about il.
ANY druggist can supply you with
~ ounces of Pinex $50 cents WORTH.
llour this into a pint bottle and I'll
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It's truly astonishing how quickly 10
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|, Avoid disappointment by asking your
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