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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
ARTIST MADE RED HIS COLOR
Once Wittily Said That Chase Signed
His Canvases With Note Of
That Hue.

On his trips to Pittsburgh for jury
duty Chase used to pass a certain
fence painted red, an offense to the
landscape, but in itself a strong. beau
tiful color. AS he noted in passing
it twice year that the color did not
fade though in the outdoors and in
sunlight it was evident that the pig
mcnt had great permanency, so the
next time he went to Pittsburgh he
hunted up the source of the paint.
Having finally trailed 1t to the manu-
facturer, he bought all tie red paint
that the nan had on hand and had an
artists color firm put it up in tubes.
and with characteristic generosity
scattered it among his artist friends.
With this red many of his red notes
were touched in-thoSe characteristic
accents which caused Kenyon Cox to
say that in his use of a red note Chase
had signed his canvas.
When Chase was in England
Abbey sent MIN an earnest request
to come and see his Harrisburg deco
rationS At first Chase thought it i'm
possible but at the last minute he took
flying trip TO Abbey'S country house
by motor. When he saw the decora-
tons his admonition sounded proven
bal but it WAS, as Abbey realized af-
terward. cutie right. "What your cam
vas needs is a spot of red" Abbey
took his advice.-Katharine NJ. Roof.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
Doq of Noble Traits.

My dog is a model of morality. He
neither Ensembles, lies, steals nor tip
pies. There is no scintilla of hypoc-
riSy in his nature. He is my congenial
ccmrade and confdant, my rollicking
romping companion, my never-failing
chum. He has never betrayed a single
trust reposed in him, nor has he ever,
for an instant, faltered or wavered in
his loyalty to me. His sincere friend
ship is as reliable and unremitting as
the attraction of gravitation, his 10y
atty is as constant as the poise of the
magnetic needle to the pole.
He cannot be coaXed, bribed or 9TH
elwiSe Influenced to betray me or to
turn against me. He is the ever-will-
ing, alert and obedient servant of my
every beck ANA nod. He would at any
time lay down his life in an effort to
shield mine without asking a like sac
ritice on my part. Such are some of
the sterling traits of character evinced
In the everyday life of my devoted,
trusty friend and comrade.-J. w.
Hodge, NJ. D., in Dumb Animals.
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British Self Control.

Behind every manifestation of
thought or emotion the Briton retains
control Of self, and is thinking:
That's all I'll let them see," even:
That's all I'll let myself feel" This
stoicism is good in its refusal to be
foundered bad in that it fosters
narrow outlook; starves emotion, spon-
taneity and frank sympathy; destroys
grace and what one may describe
roughly as the lovable side Of person
atty. The English hardly ever say
just what comes into their heads
What we call good FORM" the unwrit-
ten law which governs certain classes
of the Briton .savors Of the dull and
glacial; but there turks within it
core of virtue. 1t has grown up like
callous shell round two fine ideals
suppression of the ego lest it tram
pie on the corns of other people; and
exalta ton Of the maxim: Deeds be-
lore words John Galsworthy.
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SPORT IS WORTH WATCHING
National Ball Game of the Basque
Mountaineers That Calls for All
Sorts of ResourcefuI Work.

However modest as geographical
unit may be the Basque mountalneefS
OF the Pyrenees. there remains 70
their credit national ball game that
will yield nothing to the finest sport
ing efforts of the AnglOSaXon people,
whether in the matter Of pure recre;-
ton or of spectacular interest. the
tourblIon-like movement with which
the player, the pelotari swings round
to catapult the ball with backhanded
fling to, the great wall eighty yards
away is no less graceful than the
sweeping hurl of the discoboluS, while
the vigorous contest under the lee OF
the wall. where the ball is shot from
the "chiStera." the curved WicllerWork
glove. with marvellous rapiditN, affords
an unlimited display of resourceful
tactics. The referee. hright-cnlored
heret on head. sings the score in set
refrain and the applause thunderS
from the crowd as Chquito. or Mel
chior, or some other national hero of
this "pelote basque game earns his
need of praise.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
TRACED "FLUSHER" TO LAIR
Western Man Found One in New York
That Will Give Any of Them
Hard Run.

The newest "fusher" is the fellow
who gives you the silver voice over the
phone. He is related to the common
or garden variety of fourtluSherS. 1t
is over the phone that he makes HIM
self conspicuous, and those who are
not hep imagine he is the guy who
knows il all. A man from the West a
wealthy miner from Butte, Mont, dis
covered the phone flusher and he has
announced that it is his intention to
start q society TO eliminate this par
ticular breed. II got into town the
other day" said the miner, "and the
first thing l ran against was phone
f!uSher. who had me hypnOtiZed until
| met him. He called me on the phone
about a business deal he knew l was
interested in. l decided to visit him
ut his Office after he had convinced me
that it was worth while. Especially
was l affected by the remarks he made
to people in his office while we were
talking. First he interrupted me by
turning to some one and saying, Don't
forget those two lowers for Washing
ton. I've got to be in Washington and
meet the president at the White
House at TO- \ few minutes later,
he told some one else to wait a min
ute and he'd sign those checks. We
talked some more and We're halted
when he turned away a third time and
said. oh, that's all right. Tell him
to draw on our Chicago office for $50
COO This afternoon | went to his of
flee. It's little hole in the wall, and
when I went in darned if he wasn't
cutting his own hair."-New York
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"Ronnie Doom"

Concerning the writing of "Bnnnie
Doom there is an Interesting story.
The heroine of this song was IL Miss
Kennedy of DolgarrOck. who had been
Tilted by McDougal of Logan. The
young woman is said to have taken
the affair so much to heart that she
found relief in the quiet waters that
flow through the north country. The
Don is q river of Scotland in AYR
shire which, after course of so miles,
falls into the Firth of Clyde. 1t was
on the banks of this stream, near
"AllOway's aud haunted kirk" that
the poet was born, and naturally he
has made it the scene of many of his
poems.
The tune to which Burns wrote the
words of Bonnie Doom" was an old
Scottish air called THE Caledonian
Hearts Delight" and an effort has
been made to trace it to still older
irish air.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
Earlaps Of tie Japsnexe.

"The eariap Is almost entirely want
ing with the Japanese, but this appar-
ent anomaly is none at all. 1t is we
whose ears are badly formed, or at
least different from those which ma
ture, if not interfered with, would
have given us. Our ear is disfigured
because for centuries our ancestors
loaded it with more or less heavy orna-
mentS, which in the course of time
elongated its inferior part. We in
herited from them both the custom
and its effect-the lap. A fact which
shows that this useless and cruel Gus
tom was unknown To the japanese, the
expressions for earrings (mimi- gana)
and earlap (mimi-taboo), were not in
troduced into the japanese language
until the epoch when the Japanese en-
tered into connection with the Occi-
dentalS, those whom they were wont to
call barbarianS.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
Poetry Simpler Than Prose.

Poetry only naively acknowledges
the ecStatic monotony that lives in
the heart of all rhythm, brings it out
into the light, and there openly weaveS
upon it the patterns of melodic sound.
Poetry is thus the more natural, and
both historically and psychologically
the more primitive Of the two arts. 1t
is the more simple. Meter, and even
rhyme which is but a colored, light
drumbeat, accentuating the meter, are
not ornaments" or ''refinements" or
something else which may be called
"rhythmical speech" They are the
heart of rhythmic speech expressed
and exposed with perfectly child
like and candid grandeur. Prose is
the refinement. Prose is the sophisti-
Gated and studio accompaniment-a
thing that infinite numbers of people
have not the finenesS of endowment or
cultivation either to write or read.
Prose is a civilized sublimatiOn of po-
etry. in which the original healthy in
tOxicant note of the tomtOm is so
laid over with fine traceries of related
sound that 1t can no longer be iden-
titled at all except by the analytical
eye of science.-New Republic.
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Tunes for Tanks.

Probably no more unique donation
has ever been made for the amuse-
ment of soldiers than one of $50 re-
Gently given by Il charitably disposed
lady for gramorhone records to equip
tank.
Other donations which have come to
light from time to time have not
lacked an element of the picturesque,
as, for instance, the supplying of Il
hospital in Paris which was filled with
African troops with 700 fans. They
We're so appreciated during the sum-
mer months that the hospital appealed
for more. Not long ago French Off
GER issued an appeal for games for
his men. In one regiment in which
most of the soldiers were fathers of
families the preference was for bowl
ing. The trench does not make bad
alley.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
LeadvilIe's Interesting Spots.

The table where Josh Billings wrote
his stories Of mining camp life, the
hotel where Texas Jack died, and the
gambling house where q millionaire
miner lost his fortune on the roulette
wheel, are some of the places the pi-
oneers of Leadville, Colo, delight to
point out to visitors.
One of these landmarks is the Va
riety theater, where Charles Vivian,
founder of the Elks, entertained the
gold miners of early days. Vivian
went to Leadville for the benefit Of
his health and was always surrounded
by congenial crowd of the camps
elite. When he died there. he was
buried in the shadow of Mt. Mammoth,
among the pines, and the funeral was
said to be the largest in the history Of
Leadville. His body was late, re-
moved to the East.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
NaVy Blue.

The blue color so prominent in the
uniforms of almost all marines is Of
hoary origin. Vegetins, in his fifth
book On the military affairs of the
Romans, traces the origin of this color
to the Neneti, an ancient people
dwelling near the coast of Biscay, and
well verSed in seamanship. 1t was
customary among them to paint their
outgoing ships as well as the masts
and sails with blue color; also thesl.
sailors wore blue uniforms. Accord
ing to our author, the Latin word
"Venetus," which was both the name
of the color and that of the people,
points to its origin. From the Feneti
the custom was adopted by the Ro-
mans. Thus the son of POmpeiuS, aft
er defeating Caesars fleet in a naval
battle, Wore the navy blue, although
entitled to the purple. The Veneti
were Subdued by Caesar after a severe
maritime war in 90 b. c.
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FieIdings Methods CT Composition
Differed Little From Those of the
Better Known k,Gn of Letters.

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
HOW LAPLAND GOT ITS NAME
Danish ChronicIer of the Twelfth Cen.
tury- First Used Term "LaPp ~
From Which 1t Is Derived.

The origin of tile term 'Lapp' i oh
secure. according 10 "rhrough Lapiand
uiih Skis and Reindeer" by Frank
l!cG@c< Butler. The Swedish Eislori-
an. Johannes Magnu~, writing in the
>INiCtnIh century, called the land Lap
ria, fc'icvin@ Saxa GrammaticuS. the
twelfth century Danish chronicler.
Cihrr writer's called it Ivy the Latin
i..,d uuur I"pponia. In the seven
;ecnth century the region was known
il England rs Lapland. i'll Sweden rs
Lapmarkia, mark being swedish for
i;nd in Denmark #ud \urAuE rs Lap
li.udia or Findmariia.
Several Ingenious etyluologieS have
been suggested both in ancient and
modern times. Som" derive the name
fcom the Swedish LHpp, RAGS. from
tleir (the Laplander>} coming into
SWcdeland every year with RAGS lapt
about them" others from The Swedish
I',epa, to run or leap, from their skill
il. sliding swiftly over the frozen snow
by means of skis.
Shelter. the Swedish professor
whose "Lapponia" QGID was trans
lated into English and published in
Oxford in 1914, wrote of the "art they
have by which with crooked pieces Of
wood under their feet like Il bow they
hunt wild beasts and glide along the
ground, not taking up one foot after
another as in common running but car
rying themselves steady upon the froz-
en- snow, they move forward STOPPING
little" Old historians often called
I.apland "Scridfinnia," derived from
"sBrida," which in Danish and Swed-
iSh means to slide
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
N MDCNSEy[N|N
k,l FAIRY TALE
LII s. hAN GRA4AMtI B?QsMlR
THEIR WEDDING FEAST.

swell, Mrs. Mouse, what do YOU
think of this for banquet"
"Ah," said Mrs. Mouse, "you have
given me beautiful feast. You're a
wonderful mouse, you are indeed, and
I'm lucky creature to be chosen by
you to be Mrs. Mouse in the future"
MANY a mos is a Mrs. Mouse"
said her husband.
"Ah, yes, that may be- said Mrs.
Mouse, ''but they're not the Mrs.
Mouse, wife of the great Mr.. Mouse -
Maybe their wives think as you co
each one thinks hers is best
perhaps So" agreed Mrs. Mouse.
swell, in that case we're all happy.
and that's good thing. But 1 know,
for myself, that I'm the haYpiest of
the lot. I must be-"
each may think the sal,.e," said
Mr.. Mouse.
There, there, don't tease Dse," said
Mrs. Mouse. "You are a regular old
tease, getting me so confused. Of
course lots Of those mice wouldn't be
happy If they'd married yo1 or I'd
married them-but we're a vecy happy
pair. aren't WEI" she squealed,
"We are indeed" squealed Mr. Mouse
In return. Eyes, It's each to his own
Hiking, for it would be dreadful thing
indeed If every mouse had the same
husband and every Mr.. Mouse the
same wife-oh dear, I'm getting all
muddled up-it couldn't be-that's
all"
Lets talk about something else"
said Mrs. Mouse. She really wanted
to say: ''Won't you talk about me and
how much you like me-" but she didn't
quite dare. However, she limited as
hard as she could.
I'm so sorry I couldn't have had
the tailor do better with the pressing
OF my wedding gown" she said.
Its exquisitely pressed" said Mr.
Mouse, and Mrs. Moose was very hap
py to hear that.
"You See," she Continued hastily, SO
the subject wouldn't be changed, 81
couldn't let my gown go to the tailor's
to be pressed without going too. The
tailor took scamper over my back
which is the way a mouse tailor must
do for his customers can't leave their
suits and gowns behind them. Yes, he
took scamper ovec my back, and
then he said, "'Well, Mrs. Mouse, that
10. Miss Mouse, though soon you will
be Mrs. Mouse, just how does that
suit your
"And I said. Thans you kindly, Mr.,
Mouse Tailor, it suits me right down
to the ground That is something I've
heard folks say when they near
they're just as pleased as they can be,
and besides I'm so near the ground 1t
has more meaning for me than it has
for a person whose feet are on the
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25
ShreWd Fox.

Mr.. Morgan in his book on the
beaver gives the following instance
on what he assures us is excellent au-
thority: "a fox one night entered the
henhouse of farmer, and after de-
stroying a large number of fowls,
gorged himself to such replst ion that
he could not pass out tn hugh the
small aperture by which he had en-
tered The proprietor found him IN
the morning sprawled out upon the
floor apparently dead from surfeit;
and taking him by the legs carried him
out unsuspectingly, and for some dis
lance to the side of his house. where
he dropped him upon the grass. nc
sooner did Reynard find himself free
than he sprang to his feet and made
his escapes. ]. Holmes.
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TackIinu a Job.

There are two ways to tackle a job.
One sees in it no reason to be thank
full for busy useful day, rather every
cause for dissatisfaction. An eternal
grind proposition confrontS such a per-
son, whose fault-fndings get him no.
where and who sees IN the daily task
he has to perform only Il life SEN
tcnce.'
On the other hand. there is the opti-
mist, who has the faculty of naturally
adopting the happier frame of mind
He sees his job as indeed real essen
tai and himself Il most necessary part
Of Il great and good scheme. To him
mis- position is an opportunity which, if
he will only take it at its worth, will
be a stepping stone to broader fields
and higher ideals.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25

during the campaign, there were. no
doubt, many more killed by poison.
Barium carbonate was the poison
used.
While it is true that for the most
part the farms used in the demon
strations were the ones which the
owners were reasonably sure harbor-
ed rats, it is well within the limits
of probability that an average of 10
rats per farm in Maryland is not
an overestimate. On this basis Of
calculation Talbot county is losing
$4,000 per year. The State loss
has been stated in preceding para
graph. This loss is highly prevent
able by systematic trapping and
poisoning. Campaigns for rat con-
troll should be a part of every farm
program just the same as spraying is
"a regular farm practice.
If every Maryland farmer would
Purchase two dozen or more rat
traps and devote the time necessary
to set and reset the traps for one
week, four times year, the greater
amount of our annual loss from rats
would not occur. To obtain the
greatest efficiency it is suggested
that the traps be set just previous to
the Matching of the spring brood of
chickens, just before the wheat is
brought in, in September when pre-
pairing to harvest corn, and in De-
cember in order to get those rats
that have come in from the fields,
outlying fodder and grain stacks.
1t is the patriotic duty of every
farmer during this emergency, and a
paying proposition at any time, for
him to set his traps and systemati-
cally poison the rats in order to con-
serve this years food crops and pre-
vent loss of next years young poul-
try.
The Extension Service will be glad
to assist any community through cor
respondence and by giving lectures
and demonstrations where the mat
ter is taken up; and suggests thar
the local County Agent be called up
on to assist in making arrangements
for such help.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-11-25

The expectant mothers physical comfort
should be our first thought, and all about
her should see to it that her preparation
for babys coming be complete.
There Is most splendid remedy to pre-
pare women for the greatest time in their
lives, known as Mothers Friend. 1t is APP
piled to the muscles Of the abdomen. gently
rubbed in, and at once penetrates to relieve
strain on nerves, cords and ligaments. It
makes the muscles SO plant that they ex-
pand easily when baby arrives; the hours
at the time are fewer, and pain and danger
at the crisis IS naturally avoided.
Mothers Friend enables the mother to
preserve her health and strength, and she
remains pretty mother by having avoided
discomfort and suffering which more often
than otherwise accompanies such an occa-
sion when nature is unaided. Every nerve.
muscle and tendon is thoroughly fabricated.
Discomfort during the period is counter
acted. and the skin, after the crisis, is left
smooth and natural.
Write to the BradHeid Regulator COM
pany. Dept. B. Lamar Building, Atlanta.
Georgia, for their Motherhood Book, and OBJ
tain a bottle Of Mothers Friend from tho
drug store today without fail.
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Fountains in Lisbon. -

A delightful feature that attracts the
attention in Lisbon, the capital Of Por-
tugal, is the many fountains to be
found everywhere. Here are figures
of Neptune, or obelisks of marble:
there are a sculptured Venus and
Adonis, and again, as on the Largo do
Carmo, an original erection in the form
of a temple, and elsewhere simply the
followed shell and faucet with
chained cup. Some of them are beau
tiful, all are interesting by reason of
the picturesque groups which collect
around them to draw and fetch water.
The women, says an exchange, have as
free and graceful i carriage in bal
apcing their large water jars sideways
on the head as the women of the ORR
emf.
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From current articles one might sup
pose the art of making gardens gay
with color in the fall to be something
new. Quite otherwise is the fact, as
one may learn by reading Bacon, par
ticularly the passage: Il do hold it
In the Royal Ordering of Gardens that
there ought to be gardens for all the
months Of the year, in which severally
things of beauty may be there in sea-
son." 1t is quantity put, of course, but
with meaning that is plain. Perhaps
it is true, however. that too little at
tention has been given fall gardens in
America, although the excuse may be
made that, as here the autumn leaves
and the woodland berries take ON so
Gne color, artiticiality becomes vain.
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The Worlds Largest Boz.

A United States shoemaker recent
ly hit upon the idea of advertising
his wares by the construction of Il
colossal boot. 1t weighs 500 pounds,
stands 712 feet in height, is 49, feet
in length, with a sole 4 feet S inches
in width. 1t is, in fact, II times as
large as an ordinary shoe. and need
less to say, is a size that is not stock
ed. A sample boot is seen resting on
the giant. AS already stated. it was
made for advertising purposes. and in
the town where it is to be seen has
certainly attracted fair share OF at
tention.